A Chicago tradition returns! The Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus return to Millennium Park with a thrilling lineup of Festival favorites, including the Grieg Piano Concerto, the New World Symphony, the William Tell Overture, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun plus plenty of family fun with Carnival of the Animals, Classic Broadway and the annual Independence Day Salute.
Independence Day Salute
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, conductor
Program
John Williams: Summon the Heroes
Scott Joplin: Overture to Treemonisha
Arr. Robert Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Florence Price: Dances in the Canebrakes
Leonard Bernstein: Selections from West Side Story
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
(more)
William Tell Overture
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Program
Julia Perry: Short Piece for Orchestra
Georges Bizet: Suite from L'Arlésienne
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Brahms Symphony No. 3
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Susan Nelson, soprano
Sarah Ponder, mezzo-soprano
Corinne Wallace-Crane, mezzo-soprano
Program
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Beethoven Symphony No. 1
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Katelyn Lee, soprano
Sarah Ponder, mezzo-soprano
Hoss Brock, tenor
Dan Richardson, bass-baritone
Wilbur Pauley, narrator
Program
Anna Clyne: Sound and Fury
Franz Joseph Haydn: Nicolai Mass
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Quartet in the Parks
Featuring
Allison Lovera, violin
Audrey Lee, violin
Edwardo Rios, viola
Cole Randolph, cello
Program
Tomeka Reid: Prospective Dwellers
Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor, Juba Dance
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Home
Zitella Icli: The Survivor
Leroy Anderson: Waltzing Cat
Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls
Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Masumi Per Rostad, viola
Program
Leonard Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Margaret Brouwer: Viola Concerto
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Bruckner E Minor Mass
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Program
Lili Boulanger: Psalm 24
Jonathan Dove: The Passing of the Year
Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E minor
Dvořák New World Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Eun Sun Kim, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano
David Gordon, trumpet
Program
Texu Kim: Blow, Fly, Pop!!
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Anthony Trionfo, flute
Program
Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Saverio Mercadante: Flute Concerto
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 2
Reflections on Carmen (Friday Live Stream)
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Program
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 8, Le soir
Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte
Rodion Shchedrin: Carmen Suite
From Ireland with Love
Featuring
Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor
Program
arr. Ēriks Ešenvalds: "O Danny Boy"
Charles Villiers Stanford: Three Motets
David Fennessy: chOirland
Sean Doherty: "I am the World"
Michael McGlynn: "Aisling"
arr. Mark Sirett: "Wild Rover"
arr. Leslie Hewlett: "Paddy McGinty’s Goat"
arr. Earlene Rentz: "To Work Upon the Railway"
arr. Joseph Martin: "The Last Rose of Summer"
arr. Teena Chinn: "Irish Eyes are Smiling"
arr. C. Courtney Lorenz: "Three Irish Folksongs"
arr. Desmond Earley: "The Parting Glass"
arr. Erik Jones: "I’ll Tell My Ma"
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Program
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, Winter Daydreams
Carnival of the Animals
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Norman Huynh, conductor
Ashley Kim, piano
Colin Song, piano
Program
Jacques Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Edvard Grieg: Suite from Peer Gynt
Classic Broadway
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Lawrence Loh, conductor
Mamie Parris, vocals
Madison Claire Parks, vocals
Bronson Norris Murphy, vocals
Doug LaBrecque, director
Program
Rodgers and Hammerstein: "Wonderful Guy" from South Pacific
Leonard Bernstein: "Maria" from West Side Story
Alan Menken: "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast
Claude-Michel Schönberg: "Why God, Why?" from Miss Saigon
Andrew Lloyd Webber: "Memory" from Cats
Andrew Lloyd Webber: "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera
Stephen Schwartz: "Defying Gravity" from Wicked
(more)
Schubert Mass in G Major
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Laura Anderson, soprano
Kaitlin Foley, soprano
Lindsey Adams, mezzo-soprano
John Concepcion, tenor
Joe Shadday, tenor
John Orduña, baritone
Ryan Cox, baritone
Program
Felix Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 8
Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Franz Schubert: Mass in G Major
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Vadim Gluzman, violin
David Govertsen, bass-baritone
Program
Gabriela Lena Frank: Elegía Andina
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
George Frideric Handel: Dettingen Te Deum