Chicago Symphony

The musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are on strike. At issue are salary and pensions. The contract expired Sunday night.

Whether it's a self-aggrandizing portrait or a more universal musical depiction of a life of heroic struggle, Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) by Richard…

It's quite a gesture to give your first symphony the title "Titan," but that's just what Late- Romantic Austrian composer Gustav Mahler did. He later…