2014 Season
Opening Night: Tchaikovsky Extravaganza
Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 6:30-8:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Natasha Paremski, Piano
Program
John Corigliano: Tournaments
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Berlioz Romeo and Juliet
Fri, Jun 13, 2014, 6:30-8:30pm
Sat, Jun 14, 2014, 7:30-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Julie Boulianne, Mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, Tenor
Eric Owens, Bass-baritone
Program
Hector Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet
Mozart and Dvořák
Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 6:30-8pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Stefan Jackiw, Violin
Program
Otto Nicolai: Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish
Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No.3
Water Music
Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 6:30-8pm
Sat, Jun 21, 2014, 7:30-9pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Program
George Frideric Handel (arr. Hamilton Harty): Suite: Water Music
Carl Maria von Weber: Jubel Overture
Edward Elgar: Symphony No.1
¡Viva México!
Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:30-8pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano
Program
Selections of mariachi music
Barber and Haydn
Fri, Jun 27, 2014, 6:30-8pm
Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 7:30-9pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Christine Goerke, Soprano
Jill Grove, Mezzo-soprano
Garrett Sorenson, Tenor
Shenyang, Bass
David Schrader, Organ
Program
Samuel Barber: Fadograph of a Yestern Scene
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in B Flat
Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto
Wed, Jul 2, 2014, 6:30-8pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, Guest Conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, Cello
Tracy Cantin, Soprano
Program
Richard Danielpour: Darkness in the Ancient Valley
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto in A Minor
Francis Poulenc: Suite from Les Biches
Independence Day Salute
Fri, Jul 4, 2014, 6:30-8:15pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Program
An evening full of American spirit and song
Portland Youth Philharmonic
Sat, Jul 5, 2014, 7:30-9pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Portland Youth Philharmonic
David Hattner, Conductor
(The Grant Park Orchestra Does Not Perform)
Program
Kenji Bunch: Supermaximum
Henry Cowell: Ancient Desert Drone
Christopher Theofanidis: Visions and Miracles
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Antonin Dvořák: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78
Ella, Louis and All That Jazz
Wed, Jul 9, 2014, 8-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Jeff Tyzik, Guest Conductor
Marva Hicks, Vocalist
Byron Stripling, Trumpet
Program
A tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, featuring the music of Gershwin, Berlin, Waller and more
Holst The Planets
Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 6:30-8pm
Sat, Jul 12, 2014, 8-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Mei Ann Chen, Guest Conductor
Benjamin Rivera, Guest Chorus Director
Program
Jonathan Leshnoff: Starburst
Florence Price: Dances in the Canebreaks
Gustav Holst: The Planets
The Blue Planet in Concert
Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 6:30-8:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
George Fenton, Guest Conductor
Program
The Blue Planet in Concert
Grant Park Chorus: Choral Spectacular
Thu, Jul 17, 2014, 7-8pm
Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 3-4pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
The Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, Conductor
David Gordon, Trumpet
Program
John Tavener: Funeral Ikos
Eric Whitacre: Leonardo Dreams of his Flying machine
James MacMillan: From the Strathclyde Motets: Data est mihi omnis potestas; In splendoribus sanctorum
John Tavener: The Lamb
Abbie Betinis: Toward Sunshine, Toward Freedom: Songs of Smaller Creatures
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: The Cherubic Hymn (No 6. from Liturgy of St John Chrystostom)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: The Legend
Ben Parry: Flame
Dvořák and Beethoven
Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 6:30-8:15pm
Sat, Jul 19, 2014, 7:30-9:15pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, Guest Conductor
Stephen Hough, Piano
Program
Michael Daugherty: Route 66
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Musical Thrills!
Wed, Jul 23, 2014, 6:30-8:15pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Andrew Grams, Guest Conductor
Damon Gupton, Narrator
Program
Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture: Abduction from the Seraglio
William Bolcom: Commedia for (almost) 18th century orchestra
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Aaron Jay Kernis: Too Hot Toccata
David Schifrin: Theme from Mission Impossible
Nathaniel Stookey: The Composer is Dead
Slatkin Conducts Shostakovich
Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 6:30-8:30pm
Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 7:30-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Leonard Slatkin, Guest Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Michel Camilo, Piano
Alfred Walker, Bass-baritone
Program
Emmanuel Chabrier: España
Michel Camilo: Piano Concerto No. 2, Tenerife
Dimitri Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin
Alexander Borodin: "Polovtsian Dances" from Prince Igor
National Youth Orchestra with Gil Shaham
Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 6:30-9pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
National Youth Orchestra
David Robertson, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin
(The Grant Park Orchestra Does Not Perform)
Program
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto
S. C. Adams: Radial Play
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Symphonie Espagnole
Wed, Jul 30, 2014, 6:30-8:15pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, Violin
Program
Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B-flat Major
Édouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Cristóbal Halffter: Tiento
Brahms Symphony No. 4
Fri, Aug 1, 2014, 6:30-8:30pm
Sat, Aug 2, 2014, 7:30-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Arnaldo Cohen, Piano
Program
Jörg Widmann: Con Brio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4
The Seven Deadly Sins
Wed, Aug 6, 2014, 6:30-8:15pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Storm Large, Soprano
Hoss Brock, Tenor
John Concepcion, Tenor
Ron Watkins, Baritone
Wilbur Pauley, Bass
Program
Kurt Weill: Seven Deadly Sins
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Richard Strauss: "Dance of the Seven Veils" from Salome
Northern Lights
Fri, Aug 8, 2014, 7:30-9:30pm
Sat, Aug 9, 2014, 7:30-9:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Program
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2
Christopher Theofanidis: The Legend of the Northern Lights (World Premiere)
Bolcom and Mozart
Wed, Aug 13, 2014, 6:30-8:15pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Artists From Lyric Opera’s Patrick G. And Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
J'Nai Bridges, Soprano
Julie Anne Miller, Mezzo-soprano
Anthony Clark Evans, Baritone
Will Liverman, Baritone
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25
William Bolcom: Cabaret Songs
Walter Piston: Suite: The Incredible Flutist
Daphnis and Chloé
Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 6:30-8:15pm
Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 7:30-9:15pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Program
John Adams: Tromba Lontana
William Bolcom: Millennium: A Concerto-Fantasia for Orchestra
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé