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June 11 - August 16, 2025

Welcome

The Grant Park Music Festival is a ten-week classical music concert series held annually in Chicago, Illinois’ Millennium Park.

It features the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, along with guest performers and conductors, and is one of the only free outdoor classical-music concert series in the US.

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Concert

Brahms Symphony No. 2

Thu, Jul 10 · 6:30 pm & Fri, Jul 11 · 6:30 pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
2h 15m

Conductor Anthony Parnther explores the depths of human spirituality and the heights of orchestral grandeur through Bruckner's Psalm 150 and Margaret Bonds' Credo, a moving and inspiring alchemy of classical and spiritual traditions. The concert concludes with Brahms’ majestic masterpiece Symphony No. 2.

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus

Anthony Parnther Conductor

Eugene Rogers Guest Chorus Conductor

Janai Brugger Soprano

Sankara Harouna Baritone

Program

Anton Bruckner Psalm 150

Margaret Bonds Credo

Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2

Featuring

  • Grant Park Orchestra
    Grant Park Orchestra

    Grant Park Orchestra

    Orchestra

  • Anthony Parnther
    Anthony_Parnther

    Anthony Parnther

    Conductor

  • Grant Park Chorus
    Chorus

    Grant Park Chorus

    Chorus

  • Eugene Rogers
    Eugene_Rogers

    Eugene Rogers

    Guest Chorus Director

  • Janai Brugger
    Janai_Bruggar

    Janai Brugger

    Soprano

  • Sankara Harouna
    Sankara_Harouna

    Sankara Harouna

    Baritone

Composers

  • Anton Bruckner
    Anton_Bruckner

    Anton Bruckner

    Composer

  • Margaret Bonds
    Margaret_Bonds

    Margaret Bonds

    Composer

  • Johannes Brahms
    Johannes_Brahms

    Johannes Brahms

    Composer

Event Sponsors

This program is graciously underwritten as part of the Dehmlow Choral Music Series. The performance of Credo by Margaret Bonds is generously supported by the Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.

The appearance of Sankara Harouna is graciously made possible with support from the David H. Whitney and Juliana Y. Chyu Next Generation Vocalist Fund.

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Jay Pritzker Pavilion

201 E Randolph St, Chicago

The centerpiece for Millennium Park and home of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus.

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