June 16

Tue May 12, 2026 at 8:30 am

By Lawrence A. Johnson

Rush Hour Concerts
Ars Musica Chicago
Böddecker: Sonata a Violino Solo, from Sacra partitura
Bonporti: Aria Cromatica e variata
Corelli: Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, no. 3
de La Guerre: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor
Matteis: Diverse bizzarie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda ò pur Ciaccona
5:45 p.m. Holy Name Cathedral
Free admission

June 17

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Oliver Herbert, cellist
Perry: Short Piece
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Haydn: Symphony No. 100 “Military”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 18

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Montgomery: Banner
Martinů: The Rock
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
Ives: Three Places in New England
Ellington: Harlem
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 19

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, pianist
Esmail: Black Iris
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Copland: Symphony No. 3
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 20

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, pianist
Esmail: Black Iris
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Copland: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Montgomery: Banner
Martinů: The Rock
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
Ives: Three Places in New England
Ellington: Harlem
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 21

Haymarket Opera
Charpentier: David et Jonathas
2 p.m. DePaul University/Gannon Concert Hall

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Montgomery: Banner
Martinů: The Rock
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
Ives: Three Places in New England
Ellington: Harlem
3 p.m. Symphony Center

June 23

Rush Hour Concerts
Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor
Higdon:somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
Clausen: Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
Dunphy: What do you think I fought for at Omaha Beach?
Trad./Rutter: When the Saints Go Marching In
Trad./Hogan:Elijah Rock
Runestad: We Can Mend the Sky                
Paulus: The Road Home
5:45 p.m. Holy Name Cathedral
Free admission

June 24

Grant Park Orchestra
Kalena Bovell, conductor
William Hagen, violinist
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Montgomery: Starburst
Barber: Violin Concerto
Boyer: Ellis Island: The Dream of America
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 26

Grant Park Orchestra
Edwin Outwater, conductor
Sara Davis Buechner, pianist
López: Loud
Harrison: Symphony No. 2 “Elegaic”
Woodforde-Finden: Kashmiri Song
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
6:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org

Opera Festival of Chicago
Puccini: La Bohème
Alexandra Razskazoff, Nathan Granner, Catherine Antonia Samartin,
Joseph Lodato; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
7 p.m. North Shore Center, Skokie
operafestivalchicago.org

June 27

Grant Park Orchestra
Edwin Outwater, conductor
Sara Davis Buechner, pianist
López: Loud
Harrison: Symphony No. 2 “Elegaic”
Woodforde-Finden: Kashmiri Song
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org

June 28

Opera Festival of Chicago
Cilia: Adriana Lecouvreur
Zhanna Alkhazova, Jeremy Brauner, Franco Pomponi,
Viktoria Vizin; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
7 p.m. North Shore Center, Skokie
operafestivalchicago.org

June 30

Rush Hour Concerts
Sang Mee Lee, violinist; Arturo Ziraldo, violist;
Marina Hoover, cellist; Kuang-Hao Huang, pianist
Ravaei: From the Heart to the Heart
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3
5:45 p.m. Holy Name Cathedral
Free admission

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