August 3

Mon Jun 30, 2025 at 8:18 am

By Lawrence A. Johnson

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Laura Jackson, conductor
Zlatomir Fung, cellist
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture
5 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park

August 6

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 8

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Britten: The Building of the House
Higdon: The Singing Rooms
Auerbach: Icarus
Stravinsky The Firebird (1919 Suite)
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Concert Opera of Greater Chicago
Donizetti: La Favorita
Paula Schaefgen, Alain Arvelo, Aaron Wardell; William Intriligator, conductor
7 p.m. Gorton Center, Lake Forest
chicagoconcertopera.com

August 9

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Britten: The Building of the House
Higdon: The Singing Rooms
Auerbach: Icarus
Stravinsky The Firebird (1919 Suite)
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
Ray Chen, violinist
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser

Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Debussy: La Mer
7:30 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park

August 10

Concert Opera of Greater Chicago
Donizetti: La Favorita
Paula Schaefgen, Alain Arvelo, Aaron Wardell; William Intriligator, conductor
2 p.m. Gorton Center, Lake Forest
chicagoconcertopera.com

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Louis Langrée, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”)
5 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park

August 13

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Clayton Stephenson, pianist
Komschlies: Mycelialore
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Apollo’s Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Double concertos by Bach and Vivaldi
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre, Highland Park

August 15

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Troy Cook, baritone
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain”
Orff: Carmina Burana
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 16

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Troy Cook, baritone
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain”
Orff: Carmina Burana
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Nobuyuki Tsujii, pianist
Tower: Suite from Concerto for Orchestra

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
7:30 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park

His Majesty’s Men
Music of Dufay, Byrd, Victoria, Palestrina and others
7:30 p.m. St Ita’s Church, 5500 N. Broadway

August 17

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist
Snider: Something for the Dark

Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Chabrier: España
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
5 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park

August 19

Lincoln Trio
“Fantasies of Buenos Aires”
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Bennett-Gordon Hall, Highland Park

August 23

ACM
Thirty Ears Festival
2 p.m.-11 p.m.
Wilson Avenue between Hermitage and Ravenswood

August 24

Haymarket Opera
Handel: Alcina
1 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre, Highland Park

ACM
Thirty Ears Festival
1 p.m.-9 p.m.
Wilson Avenue between Hermitage and Ravenswood

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