2013 Season
The 79th Season of the Grant Park Music Festival included some of the most beloved music of all time. Highlights included a stunning performance of War Requiem in honor of Benjamin Britten's centenary, the return of the sensational pianist Valentina Lisitsa, an unforgettable night with Pink Martini, and a Closing Weekend celebration of the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky's landmark The Rite of Spring.
Opening Night Season 79
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 6:30pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Stefan Jackiw, Violin
What
Norman: Drip
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Alexander Nevsky
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Friday, June 14, 2013, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Emilia Boteva, Mezzo-Soprano
What
Barber: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
Copland: Suite: Billy the Kid
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Pink Martini
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 6:30pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Pink Martini
Iris Dévoilée
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Friday, June 21, 2013, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Saturday, June 22, 2013, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Wu Yanyu, Soprano
Meng Meng, Soprano
Wei-Yang Andy Lin, Erhu
Yang Wei, Pipa
Yang Yi, Zheng
Nielsen Clarinet Concerto
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 6:30pm – 8:15pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Martin Fröst, Clarinet
What
Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 5
Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto
Martinu: Thunderbolt P47
Britten War Requiem
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Friday, June 28, 2013, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Saturday, June 29, 2013, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Erin Wall, Soprano
Jeremy Ovenden, Tenor
Alan Held, Bass
Chicago Children’s Choir, Josephine Lee, Artistic Director
Independence Eve Celebration
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 6:30pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Janai Brugger, Soprano
Dvořák’s New World Symphony
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Friday, July 5, 2013, 6:30pm – 8:15pm
Saturday, July 6, 2013, 7:30pm – 9:15pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Eugene Tzigane, Guest Conductor
Alessio Bax, Piano
What
Bolcom: Ragomania, A Classic Festival Overture
Barber: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Grant Park Pops - Let's Dance!
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 8:00pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Jeff Tyzik, Conductor
Helen Welch, Vocalist
Todd East, Vocalist
Dave Mancini, Drum Set
Arjay Centeno, Ted Louis Levy, Eva Lucero, Rachael McEnaney, Chandrae Rettig, Stephen Sayer, Patricio Touceda, Dancers
Caminos del Inka
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Friday, July 12, 2013, 8:00pm – 9:45pm
Saturday, July 13, 2013, 8:00pm – 9:45pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Guest Conductor
Mary Stolper, Flute
Walter Haman, Cello
What
Robles: El Cóndor Pasa
Martínez y Compańón: Colección de Música Virreinal
Luzuriaga: Responsorio
Lena Frank: Illapa, Tone Poem for Flute and Orchestra
Golijov: Mariel, for Cello and Orchestra
Soro: Danza Fantástica
López: Fiesta!
A Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Rebecca Luker, Soprano
Doug LaBrecque, Tenor
William Michals, Baritone
What
Songs from Carousel, The King & I, Oklahoma, Showboat, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, and more.
Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Friday, July 19, 2013, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Saturday, July 20, 2013, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Thierry Fischer, Guest Conductor
What
Berlioz: Overture: King Lear
Martin: Concerto for Seven Winds
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony
Shostakovich 5th Symphony
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, Guest Conductor
Kirill Gerstein, Piano
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Friday, July 26, 2013, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Saturday, July 27, 2013, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, Guest Conductor
Karen Gomyo, Violin
What
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Glazunov: Symphony No. 4
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Songs of Praise and Passion
Where & When
South Shore Cultural Center
Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 7:00pm
Who
Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director And Conductor
What
Parry: My soul there is a country
Miškinis: Dum Medium Silentium
Miškinis: Pater Noster
Miškinis: O Sacrum Convivium
Mawby: Alleluia, Christus resurrexit
Rachmaninoff: Three movements from Vespers
Tormis: Two songs to words by Ernst Enno: Early summer's fairytale, Soundlessly somewhere
Garrop: Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy
Sametz: I have had singing
Kalmar Conducts Bruckner
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 6:30pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Songs of Praise and Passion
Where & When
Columbus Park Refectory
Thursday, August 1, 2013, 7:00pm
Who
Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director And Conductor
What
Parry: My soul there is a country
Miškinis: Dum Medium Silentium
Miškinis: Pater Noster
Miškinis: O Sacrum Convivium
Mawby: Alleluia, Christus resurrexit
Rachmaninoff: Three movements from Vespers
Tormis: Two songs to words by Ernst Enno: Early summer's fairytale, Soundlessly somewhere
Garrop: Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy
Sametz: I have had singing
The Fiddler’s Child
Where & When
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Friday, August 2, 2013, 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Saturday, August 3, 2013, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Jeremy Black, Violin
What
Elgar: Nursery Suite
Janáček: The Fiddler's Child
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
Concerto for Saxophones
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 6:30pm – 7:45pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
James Carter, Saxophones
What
Piazzolla: Milongón Festival
Ginastera: Pampeana No. 3
Sierra: Concerto for Saxophones
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7
Schubert Mass in E Flat
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Friday, August 9, 2013, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Saturday, August 10, 2013, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Artists From The Lyric Opera's Patrick G. And Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
What
Messiaen: Les offrandis oubliées
MacMillan: Confessions of Isobel Gowdie
Schubert: Mass in E Flat Major
Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 6:30pm – 7:45pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Valentina Lisitsa, Piano
What
Shchedrin: The Naughty Limericks
Borodin: Symphony No. 2
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
The Rite of Spring
Where & When
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Friday, August 16, 2013, 6:30pm – 7:45pm
Saturday, August 17, 2013, 7:30pm – 8:45pm
Who
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Donald Nally, Guest Chorus Director