Events
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Members of the New Millennium Orchestra of
Chicago perform Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor.
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Chicago Chamber Musicians - Chicago’s premier chamber music organization presents its First Mondays series, broadcast live on WFMT 98.7.
ADMISSION FREE
Preston Bradley Hall
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington
Chicago, IL 60602
12:15pm
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Daedalus Duo - "Music of Southern Spain......Folk songs, Dances, and Recent Compositions" Bonnie Campbell and Diana Schmück (described in the Chicago Sun-Times as "one of the finest chamber pianists on the scene”) explore music from Spain for clarinet and piano.
ADMISSION FREE
Preston Bradley Hall
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60602
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Susanna Phillips, soprano - Celebrate Bastille Day with the sparkling voice of soprano Susanna Phillips and pianist Craig Terry in a program of French classics by Faure, Messiaen, and Debussy, and an homage to Edith Piaf. This alumna of Lyric Opera’s Ryan Opera Center has attracted special recognition for a voice of striking beauty and sophistication and was the winner of four of the world's leading vocal competitions in a single year - Operalia (both First Place and the Audience Prize), the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the MacAllister Awards and the George London Foundation. She has performed on the country’s leading operatic and concert stages including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe, Minnesota, Utah, Dallas and Kentucky operas, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and will sing the role of Musetta in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of La Boheme this winter.
ADMISSION FREE
Preston Bradley Hall
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60602
6:30pm
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8:30pm
BEETHOVEN'S 7th
Grant Park Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, Conductor; Leila Josefowicz, Violin
5:30pm
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11:00pm
DIVERTIMENTO 2008
GERSHWIN'S GREATEST HITS
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Jay Pritzker Pavilion,
Millennium Park
6:30 pm - Concert
8:00 pm - Dinner, Dancing & Silent
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GERSHWIN'S GREATEST HITS
Grant Park Orchestra
Kevin Stites, Conductor; Jay Jaski, Director
Harolyn Blackwell, Marin Mazzie, Norman Lewis and Jason Danieley, Vocalists; Kirill Gerstein, Piano
Post-concert PlayBack: Kirill Gerstein performs Gershwin solo tunes
The composer’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Kirill Gerstein is the centerpiece of a program featuring Gershwin’s Greatest Hits, sung by veteran Broadway stars Harolyn Blackwell, Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley and Norm Lewis. It’s one musical gem after another from shows like Strike Up The Band and Porgy and Bess, including Swanee, I Got Rhythm, How Long Has This Been Going On, Embraceable You, S’ Wonderful and the much loved Summertime.
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Millennium Chamber Players - Prefacing their upcoming Canadian Tour, the young, critically-acclaimed Chicago ensemble presents a program including contemporary works by Kuster, Raz, Sharman and Berezowksy.
ADMISSION FREE
Preston Bradley Hall
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60601
6:30pm
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*Wednesday, July 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Joseph Cullen, Conductor; Joanna Kozlowska, Soprano; Bryan Griffin, Tenor; Darren K. Stokes, Baritone
| MUSSORGSKY | Night on Bald Mountain |
| BORODIN | Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor |
| RACHMANINOFF | The Bells |
*Post-concert TalkBack in fron of the stage
