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12:15pm - 1:00pm
Members of the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago perform Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor.
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12:15pm - 1:00pm

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

 

 

 

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12:15pm - 1:00pm

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 

6:30pm - 8:00pm

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 

07 / 15
6:30pm - 8:30pm

BEETHOVEN'S 7th

Grant Park Orchestra

Hugh Wolff, Conductor; Leila Josefowicz, Violin

07 / 17
5:30pm - 11:00pm

DIVERTIMENTO 2008

GERSHWIN'S GREATEST HITS 

Gershwin

Last chance to buy your tickets for Divertimento 2008

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Friday, July 18, 2008

Jay Pritzker Pavilion,
Millennium Park

6:30 pm - Concert
8:00 pm - Dinner, Dancing & Silent Auction

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Help support FREE classical music for all Chicagoans.

2008 DIVERTIMENTO Gala is generously sponsored by:

 

 

6:30pm - 8:15pm

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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12:15pm - 1:00pm

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

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6:30pm - 8:45pm

*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
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6:30pm - 7:45pm

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
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Saturday, July 26 at 6:30 p.m. * Note start time
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Grant Park Orchestra; Alberto Meoli, conductor; Vittorio Grigolo, Tenor;
Olivia Gorra, Soprano

The Italian singing sensation and an heir to Luciano Pavarotti’s throne as the king of tenors presents a program of familiar opera arias, Neapolitan songs and pop opera hits from his debut album, Vittorio.

While access to free seating may be limited because of the popularity of this program, ample free space is available on the lawn.

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

07 / 27
12:15pm - 1:00pm

Amy Conn - Award Winners in Concert: Amy Conn, soprano with pianist Shannon McGinnis, performing music by Schubert, Mozart, Poulenc and Jake Heggie. Sponsored by the Musicians Club of Women of Chicago.

 

 

ADMISSION FREE

 

 

Preston Bradley Hall

Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington St.

Chicago, IL 60602

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Tuesday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 31 at 6:30 p.m.
*Harris Theater for Music and Dance


Grant Park Chorus; Joseph Cullen, Guest Chorus Conductor

PURCELL                     Hear my prayer, O Lord

STANFORD                  Magnificat for Eight-Part Chorus, Op. 164

HOLST                        Nunc Dimittis

BRITTEN                     Hymn to St. Cecilia           

DELIUS                       Two Unaccompanied Part Songs
                                         To be sung of a summer night on the water

ELGAR                        Four Unaccompanied Part-Songs, Op. 53
                                         There is Sweet Music
                                         Deep in My Soul
                                         O Wild West Wind!
                                         Owls

WALTON                  Cantico del Sole

 

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com  

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Wednesday, July 30 at 8:00 p.m. * Note start time
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Grant Park Orchestra; Stephen Hussey, Conductor; Nitin Sawhney, Keyboards

A 1920s Indian film classic, a brand new score by composer/deejay Nitin Sawhney and the lush sounds of the Grant Park Orchestra in a U.S. Premiere, combine to create a magical evening of cinema in Millennium Park.

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com