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June 11 - August 16, 2025

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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.

C2 The Planets
Concert

Holst The Planets

Fri, Jun 13 · 6:30 pm & Sat, Jun 14 · 7:30 pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
2h 15m

Christopher Bell leads the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus in Gustav Holst’s The Planets. This thrilling opening weekend of the Festival’s 2025 season includes Psalm 24, Lili Boulanger's powerful 'Hymn to the Creator,' and Jake Runestad's acclaimed Earth Symphony. 

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus

Christopher Bell Conductor and Chorus Director

Benjamin Rivera Assistant Chorus Director

Program

Lili Boulanger Psalm 24

Jake Runestad Earth Symphony

Gustav Holst The Planets

Featuring

  • Christopher Bell
    Christopher_Bell

    Christopher Bell

    Chorus Director

  • Grant Park Orchestra
    Grant Park Orchestra

    Grant Park Orchestra

    Orchestra

  • Grant Park Chorus
    Chorus

    Grant Park Chorus

    Chorus

Composers

  • Gustav Holst
    Gustav Holst

    Gustav Holst

    Composer

  • Lili Boulanger
    Lili Boulanger

    Lili Boulanger

    Composer

  • Jake Runestad
    Jake_Runestad

    Jake Runestad

    Composer

Event Sponsors

This concert is generously supported as part of the Dehmlow Choral Music Series.

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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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