The 2015 Season included the world premiere of Kenj Bunch's Symphony No. 3, the Midwest premiere of James MacMillan's Quickening, a tribute to legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim, and an evening with jazz vocalist Kurt Elling.
Independence Day Salute
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Terrence Wilson, Piano
Program
George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
and more!
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano
Program
Andrew Norman: Drip
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Mozart and Shostakovich
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture: The Magic Flute
Kenji Bunch: Symphony No. 3, Dream Songs
Dimitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Roberto Díaz, Viola
Program
William Walton: Viola Concerto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Mendelssohn Reformation Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Anima Young Singers
David James, Countertenor
Mark Dobell, Tenor
Steven Harrold, Tenor
Eamonn Dougan, Baritone
Program
Richard Wagner: Prelude: Parsifal
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Reformation
James MacMillan: Quickening
CYSO's Symphony Orchestra with Special Guests Blue Man Group
Featuring
CYSO's Symphony Orchestra
Allen Tinkham, Music Director
Terrance Gray, Associate Conductor
Blue Man Group, Special Guest Soloists
Program
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Dmitry Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Schumann Rhenish Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Tanja Tetzlaff, Cello
Program
David Diamond: Rounds for String Orchestra
Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Bernstein Fancy Free
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, Guest Conductor
Program
John Adams: Lollapalooza
Leonard Bernstein: Suite from Fancy Free
César Franck: Symphony in D
A Sondheim Celebration
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Paul Gemignani, Guest Conductor
Elizabeth Stanley, Vocalist
Alex Gemignani, Vocalist
Tedd Firth, Piano
Program
Songs and Suites from Sondheim's greatest and most popular repertoire
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Thierry Fischer, Guest Conductor
Program
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Sergei Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Brahms Requiem
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Thierry Fischer, Guest Conductor
Caitlin Lynch, Soprano
Stephen Hegedus, Bass-Baritone
Program
Arnold Schoenberg: Transfigured Night
Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem
Grant Park Chorus: Songs from the Heart
Featuring
Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Program
Kenneth Leighton: Laudate Pueri
Stephen Paulus: The Lotus Lovers
Seán Doherty: Et clamabant
Jean Sibelius: Sydämeni laulu
Jean Sibelius: Sortunut ääni
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia Hymn
Douglas J. Cuomo: Kyrie
William Hawley: Four Reveries
Seán Doherty: Blessed Be That Maid Marie
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Barber and Menotti
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Ward Stare, Conductor
Artists From Lyric Opera's Patrick G. And Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
Laura Wilde, Soprano
Anthony Clark Evans, Baritone
Annie Rosen, Mezzo-Soprano
Program
Jennifer Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico
Douglas J. Cuomo: The Boy's Nature from Doubt
Gian Carlo Menotti: The Telephone
Douglas J. Cuomo: Doubt Sermon
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1
Saint-Saëns and Mozart
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume, Guest Conductor
Andrew Von Oeyen, Piano
Program
Franz von Suppé: Overture to Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31, Paris
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Georges Bizet: Roma
Bruckner Symphony No. 6
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Christoph König, Guest Conductor
Program
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
Mozart Piano Concerto
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Inon Barnatan, Piano
Program
Randall Thompson: Symphony No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
George Antheil: A Jazz Symphony
Haydn Harmony Mass
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Layla Claire, Soprano
Julie Boulianne, Mezzo-Soprano
John Tessier, Tenor
Daniel Okulitch, Bass-Baritone
Program
Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in B-flat Major, Harmoniemesse
John Adams: Harmonielehre
An Evening with Kurt Elling
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Kurt Elling, Vocalist
Gary Versace, Piano
Clark Sommers, Bass
John Mclean, Guitar
Kendrick Scott, Drums
John Wojciehowski, Tenor Saxophone
Orbert Davis, Trumpet
Program
Kurt Elling: Passion World
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Natasha Paremski, Piano
Program
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to The Secret of Suzanne
Paul Schoenfield: Four Parables
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
James Ehnes, Violin
Program
Howard Hanson: Elegy
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Magnus Lindberg: Aventures
Elgar The Kingdom
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Erin Wall, Soprano
Jill Grove, Mezzo-Soprano
Garrett Sorenson, Tenor
Alfred Walker, Bass-Baritone
Program
Edward Elgar: The Kingdom