Reviews
August 14, 2010
Grant Park, Kalmar Perform Dvorak with Ardor 
Kalmar's account was perfectly, patiently scaled. The first half – Dvorak constructed the work in two parts to permit an intermission – crested with the big return of the chorus in the "Dies Irae," clamorous with chimes and organ. more...
August 14, 2010
Kalmar, Grant Park Forces Deliver Electrifying Account of Dvorak Requiem
Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus provided their own brand of electricity in a riveting, beautifully sung performance of Dvorak’s Requiem, which made for one of the most memorable musical events of this summer. more...
August 14, 2010
A Sly 13th in Grant Park Fest
The Grant Park Music Festival may not have outwardly embraced Friday the 13th last night, but its first-ever program of Dvorak's rarely performed Requiem (1890) at least passed itself off as a sly salute. more...
August 12, 2010
Grant Park Orchestra Plays Back-up Band for African Kora Virtuoso
The Grant Park Symphony’s large, loyal audience is willing to hear new things, and its musicians and principal conductor Carlos Kalmar seem equally open to moving beyond the usual round of Beethoven and Brahms. more...
August 09, 2010
Ryan Opera Sounds Off at Other Grant Park Festival
A concert marked by good if not spectacular singing confirmed positive qualities one has noted previously in Ryan Center veterans. more...
August 07, 2010
Finales from Operas by Mozart and Rossini
Congratulations are due to the Grant Park Music Festival for another outstanding evening: judging by the applause and the positive comments heard afterwards this concert was a signal success. more...
August 05, 2010
Grant Park Maestro Gives Gentle Support to Tetzlaff's Muscual Violin
Yet Wednesday's offering truly showed the municipally funded, free outdoor concert at its best, where festival administrators paid tribute to Millennium Park's founders with a first-class program featuring the incomparable violinist more...
August 02, 2010
Viva Mexico! Barrios and Grant Park Orchestra Deliver a Lively Night of Mexican Music
The Grant Park Music Festival did its part for this year’s Mexican 2010 celebration, marking the anniversary of Mexican independence with a program of that nation’s music more...
August 02, 2010
Profound Sounds from Down Mexico Way
The program's century-long survey ranged broadly from pleasing nationalism to plucky modernism, and the Grant Park Orchestra and guest conductor Enrique Barrios were energized partners on the Pritzker pavilion stage. more...
