August 6
Rush Hour Concerts
Desirée Ruhstrat, violinist
Aurélien Fort Pederzoli, violist
David Cunliffe, cellist
Sam Shuhan, bass
Marta Aznavoorian, pianist
Schubert: String Quintet in C Major “Trout”
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Estevez: Melodia en el llano
Ginastera: Estancia Suite
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Ravinia
August 7
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Boccherini/Berio: Withdrawal by Night in Madrid
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 9
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violinist
Johannes Moser, cellist
Kats-Chernin: Mythic
Brahms: Double Concerto
Debussy: Ibéria
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Matthew Polenzani, Andrea Carroll, Alexandria Shiner, and Samantha Hankey
Mozart: Idomeneo
7 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 10
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violinist
Johannes Moser, cellist
Kats-Chernin: Mythic
Brahms: Double Concerto
Debussy: Ibéria
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
7:30 p.m. Ravinia
August 11
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Matthew Polenzani, Andrea Carroll, Alexandria Shiner, and Samantha Hankey
Mozart: Idomeneo
1 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 12
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children’s Choir
6:30 p.m. South Shore Cultural Center
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August 13
Rush Hour Concerts
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen children’s chorus
Music of Copland, Strauss, Rodgers, Gershwin, and Beethoven
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Anton Mejias, pianist
Schumann: Dichterliebe
Brahms: Four Ballades
Brahms: Lieder
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 14
Grant Park Orchestra
Byron Stripling, conductor and trumpet
Sydney McSweeney, vocalist
Music of Gershwin, Berlin and Kern
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 15
Apollo’s Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Music of Vivaldi: “Four Seasons Rediscovered”
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 16
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Jane Archibald, soprano
Gemma Nha, soprano
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Rod Gilfry, baritone
Kevin Short, bass-baritone
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 17
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Jane Archibald, soprano
Gemma Nha, soprano
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Rod Gilfry, baritone
Kevin Short, bass-baritone
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 18
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Rush, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violinist
Lafitte: Violin Concerto
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 2–“La Campanella”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
5 p.m. Ravinia
August 20
Rush Hour Concerts
Katie Steele and Ashley Ertz, oboists
Dario Brignoli and Theresa Zick, clarinetists
Wagner Campos and Michael Tran, basset horns
Keith Buncke and Liam Jackson, bassoonists
David Griffin, Susanna Gaunt, Neil Kimel and Emily Whittaker, horns
Olivia Rayes, double bass
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Anton Mejias, pianist
TBA
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 25
Lyric Opera
“Sunday in the Park with Lyric”
7 p.m. Millennium Park
August 27
Third Coast Percussion
Music of Sergio and Clarice Assad
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 28
Zlatomir Fung, cellist
Dina Vainshtein, pianist
Popper: Scenes from a Masked Ball
Bach: Cello Suite No. 4
Prokofiev: Ballade
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Bennett Gordon Hall
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