2022 Season

Wed, Jun 15, 2022, 6:30-8pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner
Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (excerpts)

Fri, Jun 17, 2022, 6:30-8:30pm & Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Anima - Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Natalie Rose Richardson, poet and orator

Program

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Reformation
Judith Weir: We Are Shadows
Mischa Zupko: Blue Matter (World Premiere)

Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 2-3pm
Indoors - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

ZOFO
Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
Eva-Maria Zimmermann, piano

Program

Gustav Holst: Jupiter from The Planets
Urmas Sisask: The Milky Way
Eleanor Alberga: 3-Day Mix
Carl Vine: Sonata for Piano Four Hands

Wed, Jun 22, 2022, 6:30-8pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
ZOFO, piano duo

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Carl Vine: Sonata for Piano Four Hands
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 6:30-7:30pm
Indian Boundary Park

Featuring

Project Inclusion Vocal Fellows

Program

Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds from Candide
Gounod: Juliette's Waltz from Roméo et Juliette
Moore:  I Want to Die While You Love Me
Korngold: Pierrot’s Tanzlied from Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
Lerner/Loewe: Almost Like Being in Love from Brigadoon
Roberto Sierra: Vida Criolla from Décimas 
Estrada: En mi Viejo San Juan
Libby Larsen: The Flower
Viardot: Haï luli
Verdi: Va pensiero from Nabucco
Verdi: Libiamo ne' lieti calici

Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 6:30-8:30pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
David Danzmayr, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin​​​​​​

Program

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1

Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 6:30-8:30PM & Fri, Jul 1, 2022, 6:30-8:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor
Anima — Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus
Susan Nelson, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor

Program

Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Arvo Pärt: In principio
Benjamin Britten: Spring Symphony

Thu, Jun 30, 2022, 6:30-7:30PM
Nichols Park

Featuring

Project Inclusion Quartet

Program

Kenji Bunch: String Quartet No. 3, Apocraphyl Dances (excerpts)
Astor Piazzolla: Tango Ballet 
Samuel Coleridge Taylor: Fantasiestucke for String Quartet (excerpt)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Quartet No 1, Calvary (excerpt)
Paquito D'Rivera: Wapango for String Quartet
Lizzo: Juice

Sat, Jul 2, 2022, 5:30-7PM
Chase Promenade North Tent

Sat, Jul 2, 2022, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor

Program

John Williams: Liberty Fanfare
Arr. Bill Holcombe: George Gershwin Medley
Glenn Miller/Joe Garland: In The Mood
André Thomas: I Hear America Singing
Irving Berlin/arr. Roy Ringwald: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
William Steffe/arr. Peter Wilhousky: Battle Hymn of the Republic 
William Grant Still: Festive Overture
Aaron Copland: "The Promise of Living" from The Tender Land
Arr. Robert Wendel: The Orange Blossom Special
Arr. John Rutter: When the Saints Go Marching In
Arr. Robert Wendel: From Sea to Shining Sea
Arr. Robert Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Arr. Carmen Dragon: America the Beautiful
John Williams: Hymn to the Fallen
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever

Wed, Jul 6, 2022, 5-6PM
Chase Promenade North Tent

Wed, Jul 6, 2022, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Troupe Vertigo

Program

Lalo Schifrin: Theme from Mission Impossible
John Williams: Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Nino Rota/Bill Holcombe: Theme from The Godfather
Ennio Morricone: Theme from Cinema Paradiso
John Kander/arr. Michael Gibson: Medley from Chicago
Elmer Bernstein: Theme from Magnificent Seven
Klaus Badelt: Suite from Pirates of the Caribbean
Danny Elfman/arr. Bartel/Bankey: Batman Suite 
Michael Giacchino: "Married Life" from Up

Thu, Jul 7, 2022, 6:30-7:30PM
Lake Shore Park

Featuring

Project Inclusion Quartet

Program

Kenji Bunch: String Quartet No. 3, Apocraphyl Dances (excerpts)
Astor Piazzolla: Tango Ballet 
Samuel Coleridge Taylor: Fantasiestucke for String Quartet (excerpt)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Quartet No 1, Calvary (excerpt)
Paquito D'Rivera: Wapango for String Quartet
Lizzo: Juice

Fri, Jul 8, 2022, 8-10PM & Sat, Jul 9, 2022, 8-10PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Kimberly Grigsby, conductor
Capathia Jenkins, vocals
Sam Simahk, vocals

Program

George Gershwin: Selections from Of Thee I Sing
Richard Rodgers: Selections from South Pacific
Frank Loesser: Selections from How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
Stephen Sondheim: Selections from Sunday in the Park with George
Marvin Hamlisch: Selections from A Chorus Line
Lin-Manuel Miranda: "You'll Be Back" from Hamilton
Charlie Smalls: "Everybody Rejoice" from The Wiz
and more

Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 6:30-8:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
David Chan, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin

Program

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103, Drumroll

Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 6:30-7:30PM
Haas Park

Featuring

Project Inclusion Quartet

Program

Kenji Bunch: String Quartet No. 3, Apocraphyl Dances (excerpts)
Astor Piazzolla: Tango Ballet 
Samuel Coleridge Taylor: Fantasiestucke for String Quartet (excerpt)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Quartet No 1, Calvary (excerpt)
Paquito D'Rivera: Wapango for String Quartet
Lizzo: Juice

Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Jul 16, 2022, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin

Program

Victor Agudelo: La Madre de Agua
Billy Childs: Violin Concerto No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica

Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 2-3PM
Indoors - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Members of the Grant Park Orchestra
Project Inclusion Quartet

Program

Coleridge Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1
Billy Childs: String Quartet (World Premiere)
Elfrida Andrée:  Andante quasi recitativo
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

Wed, Jul 20, 2022, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Afendi Yusuf, clarinet

Program

Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

Thu, Jul 21, 2022, 6:30-7:30PM
Chicago Women's Park

Featuring

Project Inclusion Quartet

Program

Dvořák: Quartet No. 12 in F Major "American" (Finale)
Gershwin: Summertime from Porgy and Bess
Kenji Bunch: String Quartet No. 3, Apocraphyl Dances 
Samuel Coleridge Taylor: Fantasiestucke for String Quartet 
Billy Childs: Variations on a Rondo
Astor Piazzolla: Four For Tango
Pablo Ruiz: Sway

Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Markus Stenz, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, piano

Program

William Grant Still: Darker America
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Mon, Jul 25, 2022, 6:30-7:30PM
South Shore Cultural Center

Featuring

Members of the Grant Park Orchestra
Project Inclusion Quartet

Program

Coleridge Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1
Billy Childs: String Quartet (World Premiere)
Elfrida Andrée:  Andante quasi recitativo
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

Mon, Jul 27, 2022, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Soul Children of Chicago
Charles Floyd,  conductor
Walt Whitman, chorus director

Program

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Worship: A Concert Overture
Ed Tucker/Jamie M. Dominicak: Sacrifice of Praise
E. A. Hoffman: What A Fellowship
Rick Robinson: Lift Him Up
Thomas A. Dorsey: Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Fred Nelson, III: He’s Been Good
Charles Floyd: The Lord’s Prayer
Lamont Lenox: Worthy Is The Lamb
Kelvin Lenox: Nobody Like Jesus
Rosie Wallace: Take It To The Lord In Prayer
Leon Lumpkins: Open Our Eyes
Calvin Bridges: I Can Go To God In Prayer

Thu, Jul 28, 2022, 6:30-7:30PM
Eleanor Boathouse

Featuring

Project Inclusion Quartet

Program

Billy Childs: String Quartet

Fri, Jul 29, 2022, 6:30-8PM & Sat, Jul 30, 2022, 7:30-9PM
Harris Theater

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor

Program

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Tue, Aug 2, 2022, 6:30-9PM
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center

Featuring

Gordon Quinn, director
Leslie Simmer, director and editor
Howard Reich, writer and producer
Norman Malone, piano
Candice Agree, moderator

Program

Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Wed, Aug 3, 2022, 5:30-6PM
Chase Promenade North Tent

Wed, Aug 3, 2022, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Mariachi Herencia de Mexico

Program

arr. Rigoberto Alfaro: Obertura/Sones II
arr. Rigoberto Alfaro: Bésame Mucho
arr. Rigoberto Alfaro: Alma Llanera
arr. Rigoberto Alfaro: El Gavilán
arr. Rigoberto Alfaro: Frank Sinatra
arr. Rigoberto Alfaro: Cucurrucucú Paloma
arr. Rigoberto Alfaro: Clásicas

Thu, Aug 4, 2022, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell,  conductor

Program

Ēriks Ešenvalds: Stars
Ola Gjeilo: Dark Night of the Soul
Abbie Betinis: To the Evening Star
Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque
Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna
Samuel Barber: Sure on this Shining Night

Fri, Aug 5, 2022, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Aug 6, 2022, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Andreas Haefliger, piano

Program

Augusta Holmès: Andromède
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Sun, Aug 7, 2022, 2-3PM
Indoors - Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Marina Piccinini, flute
Andreas Haefliger, piano

Program

John Harbison: Mark the Date (World Premiere)
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata​​​​​​​
Tebogo Monnakgotla: It is the Lark that Sings . . . (World Premiere)
Pierre Boulez: Sonatine

Mon, Aug 8, 2022, 6:30-7:30PM
South Shore Cultural Center

Featuring

Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor

Program

Ēriks Ešenvalds: Stars
Ola Gjeilo: Dark Night of the Soul
Abbie Betinis: To the Evening Star
Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque
Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna
Samuel Barber: Sure on this Shining Night

Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Marina Piccinini, flute

Program

Libby Larsen: Deep Summer Music
Christopher Theofanidis: Flute Concerto (World Premiere)
César Franck: Symphony In D Minor

Fri, Aug 12, 2022, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone

Program

Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem

Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
ZOFO, piano duo

Program

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
Josef Suk: Fairy Tale
Carl Vine, Zofomorphosis (World Premiere)

Fri, Aug 19, 2022, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Michael Black, chorus director
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Duke Kim, tenor
Douglas Williams, bass

Program

Franz Joseph Haydn:  The Creation