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2013 Season
Opening Night The 2013 Season opens with Carlos Kalmar conducting Tchaikovsky's passionate Fourth Symphony. Captivating young violinist Stefan Jackiw makes his Festival debut with Mozart's Turkish Concerto.
Violinist Stefan WHEN Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Jackiw joins the Festival on 6:30pm Opening Night. WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Stefan Jackiw, Violin
WHAT Norman: Drip Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Alexander Nevsky Immerse yourself in an evening of history and myth with Copland’s wild west bandit Billy the Kid, Barber’s ancient sorceress Medea, and Prokofiev’s cinematic cantata Alexander Nevsky.
The Grant Park WHEN Friday, June 14, 2013, 6:30pm Orchestra and Chorus perform Saturday, June 15, 2013, 7:30pm Prokofiev's cantata Alexander Nevsky. WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Christopher Bell, Chorus Director Emilia Boteva, Mezzo-Soprano
WHAT Barber: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance Copland: Suite: Billy the Kid Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
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Pink Martini The internationally acclaimed Pink Martini reunites with Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Orchestra, bringing their unique blend of classical, jazz, and pop sounds to the stage.
WHEN Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Pink Martini return. 6:30pm
WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Pink Martini
WHAT Music by Pink Martini
Iris Dévoilée Eastern and western musical traditions entwine in the Chicago premiere of the sensuous Iris dévoilée by Chinese composer Qigang Chen.
WHEN Friday, June 21, 2013, 6:30pm Saturday, June 22, 2013, 7:30pm Qigang Chen's sensuous Iris WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion dévoilée combines Eastern and WHO Grant Park Orchestra Western musical traditions. Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Xiaoduo Chen, Soprano Meng Meng, Soprano Wei-Yang Andy Lin, Erhu Yang Wei, Pipa Yang Yi, Zheng
WHAT Chen: Iris dévoilée Fauré: Pelléas and Mélisande: Suite Ravel: La Valse
Nielsen Clarinet Concerto Discover three works that capture the eclectic sounds of early 20th century music: Vaughan- Williams’ romantic symphony inspired by The Pilgrim’s Progress, Nielsen’s stormy Clarinet Concerto, and Martinu’s tribute to an iconic Martin Fröst World War II fighter plane. performs Nielsen's stormy Clarinet WHEN Wednesday, June 26, 2013, Concerto. 6:30pm
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WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Martin Fröst, Clarinet
WHAT Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 5 Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto Martinu: Thunderbolt P47
Britten War Requiem The Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus honor the Benjamin Britten centenary with two performances of his powerful masterwork that juxtaposes anti-war sentiment with the timeless Roman Catholic Requiem Mass.
Celebrate the WHEN Friday, June 28, 2013, 6:30pm 100th anniversary of Benjamin Saturday, June 29, 2013, 7:30pm Britten's birth with a powerful WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion performance of War Requiem. WHO Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Christopher Bell, Chorus Director Erin Wall, Soprano Jeremy Ovenden, Tenor Alan Held, Bass Chicago Children’s Choir, Josephine Lee, Artistic Director
WHAT Britten: War Requiem
Independence Eve Celebration Bring your family, friends, and most patriotic self to Chicago’s lakefront for an evening filled with American spirit and pride.
WHEN Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 6:30pm
Bring your most WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion patriotic self to the Festival's annual WHO Grant Park Orchestra Independence Christopher Bell, Conductor Celebration. Janai Brugger, Soprano
WHAT A selection of traditional music to celebrate the holiday.
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Dvořák's New World Symphony Guest conductor Eugene Tzigane leads the orchestra in Dvořák’s much loved work, capturing the essence of the composer’s travels throughout America in the late 19th century. The dazzling young pianist Alessio Bax makes
Dazzling young his Festival debut with Barber’s Pulitzer Prize- pianist Alessio Bax winning concerto. makes his Festival debut with Barber's WHEN Friday, July 5, 2013, 6:30pm Piano Concerto. Saturday, July 6, 2013, 7:30pm
WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra Eugene Tzigane, Guest Conductor Alessio Bax, Piano
WHAT Bolcom: Ragomania, A Classic Festival Overture Barber: Piano Concerto Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Grant Park Pops - Let's Dance! Swing to the sounds of the Grant Park Orchestra, as conductor Jeff Tyzik takes a look at dance through the ages.
WHEN Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 8:00pm Conductor Jeff Tyzik takes WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion listeners on a journey through WHO Grant Park Orchestra dance. Jeff Tyzik, Conductor
WHAT A selection of favorite dance melodies.
Caminos del Inka Take a musical journey through South America with this spectacular multimedia tribute to the vast empire of the Incas and the ancient melodies of the Inca Trail, created and conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya.
Caminos del Inka WHEN Friday, July 12, 2013, 8:00pm takes a musical journey down the Saturday, July 13, 2013, 8:00pm Inca Trail.
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WHO Grant Park Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Guest Conductor Mary Stolper, Flute Walter Haman, Cello
WHAT Robles: El Cóndor Pasa Martínez y Compañón: Colección de Música Virreinal Luzuriaga: Responsorio Lena Frank: Illapa, Tone Poem for Flute and Orchestra Golijov: Mariel, for Cello and Orchestra Soro: Danza Fantástica López: Fiesta!
A Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration It’ll be a grand night for singing as the Grant Park Orchestra and guests salute the legendary team of Rodgers and Hammerstein with their catalog of cherished songs for stage and
Millennium Park screen. will come alive with the sounds of WHEN Wednesday, July 17, 2013, Rodgers and Hammerstein. 6:30pm
WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus Christopher Bell, Conductor Rebecca Luker, Soprano Doug LaBrecque, Tenor William Michals, Baritone
WHAT Songs from Carousel, The King & I, Oklahoma, Showboat, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, and more.
Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer leads the Grant Park Orchestra in Frank Martin’s Concerto for Seven Winds, along with French masterpieces by Berlioz and Saint-Saëns.
Conductor Thierry
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Fischer makes his WHEN Friday, July 19, 2013, 6:30pm Grant Park debut. Saturday, July 20, 2013, 7:30pm
WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra Thierry Fischer, Guest Conductor
WHAT Berlioz: Overture: King Lear Martin: Concerto for Seven Winds Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony
Shostakovich 5th Symphony Festival favorite Hannu Lintu leads Shostakovich’s politically charged Symphony No. 5. The evening opens with the versatile pianist Kirill Gerstein performing Beethoven’s brilliant first piano concerto. The versatile Kirill Gerstein performs WHEN Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Beethoven's Piano 6:30pm Concerto No. 1. WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra Hannu Lintu, Guest Conductor Kirill Gerstein, Piano
WHAT Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Sibelius Violin Concerto Hannu Lintu’s week-long engagement continues with Sibelius’ tone poem, Pohjola’s Daughter. Violinist Karen Gomyo joins the orchestra in a fiery performance of the composer’s only concerto. Karen Gomyo, violinist, returns WHEN Friday, July 26, 2013, 6:30pm with a fiery Saturday, July 27, 2013, 7:30pm performance of Sibelius' Violin WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion Concerto.
WHO Grant Park Orchestra Hannu Lintu, Guest Conductor Karen Gomyo, Violin
WHAT Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter Glazunov: Symphony No. 4 Sibelius: Violin Concerto
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Songs of Praise and Passion Following last summer's Golden Anniversary, the Grant Park Chorus travels to the magnificent South Shore Cultural Center with a concert of moving a cappella music.
WHEN Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 7:00pm Christopher Bell and the Grant Park WHERE South Shore Cultural Center Chorus perform a concert of a WHO Grant Park Chorus cappella music at the South Shore Christopher Bell, Chorus Director And Cultural Center. Conductor
WHAT Parry: My soul there is a country Miškinis: Dum Medium Silentium Miškinis: Pater Noster Miškinis: O Sacrum Convivium Mawby: Alleluia, Christus resurrexit Rachmaninoff: Three movements from Vespers Tormis: Two songs to words by Ernst Enno: Early summer's fairytale, Soundlessly somewhere Garrop: Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy Sametz: I have had singing
Kalmar Conducts Bruckner Carlos Kalmar returns to conduct one of his favorite symphonies – a rarely performed work by Anton Bruckner that established the Austrian composer’s reputation after its premiere by the Vienna Philharmonic.
Carlos Kalmar, WHEN Wednesday, July 31, 2013, Artistic Director and Principal 6:30pm Conductor WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
WHAT Bruckner: Symphony No. 2
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Songs of Praise and Passion The Grant Park Chorus reprise their a cappella concert at the Columbus Park Refectory overlooking the beautiful grounds designed by landscape architect Jens Jensen.
WHEN Thursday, August 1, 2013, Christopher Bell 7:00pm leads the Grant Park Chorus in a concert of a WHERE Columbus Park Refectory cappella music at the Columbus Park WHO Grant Park Chorus Refectory. Christopher Bell, Chorus Director And Conductor
WHAT Parry: My soul there is a country Miškinis: Dum Medium Silentium Miškinis: Pater Noster Miškinis: O Sacrum Convivium Mawby: Alleluia, Christus resurrexit Rachmaninoff: Three movements from Vespers Tormis: Two songs to words by Ernst Enno: Early summer's fairytale, Soundlessly somewhere Garrop: Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy Sametz: I have had singing
The Fiddler's Child Come indoors for an evening at the Harris Theater featuring three pieces that show the many sides of childhood: whimsical and adventurous, as well as ghostly and dark.
WHEN Friday, August 2, 2013, 6:30pm A night that explores childhood, Saturday, August 3, 2013, from Elgar's 7:30pm nostalgic Nursery Suite to Janáček's WHERE Harris Theater for Music and Dance ghostly The Fiddler's Child. WHO Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
WHAT Elgar: Nursery Suite Janáček: The Fiddler's Child Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator
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Concerto for Saxophones Summer heats up with jazz virtuoso James Carter performing Roberto Sierra's Concerto for Saxophones. Works exploring Brazilian folklore, the tango, and the prairies of Argentina round out this night of Latin American music.
Jazz virtuoso WHEN Wednesday, August 7, 2013, James Carter performs his 6:30pm showcase piece Concerto for WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion Saxophones. WHO Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, Conductor James Carter, Saxophones
WHAT Piazzolla: Milongón Festival Ginastera: Pampeana No. 3 Sierra: Concerto for Saxophones Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7
Schubert Mass in E Flat Written just four months before his untimely death. Schubert's Mass in E Flat Major is presented with Messiaen's mystical symphonic meditation and James MacMillan's requiem that captures the soul of Scotland.
The Grant Park WHEN Friday, August 9, 2013, 6:30pm Orchestra and Chorus perform Saturday, August 10, 2013, Schubert's Mass in 7:30pm E-Flat Major. WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Christopher Bell, Chorus Director Artists From The Lyric Opera's Patrick G. And Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
WHAT Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées MacMillan: Confessions of Isobel Gowdie Schubert: Mass in E Flat Major
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Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto See the return of Valentina Lisitsa, who has excited audiences around the world with her captivating performances of Rachmaninov. Also on the program: Shchedrin's satirical Naughty
The sensational Limericks and Borodin's nationalistic Second Valentina Lisitsa Symphony. returns to perform Rachmaninov. WHEN Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 6:30pm
WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Valentina Lisitsa, Piano
WHAT Shchedrin: The Naughty Limericks Borodin: Symphony No. 2 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
The Rite of Spring The 79th Season comes to a thrilling close with John Adams' Harmonium, a visionary choral setting of poems by John Donne and Emily Dickinson. Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, radical for its time, is as powerful and relevant Stravinsky's today as when it premiered one hundred years revolutionary Rite ago. of Spring debuted 100 years ago. WHEN Friday, August 16, 2013, 6:30pm Saturday, August 17, 2013, 7:30pm
WHERE Jay Pritzker Pavilion
WHO Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Donald Nally, Guest Chorus Director
WHAT Adams: Black Gondola Adams: Harmonium Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
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