Events

« July 25, 2008 - August 24, 2008 »

Grant Park Music Festival - Russian Splendor

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

07 / 26

Grant Park Music Festival - Luciano Pavarotti Tribute Concert

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

07 / 28

Classical Mondays: Amy Conn

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

07 / 29

Grant Park Music Festival - From the British Isles

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

07 / 30

Grant Park Music Festival - A Throw of Dice

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

07 / 31

Grant Park Music Festival - From the British Isles

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

08 / 1

Grant Park Music Festival - Chicago Latino Composers

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Friday, August 1 at 6:30 p.m.
*Saturday, August 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Harris Theater

Grant Park Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor; Michelle Areyzaga, Soprano; Edward Harrison, Maracas

*Pre-concert CoffeeTalk at 6:15 pm with Chicago Latino Composers in the Harris Theater Donor Room

Some of Chicago’s best and brightest living Latin American composers are highlighted at these Harris Theater concerts. Works by Ricardo Lorenz, Gustavo Leone, Elbio Rodriguez Barilari, and Osvaldo Golijov will be presented.

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

08 / 2

Grant Park Music Festival - Chicago Latino Composers

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Friday, August 1 at 6:30 p.m.
*Saturday, August 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Harris Theater

Grant Park Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor; Michelle Areyzaga, Soprano; Edward Harrison, Maracas

*Pre-concert CoffeeTalk at 6:15 pm with Chicago Latino Composers in the Harris Theater Donor Room

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

08 / 3

Chicago Cultural Center Summer Opera: "Djamileh"

3:30pm - 5:15pm

 Georges Bizet's Djamileh

The Midwest premiere of a one-act oriental fairy tale from the composer
of Carmen.

A little-known gem, this delightful opera follows the devoted,
beautiful Djamileh in her quest to win over the blasae young nobleman
Haroun. The sparkling mosaics of Preston Bradley Hall serve as the
backdrop to this tale of love in an Egyptian palace, and a pre-show
performance of music for oud and percussion explores the sounds of
the Turkish nobleman's court, setting the scene for an evocative evening.

The opera is directed by Patrizia Acerra and features Katherine Pracht,
mezzo-soprano; Cornelius Johnson tenor; Bill McMurray, baritone, with
members of the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago under the direction
of Maestro Francesco Milioto.

Sunday, August 3 at 3:30pm
Tuesday, August 5 at 7:30pm 
Thursday, August 7 at 7:30pm

FREE PROGRAM
Chicago Cultural Center
Preston Bradley Hall78 E. Washington Street

Admission is free but tickets are required.
Tickets must be obtained in person, Limit four per person.
Visit the Storefront Theater Box Office 66 E Randolph Street
12pm to 6pm, Tuesday - Saturday

Advance tickets are available for Chicago Cultural Center Mosaic



members (with membership card) starting July 2, and to the general



public July 9. 312.742.TIXS

A limited number of tickets will be available on the door on a first
come, first served basis.

08 / 4

Classical Mondays: Chicago Chamber Musicians

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 St.

Chicago, IL 60602

08 / 5

Chicago Cultural Center Summer Opera: "Djamileh"

7:30pm - 9:15pm

 Georges Bizet's Djamileh

The Midwest premiere of a one-act oriental fairy tale from the composer
of Carmen.

A little-known gem, this delightful opera follows the devoted,
beautiful Djamileh in her quest to win over the blasae young nobleman
Haroun. The sparkling mosaics of Preston Bradley Hall serve as the
backdrop to this tale of love in an Egyptian palace, and a pre-show
performance of music for oud and percussion explores the sounds of
the Turkish nobleman's court, setting the scene for an evocative evening.

The opera is directed by Patrizia Acerra and features Katherine Pracht,
mezzo-soprano; Cornelius Johnson tenor; Bill McMurray, baritone, with
members of the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago under the direction
of Maestro Francesco Milioto.

Sunday, August 3 at 3:30pm
Tuesday, August 5 at 7:30pm 
Thursday, August 7 at 7:30pm

FREE PROGRAM
Chicago Cultural Center
Preston Bradley Hall78 E. Washington Street

Admission is free but tickets are required.
Tickets must be obtained in person, Limit four per person.
Visit the Storefront Theater Box Office 66 E Randolph Street
12pm to 6pm, Tuesday - Saturday

Advance tickets are available for Chicago Cultural Center Mosaic
members (with membership card) starting July 2, and to the general
public July 9. 312.742.TIXS
A limited number of tickets will be available on the door on a first
come, first served basis.

08 / 6

Grant Park Music Festival - Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

6:30pm - 7:45pm

Wednesday, August 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Grant Park Orchestra; Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Conductor; Vadim Gluzman, Violin

LIADOV	Kikimora
MENDELSSOHN	Violin Concerto
KODALY	Hary Janos Suite

*Post-concert TalkBack with conductor Jean-Marie Zeitounij and violinist Vadim Gluzman in front of the stage.

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

08 / 7

Chicago Cultural Center Summer Opera: "Djamileh"

7:30pm - 9:15pm

 Georges Bizet's Djamileh

The Midwest premiere of a one-act oriental fairy tale from the composer
of Carmen.

A little-known gem, this delightful opera follows the devoted,
beautiful Djamileh in her quest to win over the blasae young nobleman
Haroun. The sparkling mosaics of Preston Bradley Hall serve as the
backdrop to this tale of love in an Egyptian palace, and a pre-show
performance of music for oud and percussion explores the sounds of
the Turkish nobleman's court, setting the scene for an evocative evening.

The opera is directed by Patrizia Acerra and features Katherine Pracht,
mezzo-soprano; Cornelius Johnson tenor; Bill McMurray, baritone, with
members of the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago under the direction
of Maestro Francesco Milioto.

Sunday, August 3 at 3:30pm
Tuesday, August 5 at 7:30pm 
Thursday, August 7 at 7:30pm

FREE PROGRAM
Chicago Cultural Center
Preston Bradley Hall78 E. Washington Street

Admission is free but tickets are required.
Tickets must be obtained in person, Limit four per person.
Visit the Storefront Theater Box Office 66 E Randolph Street
12pm to 6pm, Tuesday - Saturday

Advance tickets are available for Chicago Cultural Center Mosaic
members (with membership card) starting July 2, and to the general
public July 9. 312.742.TIXS
A limited number of tickets will be available on the door on a first
come, first served basis.

08 / 8

Grant Park Music Festival - Grieg's Piano Concerto

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Friday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Valentina Lisitsa, Piano

MARTINŮ	Memorial to Lidice
GRIEG	Piano Concerto
NIELSEN	Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable

PlayBack, post-concerto solo: Valentina Lisitsa performs Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

08 / 9

Grant Park Music Festival - Grieg's Piano Concerto

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Friday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Valentina Lisitsa, Piano

MARTINŮ	Memorial to Lidice
GRIEG	Piano Concerto
NIELSEN	Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable

PlayBack, post-concerto solo: Valentina Lisitsa performs Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

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08 / 13

Grant Park Music Festival - Act 1 : Wagner's Die Walküre

6:30pm - 7:45pm

Wednesday, August 13 at 6:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Nancy Gustafson, Soprano; Torsten Kerl, Tenor; Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass

WAGNER

Die Walküre, Act 1
(Concert version)

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

08 / 14

08 / 15

Grant Park Music Festival - Great Opera Choruses

8:30pm - 9:15pm

Friday, August 15 at 8:30 p.m. * Note start time
Saturday, August 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor, Renato Balsadonna, Guest Chorus Director

MOZART	Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
WAGNER	Wach auf, es nahet gen den from Act III, Die Meistersinger
BEETHOVEN	Prisoner’s Chorus, O Welche Lust! from Act I, Fidelio
WAGNER	Spinning Chorus from Act II, The Flying Dutchman
WAGNER	Sailor’s Chorus from Act III, The Flying Dutchman
MUSSORGSKY	Prelude to Khovantchina
MUSSORGSKY	Coronation scene from Prologue, Boris Godunov
BIZET	Entr’acte to Avt IV, Carmen
BIZET	Les Voici from Act IV, Carmen
LEONCAVALLO	Bell Chorus from Act I, Pagliacci
PUCCINI	Intermezzo from Act III, Manon Lescaut
PUCCINI	La Gira la Cote from Act I, Turandot
VERDI	Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va Pensiero, from Act III, Nabucco
VERDI	Gloria all’ Egitto from Act II, Aida

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

08 / 16

Grant Park Music Festival - Great Opera Choruses

8:30pm - 9:15pm

MOZART	Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
WAGNER	Wach auf, es nahet gen den from Act III, Die Meistersinger
BEETHOVEN	Prisoner’s Chorus, O Welche Lust! from Act I, Fidelio
WAGNER	Spinning Chorus from Act II, The Flying Dutchman
WAGNER	Sailor’s Chorus from Act III, The Flying Dutchman
MUSSORGSKY	Prelude to Khovantchina
MUSSORGSKY	Coronation scene from Prologue, Boris Godunov
BIZET	Entr’acte to Avt IV, Carmen
BIZET	Les Voici from Act IV, Carmen
LEONCAVALLO	Bell Chorus from Act I, Pagliacci
PUCCINI	Intermezzo from Act III, Manon Lescaut
PUCCINI	La Gira la Cote from Act I, Turandot
VERDI	Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va Pensiero, from Act III, Nabucco
VERDI	Gloria all’ Egitto from Act II, Aida

For more information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

Light Opera Works presents Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe

9:00pm - 11:30pm

IOLANTHE

An Operetta

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan

Libretto by Sir W.S. Gilbert

Ticket prices for IOLANTHE range from $29 to $85. Ages 21 and younger are half price. To order tickets, or for more information, call the Light Opera Works Box Office at (847) 869-6300 or order 24 hours a day online at www.lightoperaworks.com

Performances take place at Cahn Auditorium, Evanston

08 / 17

Light Opera Works presents Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe

3:00pm - 5:30pm