Current Area
When & Where
Concerts
Wed
Aug
16
2017
Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo
Program
Ottorino Respighi: The Birds
Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major
George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches
Description
Harriet Krijgh, the 25 year old Dutch-born and Vienna-trained cellist, makes her Festival debut with Haydn's rediscovered Concerto in C Major. Rounding out the program are lively and lyrical vignettes from Respighi's The Birds and the Festival premiere of Chadwick's complete Symphonic Sketches.
Featured performers:
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Harriet Krijgh, Cello