Gala 75th Season Birthday Concert
Concertgoers sprawl across the lawn in Grant Park, 1939.
Travel back in time to the year of the Grant Park Music Festival’s founding in 1935, with a program that recreates the very first Grant Park orchestral concert.
When |
Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 8:00pm – 9:30pm Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 11:00am – 1:30pm Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 3:00pm – 5:30pm Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 10:00am |
Where |
Jay Pritzker Pavilion |
Who |
Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, Conductor TBD Guest Narrator |
What |
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Arrival Of The Guests, At The Wartburg Thomas: Mignon: Overture Alfven: Midsommarvaka, Op.19 (Midsummer Vigil; Swedish Rhapsody No. 1) Glazunov: Ruses D’amour Ballet Suite: Introduction, Valse, Grand Pas Des Fiances Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Powell: Natchez-On-The-Hill, Three Virginia Country, Dances German: Henry Viii: Three Dances: Morris Dance, Shepherd’s Dance, Torch Dance J. Strauss, Jr.: On The Beautiful Blue Danube Op. 314 Meacham: American Patrol March |
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