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Grant Park Music Festival 2015

Map of Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Map of Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois, USA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Composite image of four views of Jay Pritzker ...

Composite image of four views of Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Barber and Menotti

Lyric Opera’s Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center continues its long successful collaboration with the Grant Park Orchestra in an evening showcasing works of contemporary American opera.

http://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/the-music/2015-season

Where & When

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Concert: Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 6:30pm – 8:00pm Buy Now
Club 615—A Pre-Concert Lecture: Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 5:30pm – 6:15pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 21, 2015, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 11:00am – 1:30pm

Who

Grant Park Orchestra
Ward Stare, Conductor
Artists From Lyric Opera’s Patrick G. And Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

Laura Wilde, Soprano
Anthony Clark Evans, Baritone
Annie Rosen, Mezzo-Soprano

What

Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico

Cuomo: The Boy’s Nature from Doubt

Menotti: The Telephone
Cuomo: Doubt Sermon

Barber: Symphony No. 1

Program Notes PDF

Conductor Emmanuel Villaume leads the Grant Park Orchestra in works by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, and Bizet.

Conductor Emmanuel Villaume leads the Grant Park Orchestra in works by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, and Bizet.

Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto

Guest conductor Emmanuel Villaume conducts Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto with pianist Andrew von Oeyen, along with Mozart’s Paris Symphony and more.

Conductor Thomas Wilkins leads the Grant Park Orchestra in Dvořák's beautiful Sixth Symphony.

Conductor Thomas Wilkins leads the Grant Park Orchestra in Dvořák’s beautiful Sixth Symphony.

Dvorák Symphony No. 6

Thomas Wilkins conducts the Sunday Symphony by the prolific William Grant Still, the “Dean of all African-American composers.” The evening concludes with Dvořák’s beautiful large-scale work, his Sixth Symphony, which recalls the Czech folksongs of his native Bohemia.

Where & When

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Concert: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 6:30pm – 8:00pm Buy Now
Club 615—A Pre-Concert Lecture: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 5:30pm – 6:15pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 11:00am – 1:30pm

Who

Grant Park Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, Guest Conductor

What

Goldsmith: Fireworks
Still: Symphony No. 3, Sunday Symphony
Dvořák: Symphony No. 6

Program Notes PDF

Conductor Christoph König leads the Grant Park Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No. 6.

Conductor Christoph König leads the Grant Park Orchestra in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6.

Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6

Guest conductor Christoph König makes his Festival debut, leading the Grant Park Orchestra in Bruckner’s noble and dignified Symphony No. 6, indoors at the Harris Theater.

Pianist Inon Barnatan plays one of Mozart's most popular piano concertos.

Pianist Inon Barnatan plays one of Mozart’s most popular piano concertos.

Mozart Piano Concerto

A true poet of the keyboard, Inon Barnatan presents his insightful interpretation of the shining star of Mozart’s piano repertory. The evening also includes works by George Antheil and Randall Thompson.

The Grant Park Chorus joins renowned soloists and the Grant Park Orchestra for Hadyn's Harmoniemesse.

The Grant Park Chorus joins renowned soloists and the Grant Park Orchestra for Hadyn’s Harmoniemesse.

Haydn Harmony Mass

Haydn’s rarely-performed Harmoniemesse, his last major work, showcases the esteemed Grant Park Chorus and four brilliant guest soloists. Carlos Kalmar pairs this ephemeral piece with John Adams’ score that praises and parodies lush Romantic harmony.

Join Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling for an evening of love songs from around the world.

Join Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling for an evening of love songs from around the world.

An Evening with Kurt Elling

Chicago legend and Grammy® Award-winning jazz vocalist, Kurt Elling, joins the Grant Park Orchestra in Passion World, a tour-de-force concert of internationally famous ballads of love and loss.

Where & When

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Concert: Wednesday, August 12, 2015, 6:30pm – 8:00pm Buy Now
Club 615—A Pre-Concert Lecture: Wednesday, August 12, 2015, 5:30pm – 6:15pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, August 12, 2015, 11:00am – 1:30pm

Who

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Kurt Elling, Vocalist

Gary Versace, Piano
Clark Sommers, Bass
John Mclean, Guitar
Kendrick Scott, Drums
John Wojciehowski, Tenor Saxophone
Orbert Davis, Trumpet

What

Elling: Passion World

Program Notes PDF

Natasha Paremski returns to play Schoenfield's show-stopping Four Parables.

Natasha Paremski returns to play Schoenfield’s show-stopping Four Parables.

Strauss Ein Heldenleben

After an impressive Festival debut in 2014, the award-winning pianist Natasha Paremski returns to perform the ferociously technical Four Parables. Strauss’ monumental tone poem completes the program.

Star violinist James Ehnes returns to play Beethoven's Violin Concerto.

Star violinist James Ehnes returns to play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.

Beethoven Violin Concerto

Grammy® Award-winner and violinist extraordinaire James Ehnes returns for a fiery performance of Beethoven’s exquisite Violin Concerto in what promises to be a truly stunning evening.

Internationally renowned soprano Erin Wall joins the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus for Elgar's The Kingdom.

Internationally renowned soprano Erin Wall joins the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus for Elgar’s The Kingdom.

Elgar The Kingdom

The Festival’s 2015 season comes to a thrilling close with Elgar’s epic oratorio The Kingdom, featuring the Grant Park Chorus and an all-star line-up of vocalists.

 

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Wed, Jul 22, 6:30pm

Barber and Menotti

Fri, Jul 24, 6:30pm

Saint-Saëns and Mozart

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English: A night at the Grant Park Music Festival

English: A night at the Grant Park Music Festival (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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