June 11

Thu May 16, 2024 at 8:27 am

By Lawrence A. Johnson

Rush Hour Concerts
Chicago Harp Quartet
Borodin/Maerz: Introduction and Dance of the Maidens
Adie: Sun, Moon and Stars
Bonds/McHenry: Montgomery Variations—Benediction
Davies: Five Portraits (selections)
Khachaturian/Adie: Masquerade Suite—Waltz & Mazurka
Greenaway: Suite for Harp Quartet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Egyptian”
Debussy: Iberia
Ravel: Bolero
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 12

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cellist
Clyne: Masquerade
Dvořák: Cello Concerto    
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 13

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Puts, Meyer, Higdon, Heggie, Montgomery: The Elements
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Kronos Quartet
“Five Decades”
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

June 14

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Puts, Meyer, Higdon, Heggie, Montgomery: The Elements
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violinist
Lauren Decker, contralto
Elgar: Violin Concerto    
Holst: The Cloud Messenger
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Haymarket Opera
Handel: La Resurrezione
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Gannon Concert Hall

June 15

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violinist
Lauren Decker, contralto
Elgar: Violin Concerto    
Holst: The Cloud Messenger
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Puts, Meyer, Higdon, Heggie, Montgomery: The Elements
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 18

Rush Hour Concerts
Grant Park Music Festival Vocal Fellows
Music by Whitacre, Krausas and Piazzolla
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

June 19

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Karen Slack, soprano
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio

Bonds: The Montgomery Variations

Montgomery: Five Freedom Songs

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Avni: Prayer
Bates: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Avni: Prayer
Bates: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Frank: Apu

Schumann: Piano Concerto

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Opera Festival of Chicago
“Puccini Forever”
Opera arias and scenes
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

June 22

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Avni: Prayer
Bates: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Frank: Apu

Schumann: Piano Concerto

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
8 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 23

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Avni: Prayer
Bates: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
3 p.m. Symphony Center

June 25

Rush Hour Concerts
CSO Brass Quintet
Telemann/Carlier: Trio Sonata in G minor 
Mattern: Sonata Breve
Bourgeois: Sonata
Shostakovich/Sipe: String Quartet No. 3
Crespo: Suite Americana No. 1
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

June 26

Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
C. Assad: Water Nymphs (world premiere)

Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Haydn: Symphony No. 104 “London”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 27

Opera Festival of Chicago
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston

June 28

Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Martin Bakari, tenor
Stravinsky: Petrushka

Brahms: Song of Destiny
Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus
6:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org

June 29

Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Martin Bakari, tenor
Stravinsky: Petrushka

Brahms: Song of Destiny
Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org

Opera Festival of Chicago
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston

June 30

Opera Festival of Chicago
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
2 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston

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