2012 Season

Wed, Jun 13, 2012, 6:30-8pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Alban Gerhardt, Cello

Program

Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

Fri, Jun 15, 2012, 6:30-8:30pm
Sat, Jun 16, 2012, 7:30-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director

Program

Franz Liszt: Les Préludes
Robert Schuman: A Free Song
George Frideric Handel: Royal Fireworks Music
Michael Gandolfi: Only Converge: An Exaltation of Place

Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 6:30-8pm
Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 6:30-8pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Steven Osborne, Piano

Program

Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Sat, Jun 23, 2012, 7:30-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Koen Kessels, Guest Conductor

Program

George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Georges Bizet: L'Arlésienne
Edouard Lalo: Namouna
Maurice Ravel: Bolero

Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 7:30-10pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Koen Kessels, Guest Conductor
Artists Of The Paris Opéra Ballet

Program

Adolphe Adam: Giselle

Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 6:30-8:30pm
Sat, Jun 30, 2012, 7:30-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Anima, Guest Children's Choir
Saira Frank, Soprano
Mary MacKenzie, Soprano
Sarah Ponder, Mezzo-Soprano
Hoss Brock, Tenor
Peder Reiff, Tenor
Dan Eifert, Bass
Tom Hall, Bass

Program

Igor Stravinsky: Les Noces
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst
Veljo Tormis: Raua Needmine
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

Wed, Jul 4, 2012, 6:30-8:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Paul Corona, Baritone

Program

Leonard Bernstein: Candide: Overture
Morton Gould: Amber Waves
John Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Aaron Copland: Old American Songs
Ferde Grofé: Mississippi Suite
George Gershwin: Girl Crazy: Overture
Robert Wendel: Sea to Shining Sea
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Fri, Jul 6, 2012, 6:30-8:30pm
Sat, Jul 7, 2012, 7:30-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Levi Hernandez, Baritone

Program

Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Sebastian Currier: Sleepers and Dreamers

Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 8:30-10:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
George Fenton, Guest Conductor

Program

George Fenton: Frozen Planet

Overture
The Polar Bear Story
The Melt
Open Water
Mile after Mile
Antarctica! (includes You'll Never Walk Alone, Rodgers and Hammerstein)

INTERMISSION

Living Ice
The Adelies
A Brief Encounter
Maiden Flight
The Ultimate Survivors
The Wave
The Spirit of Antarctica

Fri, Jul 13, 2012, 8-10pm
Sat, Jul 14, 2012, 8-10pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Members Of The Grant Park Chorus
Kevin Stites, Guest Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Rebecca Luker, Vocalist
Marin Mazzie, Vocalist
Jason Danieley, Vocalist
Howard McGillin, Vocalist

Program

Selection of works by Frank Loesser

Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 6:30-8pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Rossen Milanov, Guest Conductor
Mikhail Simonyan, Violin

Program

Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

Fri, Jul 20, 2012, 6:30-8:30pm
Sat, Jul 21, 2012, 7:30-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Jonita Lattimore, Soprano
Jennifer Holloway, Mezzo-Soprano
René Barbera, Tenor
Ryan McKinny, Bass

Program

Gioachino Rossini: William Tell: Overture
Kenneth Leighton: Hymn to Matter
Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater

Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 6:30-8pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
James Gaffigan, Guest Conductor
Martin Grubinger, Percussion

Program

Avner Dorman: Frozen in Time
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

Fri, Jul 27, 2012, 6:30-8:30pm
Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 7:30-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Jun Märkl, Guest Conductor
Pascal Rogé, Piano

Program

Claude Debussy: Khamma
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Wed, Aug 1, 2012, 6:30-8pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor

Program

John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Fri, Aug 3, 2012, 6:30-8pm
Sat, Aug 4, 2012, 7:30-9pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Chee-Yun, Violin
Sarah Ponder, Mezzo-Soprano

Program

Alberto Ginastera: Estancia: Four Dances
Astor Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Manual De Falla: Three-Cornered Hat

Wed, Aug 8, 2012, 6:30-7:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, Violin
Tanja Tetzlaff, Cello

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1

Fri, Aug 10, 2012, 6:30-9:15pm
Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 7:30-10:15pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Layla Claire, Soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, Tenor
Ben Wager, Bass

Program

Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons

Wed, Aug 15, 2012, 6:30-8:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Ensemble Members Of The Patrick G. And Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (Excerpts from Act I)
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Final Scene)

Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 6:30-8pm
Sat, Aug 18, 2012, 7:30-9pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Jonita Lattimore, Soprano
Brendan Tuohy, Tenor
Stephen Hegedus, Bass

Program

Antonín Dvořák: The Spectre's Bride