2013 Season

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

What

Britten: War Requiem

Download Program Notes PDF

Bring your most patriotic self to the Festival's annual Independence Celebration.

Independence Eve Celebration

Where & When

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 6:30pm

Who

Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Janai Brugger, Soprano

What

A selection of traditional music to celebrate the holiday.

Download Program Notes PDF

Dazzling young pianist Alessio Bax makes his Festival debut with Barber's Piano Concerto.

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

Download Program Notes PDF

Conductor Jeff Tyzik takes listeners on a journey through dance.

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

What

A selection of favorite dance melodies.

Download Program Notes PDF

Caminos del Inka takes a musical journey down the Inca Trail.

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 Compañón: 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!

Download Program Notes PDF

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II in 1953. Photo courtesy of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.

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.

Download Program Notes PDF

Conductor Thierry Fischer makes his Grant Park debut.

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

Download Program Notes PDF

The versatile Kirill Gerstein performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1.

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

What

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Download Program Notes PDF

Karen Gomyo, violinist, returns with a fiery performance of Sibelius' Violin Concerto.

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

Download Program Notes PDF

Christopher Bell and the Grant Park Chorus perform a concert of a cappella music at the South Shore Cultural Center.

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

Download Program Notes PDF

Carlos Kalmar, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor

Kalmar Conducts Bruckner

Where & When

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 6:30pm

Who

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor

What

Bruckner: Symphony No. 2

Download Program Notes PDF

Christopher Bell leads the Grant Park Chorus in a concert of a cappella music at the Columbus Park Refectory.

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

Download Program Notes PDF

A night that explores childhood, from Elgar's nostalgic Nursery Suite to Janáček's ghostly The Fiddler's Child.

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

Download Program Notes PDF

Jazz virtuoso James Carter performs his showcase piece Concerto for Saxophones.

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

Download Program Notes PDF

The Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus perform Schubert's Mass in E-Flat Major.

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