2017 Season

A Sea Symphony

When & Where

Concerts
Fri Jun 16 2017
Sat Jun 17 2017 Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo

Program

Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia
Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

Description

The Grant Park Chorus join the Orchestra for Vaughan Williams' monumental A Sea Symphony, based on Walt Whitman's celebrated poetry collection, Leaves of Grass. Sweeping and bold, it is paired with orchestral works from Benjamin Britten's beautiful and terrifying opera, Peter Grimes.

Featured performers:

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar
, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Sara Jakubiak, Soprano
David John Pike, Baritone

Featuring

Carlos Kalmar

Conductor

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Christopher Bell

Chorus Director

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Grant Park Orchestra & Chorus