July 1
Rush Hour Concerts
Emma Gerstein, flutist
Kevin Pearl, oboist
Jay Shankar, clarinetist
William Buchman, bassoonist
Alexander Love, horn
Marta Aznavoorian, pianist
Higdon: Summer Shimmers
Thuille: Sextet for piano and woodwind quintet
5:45 p.m. St, James Cathedral
Free admission
Haymarket Opera
Vinci: Artaserse
Kangmin Justin Kim, Key’mon Murrah, Emily Fons, Elijah McCormack, Ryan Belongie, Eric Ferring
6 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall
July 2
Grant Park Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Paul Huang, violinist
Dorn: Transitions
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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July 3
Grant Park Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Paul Huang, violinist
Dorn: Transitions
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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July 4
Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, conductor
Independence Day Salute
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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July 8
Rush Hour Concerts
Grant Park Music Festival String Fellows
Sørensen/Danish String Quartet: Shine You No More
Marquez: Homenaje a Gismonti
Garrop: Ribbons of Steel
Ravel: String Quartet in F major, M. 35
Strayhorn/Chihara: Take the “A” train
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
July 9
Grant Park Orchestra
Nicole Paiement, conductor
Inbal Segev, cellist
Smetana: The Moldau
Adamo: Last Year
Debussy: La Mer
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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July 10
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Janai Brugger, soprano
Sankara Harouna, baritone
Bruckner: Psalm 150
Bonds: Credo
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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July 11
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Janai Brugger, soprano
Sankara Harouna, baritone
Bruckner: Psalm 150
Bonds: Credo
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Bruce Liu, pianist
Simon: Amen
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
7:30 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park
July 12
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Montgomery: Strum
Gershwin: Concerto in F
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
7:30 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park
July 14
Grant Park Orchestra members
Inbal Segev, cellist
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Segev: Trio for Cello, Clarinet, and Piano
Segev: Behold for Cello Quartet
Tansman: Deux Mouvement for Cello Quartet
6:30 p.m. Columbus Park Refectory
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July 15
Rush Hour Concerts
Susan Warner, clarinetist
Cornelius Chiu and Kozue Funakoshi, violinists
YouMing Chen, violist
Dan Katz, cellist
Gipps: Rhapsody
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
July 16
Grant Park Orchestra
Courtney Lewis, conductor
Inbal Segev, cellist
Strauss Jr.: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Clyne: Dance
Elgar: Enigma Variations
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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July 18
Grant Park Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Lysenko: Overture to Taras Bulba
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Janai Brugger, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
7:30 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park
July 19
Grant Park Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Lysenko: Overture to Taras Bulba
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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July 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Himari, violinist
Malek Jandali: Rhapsody for Orchestra (world premiere)
Kreisler: La Gitana
Waxman: Carmen Fantasy
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
5 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park
July 22
Rush Hour Concerts
Ars Musica Chicago
Vivaldi: “Lungi dal vago volto”
Stradella: Sinfonia in D Minor
Handel: “Amarti sì vorrei” from Teseo
Dall’Abaco: Cello Sonata in D Minor
Handel: “Oh, that I on wings could rise” from Theodora
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
July 23
Grant Park Orchestra
Lee Mills, conductor
Maxim Lando, pianist
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Liszt/Busoni: Rhapsody Espagnole
Ravel: Bolero
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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July 25
Grant Park Orchestra & Chorus
Lawrence Loh, conductor
Mamie Parris, John Riesen, and Lisa Vroman, vocalists
“Broadway Night: Magic of Rodgers & Hammerstein”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Alexandra Arrieche, conductor
Vadim Karpinos, percussionist
Ed Harrison, percussionist
Reena Esmail: RE|Member
Corpus: The Great Lake Concerto—Third movement
Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
8 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park
July 26
Grant Park Orchestra & Chorus
Lawrence Loh, conductor
Mamie Parris, John Riesen, and Lisa Vroman, vocalists
“Broadway Night: Magic of Rodgers & Hammerstein”
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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July 27
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Stephen Williamson, clarinetist
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (“Italian”)
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (“Enigma”)
5 p.m. Ravinia, Highland Park
July 29
Rush Hour Concerts
Chen String Quartet
Joshua Graham, percussionist
Golijov: Mariel
Thomas: TBA (world premiere)
Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
July 30
Grant Park Orchestra
Joseph Young, conductor
Steven Osborne, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Hanson: Symphony No. 2
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Ana María Martínez, soprano
Kevin Murphy, pianist
TBA
7:30 p.m., Ravinia/Martin Theatre, Highland Park
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