| GRANT PARK ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS. CARLOS KALMAR, principal conductor. CHRISTOPHER BELL, chorus director. presented by the CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT, THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, and THE GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION |
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BARBER AND BRAHMS
Wednesday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; James Ehnes, Violin
| BARBER | Violin Concerto |
| BRAHMS | Symphony No. 2 |
BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNIS
Friday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 14 7:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Erin Wall, Soprano; Anita Krause, Mezzo Soprano; James Taylor, Tenor; Nathan Berg, Bass
| BEETHOVEN | Missa Solemnis |
TAKE A FRIEND TO THE ORCHESTRA
Wednesday, June 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
| WAGNER | The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre |
| MOZART | Overture to The Magic Flute |
| DEBUSSY/Leyden | Claire de Lune |
| ROSSINI | Overture to William Tell |
| BARBER | Adagio for Strings |
| RESPIGHI | The Pines of Rome |
Bring a friend who has never been to an orchestra concert, relax, and enjoy the familiar sounds of the great classics washing over you. Popular favorites by Wagner, Mozart, Debussy, Rossini, Barber, and Respighi are sure to entice you back for more.
MARIA DEL MAR BONET
Friday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Maria Del Mar Bonet, Vocalist
Singer and songwriter Maria Del Mar Bonet hails from Mallorca, lives in Barcelona and is one of the most exciting practitioners of Mediterranean popular song.
A GERMAN REQUIEM
Wednesday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m.
*Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Karina Gauvin, Soprano; Richard Zeller, Baritone
| BRAHMS | A German Requiem |
20th CENTURY MASTERS
Friday, June 27 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m.
*Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Karina Gauvin, Soprano
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
| BRITTEN | Les Illuminations |
| BARTÓK | Concerto for Orchestra |
PlayBack, post-concert a cappella: The Apprentice Chorale
EXPLORING MUSIC WITH BILL McGLAUGHLIN: AMERICA THEN AND NOW
Wednesday, July 2 at 8:00 p.m. * Note start time
Saturday, July 5 at 8:00 p.m. * Note start time
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Bill McGlaughlin, Narrator
Bill McGlaughlin, host of WFMT’s popular program, Exploring Music, narrates a program of American works spanning 125 years, beginning in the post Civil War era and ending with the music of today. Highlighted are traditional works by Chadwick and Bernstein, to the mavericks of today, including John Adams and Chicago composers.
INDEPENDENCE EVE AT GRANT PARK
Thursday, July 3 at 8:00 p.m.
Petrillo Music Shell * Note location & start time
Grant Park Orchestra; Christopher Bell, Conductor
| KEY | Star Spangled Banner |
| CHADWICK | Jubilee from Symphonic Sketches |
| DVORAK | Largo from New World Symphony |
| NELSON | Savannah River Holiday |
| BERNSTEIN | Three Dance Episodes from On the Town |
| HAYMAN | Pops Hoe-Down |
| LOWDEN | Armed Forces Salute |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Overture 1812 |
TCHAIKOVSKY’S 6th
Wednesday, July 9 at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Hannu Lintu, Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Jonita Lattimore, Soprano; Susan Platts, Mezzo Soprano; Quinn Kelsey, Baritone
| SIBELIUS | The Captive Queen |
| SZYMANOWSKI | Stabat Mater |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony No. 6 |
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL NIGHT
Saturday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Musicians from Chicago's network of community music schools will perform a diverse program of chamber and orchestral music on stage at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Come find out about their programs and services. Presented in collaboration with Chicago Consortium of Community Music Schools.
Please note: The Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus do not appear on this program
PINCHAS ZUKERMAN
Sunday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m. * Note start time
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, Conductor
and Violin; Jeremy Black, Violin
| BACH | Concerto in D minor for Two Violins and Orchestra |
| MENDELSSOHN | Symphony No. 4, Italian |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy |
This collaboration with the Jewish United Fund celebrates the Festival debut of the superstar violinist and the 60th Anniversary of the founding of Israel.
BEETHOVEN’S 7th
Wednesday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, Conductor; Leila Josefowicz, Violin
| MACKEY | Lost and Found |
| ADAMS | Dharma at Big Sur |
| BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 7 |
GERSHWIN’S GREATEST HITS
Friday, July 18 at 6:30 p.m. (Divertimento! Benefit Gala)
Saturday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Kevin Stites, Conductor; Jay Jaski, Director; Harolyn Blackwell, Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, and Norman Lewis, Vocalists; Kirill Gerstein, Piano
The composer’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue complements a program of Gershwin’s great tunes, sung by veteran Broadway stars.
PlayBack, post-concert solo: Kirill Gerstein improvises on Gershwin solo tunes
RUSSIAN SPLENDOR
Wednesday, July 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Christopher Bell, Conductor; Joanna Kozlowska, Soprano; Bryan Griffin,
Tenor; Darren K. Stokes, Baritone
| MUSSORGSKY | Night on Bald Mountain |
| BORODIN | Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor |
| RACHMANINOFF | The Bells |
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI TRIBUTE CONCERT
Saturday, July 26 at 6:30 p.m. * Note start time
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Alberto Meoli, conductor; Vittorio Grigolo, Tenor;
Olivia Gorra, Soprano
The Italian singing sensation and an heir to Luciano Pavarotti’s throne as the king of tenors presents a program of familiar opera arias, Neapolitan songs and pop opera hits from his debut album, Vittorio.
FROM THE BRITISH ISLES
Tuesday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 31 at 6:30 p.m.
NOTE THESE CONCERTS ARE INSIDE THE HARRIS THEATER
FOR MUSIC AND DANCE.
Grant Park Music Festival Member Seating will be on the Main Floor. Free
seats are available in the balconies. For free seats please go to the upper
level Harris Theater lobby. Doors will open one hour prior to concert
start-time.
Grant Park Chorus; Joseph Cullen, Guest Chorus Conductor
The Grant Park Orchestra does not appear at these concerts.
| PURCELL | Hear my prayer, O Lord |
| STANFORD | Magnificat for Eight-Part Chorus, Op. 164 |
| HOLST | Nunc Dimittis |
| BRITTEN | Hymn to St. Cecilia |
| DELIUS | Two Unaccompanied Part Songs To be sung of a summer night on the water |
| ELGAR | Four Unaccompanied Part-Songs, Op. 53 There is Sweet Music Deep in My Soul O Wild West Wind! Owls |
| WALTON | Cantico del Sole |
A THROW OF DICE
Wednesday, July 30 at 8:00 p.m. * Note start time
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Stephen Hussey, Conductor; Nitin Sawhney, Keyboards
A 1920s Indian film classic, a brand new score by composer/deejay Nitin Sawhney and the lush sounds of the Grant Park Orchestra in a U.S. Premiere, combine to create a magical evening of cinema in Millennium Park.
CHICAGO LATINO COMPOSERS
Friday, August 1 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Grant Park Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor
Some of Chicago’s best and brightest living Latin American composers are highlighted at these Harris Theater concerts. Works by Ricardo Lorenz, Gustavo Leone, Elbio Rodriguez Barilari, and Osvaldo Golijov will be presented.
MENDELSSOHN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
Wednesday, August 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Conductor; Vadim Gluzman, Violin
| LIADOV | Kikimora |
| MENDELSSOHN | Violin Concerto |
| KODALY | Hary Janos Suite |
GRIEG’S PIANO CONCERTO
Friday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Valentina Lisitsa, Piano
| MARTINŮ | Memorial to Lidice |
| GRIEG | Piano Concerto |
| NIELSEN | Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable |
Play Back, post-concerto solo: Valentina Lisitsa performs Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata
ACT 1: WAGNER’S DIE WALKÜRE
Wednesday, August 13 at 6:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Nancy Gustafson, Soprano; Stuart
Skelton, Tenor; Kristinn Sigmudson, Bass
| WAGNER | Die Walküre, Act 1 (Concert version) |
GREAT OPERA CHORUSES
Friday, August 15 at 8:30 p.m. * Note start time
Saturday, August 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor, Renato Balsadonna, Guest Chorus Director
| MOZART | Overture to The Marriage of Figaro |
| WAGNER | Wach auf, es nahet gen den from Act III, Die Meistersinger |
| BEETHOVEN | Prisoner’s Chorus, O Welche Lust! from Act I, Fidelio |
| WAGNER | Spinning Chorus from Act II, The Flying Dutchman |
| WAGNER | Sailor’s Chorus from Act III, The Flying Dutchman |
| MUSSORGSKY | Prelude to Khovantchina |
| MUSSORGSKY | Coronation scene from Prologue, Boris Godunov |
| BIZET | Entr’acte to Avt IV, Carmen |
| BIZET | Les Voici from Act IV, Carmen |
| LEONCAVALLO | Bell Chorus from Act I, Pagliacci |
| PUCCINI | Intermezzo from Act III, Manon Lescaut |
| PUCCINI | La Gira la Cote from Act I, Turnadot |
| VERDI | Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va Pensiero, from Act III, Nabucco |
| VERDI | Gloria all’ Egitto from Act II, Aida |
