• The Music
  • 2017 Season
    • Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
    • A Sea Symphony
    • Beethoven Symphony No. 4
    • Stravinsky Firebird
    • Missa Latina
    • Canada's 150th Birthday Celebration With the Canadian Brass
    • Independence Day Salute
    • Haydn London Symphony
    • Star Wars and More: The Music of John Williams
    • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
    • Saint-Saens Violin Concerto
    • A Broadway Romance
    • Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
    • Mozart Linz Symphony
    • The Spanish Guitar
    • Debussy La Mer
    • An Evening With Mariachi Cobre
    • Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony
    • Haydn Cello Concerto
    • Beethoven Symphony No. 9
    • Rachmaninov Vespers
  • Events Calendar
  • Artistic Leadership
  • Orchestra and Chorus
    • Jeremy Black
    • Jennifer Cappelli
    • Matt Lehmann
    • Rika Seko
    • Karen Sinclair
    • Bonnie Terry
    • Krzysztof Zimowski
    2nd Violin
    • Thomas Yang
    • Laura Miller
    • Alexander Belavsky
    • Karl Davies
    • Melissa Hamlen
    • Ann Lehmann
    • Cristina Muresan
    • Michael Shelton
    • Jeanine Wynton
    Viola
    • Terri Van Valkinburgh
    • Elizabeth Beilman
    • Joel Gibbs
    Violoncello
    • Walter Haman
    • Peter Szczepanek
    • Larry Glazier
    • Eric Kutz
    • Eran Meir
    • Dale Newton
    • Linc Smelser
    Bass
    • Andrew Anderson
    • Jennifer Downing Olsson
    • Timothy Shaffer
    • Chris White
    Flute
    • Mary Stolper
    • Jennifer Debiec Lawson
    • Alyce Johnson
    Piccolo
    • Jennifer Debiec Lawson
    Oboe
    • Nathan Mills, Principal Oboe
    • Anne Bach
    Clarinet
    • Gene Collerd
    • Christian Schubert
    • Michael Davis
    Horn
    • Jonathan Boen
    • Stephanie Blaha
    • Robert Johnson
    • Neil Kimel
    • Michael Myers*
    • Channing Philbrick
    Trombone
    • Daniel Cloutier
    • Jeremy Moeller
    Tuba
    • Fritz Kaenzig
    Percussion
    • Eric Millstein
    • Joel Cohen
    • Doug Waddell
    Harp
    • Kayo Ishimaru-Fleisher
    Project Inclusion Fellows
    • Tiana Sorenson
    • Elena Snow
    • Jared Esguerra
    • Dorian McCall
    • Teddy Wiggins
    • Robert Switala
    • Danielle Taylor
    • Denielle Wilson
  • Season Archives
    • 2016 Season
      • Opening Night: Pictures at an Exhibition
      • Beethoven Symphony No. 1
      • Storm Large: The Crazy Arc of Love
      • Mahler Symphony No. 6
      • Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2
      • Dvorák Golden Spinning Wheel
      • Independence Day Salute
      • Movie Night: Charlie Chaplin's City Lights
      • A Cole Porter Celebration
      • Rachel Barton Pine Plays Bruch
      • Bruckner Romantic Symphony
      • LIFE: A Journey Through Time
      • The New World Symphony
      • Grant Park Chorus: Shakespeare in the Park
      • Ryan Opera Center: Of Mice and Men
      • Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony
      • Rachmaninov Rhapsody
      • Mozart Mass in C Minor
      • Shostakovich Cello Concerto
      • Tchaikovsky Spectacular
      • Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
      • Damnation of Faust
    • 2015 Season
      • Beethoven Symphony No. 7
      • Mozart and Shostakovich
      • Tchaikovsky Fourth Symphony
      • Mendelssohn Reformation Symphony
      • Independence Day Salute
      • Schumann Rhenish Symphony
      • CYSO's Symphony Orchestra
      • Bernstein Fancy Free
      • A Sondheim Celebration
      • Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet
      • Brahms Requiem
      • Grant Park Chorus: Songs from the Heart
      • Barber and Menotti
      • Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto
      • Dvorák Symphony No. 6
      • Bruckner's Symphony No. 6
      • Mozart Piano Concerto
      • Haydn Harmony Mass
      • An Evening with Kurt Elling
      • Strauss Ein Heldenleben
      • Beethoven Violin Concerto
      • Elgar The Kingdom
    • 2014 Season
      • Opening Night: Tchaikovsky Extravaganza
      • Berlioz Romeo and Juliet
      • Mozart and Dvorak
      • Water Music
      • Viva Mexico
      • Barber and Haydn
      • Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto
      • Independence Day Salute
      • Portland Youth Philharmonic
      • Ella, Louis and All That Jazz
      • Holst The Planets
      • The Blue Planet In Concert
      • Grant Park Chorus: Choral Splendor
      • Dvorak and Beethoven
      • Musical Thrills!
      • Slatkin Conducts Shostakovich
      • National Youth Orchestra
      • Symphonie Espagnole
      • Brahms Symphony No. 4
      • The Seven Deadly Sins
      • Northern Lights
      • Bolcom and Mozart
      • Daphnis and Chloe
    • 2013 Season
      • Opening Night Season 79
      • Alexander Nevsky
      • Pink Martini
      • Iris Dévoilée
      • Nielsen Clarinet Concerto
      • Britten War Requiem
      • Independence Eve Celebration
      • Dvořák’s New World Symphony
      • Grant Park Pops - Let's Dance!
      • Caminos del Inka
      • A Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration
      • Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
      • Shostakovich 5th Symphony
      • Sibelius Violin Concerto
      • Songs of Praise and Passion
      • Kalmar Conducts Bruckner
      • Songs of Praise and Passion
      • The Fiddler’s Child
      • Concerto for Saxophones
      • Schubert Mass in E Flat
      • Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto
      • The Rite of Spring
    • 2012 Season
      • Opening Night
      • An Exaltation of Place
      • Mozart's Jupiter Symphony
      • An American in Paris
      • Paris Opera Ballet Simulcast
      • Golden Anniversary Choral Spectacular
      • Independence Day Celebration
      • Sleepers and Dreamers
      • Frozen Planet in Concert
      • Perfectly Frank: From Broadway to Hollywood
      • Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
      • Rossini: Stabat Mater
      • Frozen in Time
      • Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
      • Scheherazade
      • The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
      • Brahms' Double Concerto
      • Haydn: The Seasons
      • Ryan Opera Center: Mozart and Strauss
      • Dvorák: The Spectre's Bride
    • 2011 Season
      • Opening Night: Symphonie Fantastique
      • Mendelssohn and Peace on Earth
      • Regina Carter Reverse Thread Project
      • Latin Works for Orchestra
      • American a Cappella
      • Mahler: Song of the Earth
      • Independence Celebration
      • American and Russian Landscapes
      • Spanish Guitar and Alondra de la Parra
      • Broadway Rocks
      • Penderecki Conducts Penderecki
      • Kwame Ryan
      • Choral Masterpieces: Bernstein and Faure
      • Prokofiev Symphony No. 7
      • Sibelius Epic Finland
      • Jennifer Koh Returns
      • Ryan Opera Center
      • Mozart and Strauss
      • The Book with Seven Seals
      • Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
      • Closing Night Verdi Requiem
    • 2010 Season
      • Vivaldi: Four Seasons
      • Beethoven: Mass in C Major
      • Pink Martini
      • The Pulitzer Project
      • Independence Celebration in Millennium Park
      • Chorus A Cappella: French Sensuality
      • Muzyka Polska
      • Memoria del Fuego
      • Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
      • Petrushka
      • The Magic Toy Shop
      • Planet Earth Live
      • A Child of Our Time
      • The Fairy’s Kiss
      • Violinist Christian Tetzlaff Returns
      • Mozart and Rossini Finales with Ryan Opera Center
      • Toumani Diabaté: Kora Music from West Africa
      • Dvorák: Requiem
      • Brahms and Bizet
      • Mahler: Symphony No. 2
      • From Huapango to Danzón
    • 2009 Season
      • Pictures at an Exhibition
      • Tchaikovsky Opening Night
      • Bernstein on the Waterfront
      • Burnham’s Plan and Rachmaninoff’s 3rd
      • Enigma Variations
      • American Music from the 1930s
      • Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlàn
      • Independence Day in Millenium Park
      • Exploring Music With Bill McGlaughlin: Made in America
      • Bruckner's 4th
      • Gala 75th Season Concert
      • Pirates of Penzance and the Mikado
      • Dances And Fairytales
      • Khachaturian’s Spartacus
      • Luna Negra And Luciana Souza
      • Opera Hits on Venetian Night
      • Sibelius Symphony No. 1
      • The Dream Of Gerontius
      • Mendelssohn & Haydn
      • Mahler’s 9th
      • Italian Variations
      • Beethoven’s 9th
    • 2008 Season
      • Barber and Brahms
      • Missa Solemnis
      • Chicago Latino Composers
      • Take A Friend To The Orchestra
      • Maria Del Mar Bonet
      • A German Requiem
      • 20th Century Masters
      • Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
      • Exploring Music With Bill McGlaughlin: America Then and Now
      • Great Opera Choruses
      • Grieg’s Piano Concerto
      • Act 1: Wagner’s Die Walküre
      • Independence Eve At Grant Park
      • Tchaikovsky's 6th
      • Community Music School Night
      • Pinchas Zukerman
      • Beethoven's 7th
      • Gershwin's Greatest Hits
      • Russian Splendor
      • Luciano Pavoratti Tribute Concert
      • Made In America
      • A Throw Of Dice
    • 2007 Season
      • Beethoven and Brahms
      • Mendelssohn's Elijah
      • Looking East
      • Música Latina
      • American Icons
      • Larmore Sings Ravel
      • Independence Eve At Grant Park
      • Duruflé's Requiem
      • The Devil's Fiddler
      • Beethoven To Gershwin
      • The Decemberists
      • Bernstein's Broadway
      • Ravel's Boléro
      • Flamenco On Venetian Night
      • Tchaikovsky And Sibelius
      • Valentina And The Firebird
      • Tetzlaff Plays Tchaikovsky
      • Mahler's 5th
      • Beethoven's Pastorale
      • Grant Us Peace
    • 2006 Season
      • Tchaikovsky's Fifth And The Joffrey Ballet
      • Prokofiev's Romeo And Juliet
      • The Joffrey Ballet 50th Anniversary Gala
      • Music of the Americas
      • Musica Americana
      • A Tibetan Mozart Requiem
      • Monster Piano Concert
      • Grant Park Chorus Sings Rachmaninoff
      • Mozart and Strauss
      • Tales of the Vienna Ballroom
      • Mozart and Mountains
      • Independence Eve at Grant Park
      • Celtic Connections
      • The Battleship Potemkin
      • Hamelin Plays Saint-Saëns
      • Sondheim In The Park
      • Carmina Burana
      • Isbin Plays Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto
      • Bruckner Symphony No. 7
      • Liszt and Lortie
      • American Gems
      • Sagrado Y Profano
      • Bach to Bernstein
      • Dvorâk's Stabat Mater
      • From Brazil and Portugal
      • Jennifer Larmore Sings Barber and Berlioz
      • Beethoven's Emperor Concerto
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• Watch & Listen
  • In the Spotlight
    • Crazy, Passionate Storm
    • Chicago’s Cole Porter Celebration
    • 2017onsale
    • Getting Ready for Summer
    • Lunchtime Learning
    • Today's Grant Park Music Festival
    • An International Independence Day Salute
    • Rachel Barton Pine Comes Home
    • From Project Inclusion to Grant Park Orchestra
    • A Picnic in the Cosmos
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    • An Event to Remember
    • 2017 Season Preview
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    • Murasaki Duo
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    • Getting Ready for Summer
    • A Sea Symphony Story
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    • Summer Holidays at the Festival
    • May the Force Be With You
    • A Vintage Carlos Kalmar Program
    • A Note About Schiff's Infernal
  • Recordings
    • Prelude for Organ and Orchestra
    • Concertpiece for Organ and Orchestra
    • Polar Landscape from Snow Walker
    • Julius Caesar - Symphonic Epilogue
    • Andante Espressivo from Symphony No. 2
    • Presto gioioso from Symphony No. 2
    • Presto from Serenade for Small Orchestra
    • No. 1 Idealistic from Two Portraits
    • Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 35
    • Poco Allegro from Violin Concerto No. 2
    • All in Good Time
    • Sarabanda in Memoriam
    • Rondo-Capriccio from Partita for Orchestra
    • Andromache’s Farewell
    • Allegro assai agitato
    • Asie from Sheherazade
    • Phaedea, Op. 93
    • Newly Drawn Sky
    • Too Hot Toccata
    • Scherzo from Symphony in Waves
    • Intermezzo from Symphony in Waves
    • Finale from Symphony in Waves
    • A Free Song - Song of the Banner
    • Appalachian Spring - Fast
    • Appalachian Spring - Doppio movimento
    • The Canticle of the Sun - Praised be my Lord God with all his cre
    • The Canticle of the Sun - Praised be my Lord God for all those wh
    • The Canticle of the Sun - Blessed are they...
    • Seven Motets of the Church's Year - Before the Morning Star Begotten
    • Buzzings: Three Pieces about Bees - III. Bee! I'm Expecting You!
    • Songs of Smaller Creatures - I. The Bees' Song
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    • 2014 Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit
    • 2014 Season Highlights
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    • 2015 Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit
    • 2016 Season Highlights
    • 2016 Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit
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