Dusk at a Grant Park Music Festival concert at Chicago’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion (Photo: Norman Timonera)
Summertime is nearly here, which means it's time for a season of enriching open-air Millennium Park concerts from the Grant Park Music Festival!
We previously brought you the full lineup for the festival's 90th anniversary year, and now, we are pleased to announce the ten concerts that WFMT will broadcast from Pritzker Pavilion. From world premieres to war horses, the exciting slate of concerts has something for everyone.
Peruse the programs below!
June 12, 6:30pm
Opening Night: Dvořák Cello Concerto
Alban Gerhardt plays Dvořák's deeply moving Cello Concerto, and we hear works by Britten and Clyne.
June 19, 6:30pm
Songs of Freedom
Music and the struggle for freedom go hand in hand. The program pairs Beethoven overtures with two works championing freedom and social justice in our own country.
June 26, 6:30pm
Haydn London Symphony
Under the baton of audience-favorite conductor Ludovic Morlot.
July 4, 6:30pm
Independence Day Salute
A glorious summer tradition; the Grant Park Orchestra presents Leonard Bernstein, John Williams, John Philip Sousa, and more.
July 10, 6:30pm
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Conducted by Nashville music director Giancarlo Guerrero.
July 17, 6:30pm
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
It's an evening of tributes, with brilliant composers borrowing tunes by other brilliant composers to cast a spell of musical delights.
July 24, 6:30pm
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is a thriller and a longtime audience favorite.
August 2, 6:30pm
Bruckner Symphony No. 4
Plus Sibelius' hauntingly beautiful Swan of Tuonela and the suite from Janáček's piquant opera The Cunning Little Vixen.
August 16, 6:30pm
Mahler Symphony No. 8
Gustav Mahler's epic work closes out the season with a star-studded cast of vocalists.
