Chicago Classical Review

Grant Park Orchestra
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Esther Yoo, violinist
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky/Gorchakov: Pictures at an Exhibition
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Blumine
Mahler/Matthews: Four Songs
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Ravinia

July 20

Opera Festival of Chicago
Verdi: Attila
Andrea Silvestrelli, Jenny Schuler, Franco Pomponi, Patrick Blackwell,; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
operafestivalchicago.org

July 21

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Hugh Russell, baritone
Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Brahms: A German Requiem
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Montero: Antropolis
Montero: Piano Concerto “Latin”
R. Panufnik: Across the Line of Dreams
Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 10
8 p.m. Ravinia

July 22

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Hugh Russell, baritone
Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Brahms: A German Requiem
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

July 23

Opera Festival of Chicago
Verdi: Attila
Andrea Silvestrelli, Jenny Schuler, Franco Pomponi, Patrick Blackwell,; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
3 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
operafestivalchicago.org

July 25

Rush Hour Concerts
Ars Musica Chicago
Handel: “Singe, Seele Gott zum Preise”
Handel: “Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle”
Telemann: Trio for Violin, Cello and Continuo in F Major
Caldara: “Risoluto son già tiranno amore”
Handel: Violin Sonata in A Major
Handel: “Meine Seele hört im Sehen”
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

July 26

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Zlatomir Fung, cellist
Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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July 27

Danish String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, no. 3
Bach: The Art of Fugue (selections)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7
Danish SQ: Folk music arrangements
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

July 28

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Jeremy Denk, pianist
Price: Ethiopia’s Shadow in America 
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Copland: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Ravinia

July 29

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 1

Rush Hour Concerts
Avalon String Quartet
Oksana Ezhokina, pianist
Esmail: Piano Quintet
Schumann: Piano Quintet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

August 2

Grant Park Orchestra
David Danzmayr, conductor
Aniello Desiderio, guitarist
Chin: subito con forza
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 4

Grant Park Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Masumi Per Rostad, violist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Montgomery: L.E.S. Characters
Copland: Quiet City
Respighi: Pines of Rome
6:30 p.m. Harris Theater
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Janai Brugger, Matthew Polenzani, Joshua Hopkins, Kathryn Lewek;
Marin Alsop, conductor
Mozart: The Magic Flute 
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 5

ACM
Thirsty Ears Street Festival
2 p.m.-10 p.m.
Wilson Avenue between Hermitage & Ravenswood

Grant Park Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Masumi Per Rostad, violist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Montgomery: L.E.S. Characters
Copland: Quiet City
Respighi: Pines of Rome
6:30 p.m. Harris Theater
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Yunchan Lim, pianist
Thomas: Sun Dance
Beethoven : Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

August 6

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Janai Brugger, Matthew Polenzani, Joshua Hopkins, Kathryn Lewek;
Marin Alsop, conductor
Mozart: The Magic Flute 
1 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

ACM
Thirsty Ears Street Festival
1 p.m.-9 p.m.
Wilson Avenue between Hermitage & Ravenswood

August 8

Rush Hour Concerts
Axiom Brass
Stephen Buzard, organist
Hailstork: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Casulana: Suite of Madrigals for Brass Quintet
Higdon: Selections from Ceremonies
Demessieux: Te Deum for solo organ
Sowerby: Festival Musick
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

August 9

Grant Park Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Troupe Vertigo
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo
Piazzolla: Oblivion<
Márquez: Danzón No.2
Bizet: Selections from Carmen
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Heyward, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violinist
Leon: Pasajes
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

August 11

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 12

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 15

Rush Hour Concerts
Violins of Hope & FilAm Foundation
Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major
Price: Piano Quintet
Respighi: Piano Quintet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

Ailyn Perez, soprano
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Program TBA
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 16

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt: Les préludes
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 17

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cellist
Still: Poem for Orchestra
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

August 18

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Corinne Wallace-Crane, alto
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Alex Desocio, baritone
David Govertsen, bass
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 19

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Corinne Wallace-Crane, alto
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Alex Desocio, baritone
David Govertsen, bass
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
George Stelluto, conductor
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Arias from Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
5 p.m. Ravinia

August 22

Rush Hour Concerts
Trio Diorama
Ndodana-Breen: Two Nguni Dances
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

Nicole Cabell, soprano
Lara Downes, pianist
Songs of Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, Billie Holiday, Amy Beach and others
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 27

Mischa Dichter, pianist
Music of Brahms, Beethoven, Debussy and Liszt
2 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre