August 11

Sun Aug 09, 2026 at 12:50 pm

By Lawrence A. Johnson

Rush Hour Concert
Eric Gratz, violinist
Joseph Skerik, violist
Haddon Kay, cellist
Victor Santiago Asunción, pianist
Shaw: Thousandth Orange
Foote: Piano Quartet
5:45 p.m. Holy Name Cathedral
Free admission

August 12

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violinist
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Glass: Violin Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 14

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Karen Slack, soprano
Imara Miles, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Jongwon Han, bass-baritone
Wolfe: Liberty Bell
Daugherty: Mount Rushmore
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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August 15

Frederica von Stade and Susan Graham
1:30 p.m. Ravinia/Bennett-Gordon Hall

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Karen Slack, soprano
Imara Miles, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Jongwon Han, bass-baritone
Wolfe: Liberty Bell
Daugherty: Mount Rushmore
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 16

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Earl Lee, conductor 
Stella Chen, violinist
Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
5 p.m. Ravinia

August 18

Rush Hour Concert
Galvin Cello Quartet
Mozart/Moore: Overture to The Marriage of Fígaro
Wagner: Lohengrin—“Feierliches Stucke”
Rossini/Moore: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Massanet/Sabouret: Meditation from Thaïs
Strauss/Galvin Cello Quartet: Overture to Die Fledermaus
5:45 p.m. Holy Name Cathedral
Free admission

August 23

Lyric Opera
Ryan Opera Center members
“Sunday in the Park with Lyric”
7 p.m. Millennium Park

September 3

Music of the Baroque
Jane Glover, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cellist
Haydn: The Seasons— “Wild Hunt and Wine Fest” Chorus
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Handel: The King Shall Rejoice
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

September 6

Olga Kern, pianist
Beethoven: 10 Variations on “La stessa, la stessissima” from Salieri’s Falstaff
Schumann: Carnaval
Debussy: Feux d’artifice
Scriabin: Etudes Nos.  4 and 5
Tchaikovsky: Méditation
Rachmaninoff: Moment musical
Rachmaninoff: Etude tableau in G minor
Rachmaninoff: Polichinelle
Gershwin: Three Preludes
Wild: Virtuoso Etude No. 7 after Gershwin’s “Fascinating Rhythm”
1:30 p.m. Ravinia/Bennett-Gordon Hall

September 17

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Petr Popelka, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violinist
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 18

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Petr Popelka, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violinist
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 5
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 19

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Petr Popelka, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violinist
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 24

Haymarket Opera
Monteverdi: L’Orfeo

Zachary Wilder, tenor
7 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 25

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Haymarket Opera
Monteverdi: L’Orfeo

Zachary Wilder, tenor
7 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

September 26

Haymarket Opera
Monteverdi: L’Orfeo

Zachary Wilder, tenor
2 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 27

Haymarket Opera
Monteverdi: L’Orfeo

Zachary Wilder, tenor
2 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

September 27

Music of the Baroque
Jane Glover, conductor
Imogen Cooper, pianist
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
7:30 p.m. North Shore Center

September 28

Music of the Baroque
Jane Glover, conductor
Imogen Cooper, pianist
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater

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