2023 Season

The Grant Park Chorus

Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

When & Where

Concerts
Fri Aug 18 2023
Sat Aug 19 2023 Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo

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Open Rehearsals
Tue Aug 15 2023
Thu Aug 17 2023
Fri Aug 18 2023 Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo
Pre-Concert Talks
Fri Aug 18 2023
Sat Aug 19 2023 Chase Promenade North TentInfo

Program

Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Felix Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night 
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

Program Notes

Description

It's closing weekend, and Carlos Kalmar conducts the barn-storming Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky and the fiery Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov. Also, the Grant Park Chorus performs a delicious rarity by Mendelssohn, The First Walpurgis Night.

Featuring

Carlos Kalmar

Conductor

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Felix Mendelssohn

Composer

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Sergei Rachmaninov

Composer

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Modest Mussorgsky

composer

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Corinne Wallace-Crane

mezzo-soprano

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David Govertsen

bass-baritone

Miles Mykkanen

tenor

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Alex DeSocio

baritone

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