Calendar
September 23
John Henry Crawford, cellist
Victor Santiago Asuncion, pianist
Music of Gershwin, Barber, Rachmaninoff and others
4 p.m. Charles Gates Dawes House, Evanston
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violinist
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Giordano: Fedora—Intermezzo
Puccini: Manon Lescaut—Intermezzo
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci—Intermezzo
Verdi: Overture to Giovanna d’Arco
6:30 p.m. Symphony Center
Lyric Opera
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Tomasz Konieczny, Tamara Wilson, Robert Watson, Mika Kares; Enrique Mazzola, conductor.
7:30 p.m. Lyric Opera House
Newberry Consort
“In the Castle of the Moon: Music of Sophie Elizabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg”
7:30 p.m. Ganz Hall
newberryconsort.org
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Menotti: The Consul
7:30 p.m. The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway
September 24
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Menotti: The Consul
3 p.m. The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway
Newberry Consort
“In the Castle pf the Moon: Music of Sophie Elizabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg”
4 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston
newberryconsort.org
Orion Ensemble
Mozart: Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola
Brahms: Clarinet Trio
Brahms: FAE Sonata: Scherzo
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2
7 p.m. New England Congregational Church in Aurora
September 26
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
September 27
Lyric Opera
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Tomasz Konieczny, Tamara Wilson, Robert Watson, Mika Kares; Enrique Mazzola, conductor.
7 p.m. Lyric Opera House
Orion Ensemble
Mozart: Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola
Brahms: Clarinet Trio
Brahms: FAE Sonata: Scherzo
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2
7:30 p.m. PianoForte Studios
September 28
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Glass: The Triumph of the Octagon (world premiere)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Strauss: Aus Italien
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
September 29
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Glass: The Triumph of the Octagon (world premiere)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Strauss: Aus Italien
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center
Haymarket Opera
Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina
7:30 p.m. Jarvis Opera Hall
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Menotti: The Consul
7:30 p.m. The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway
The Savoyaires
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers
7:30 p.m. Chute School Auditorium, Evanston
September 30
Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Amanda Majeski, soprano
Abels: Outburst
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Elgar: Enigma Variations
7 p.m. Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church
elmhurstsymphony.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Glass: The Triumph of the Octagon (world premiere)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Strauss: Aus Italien
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
Haymarket Opera
Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina
7:30 p.m. Jarvis Opera Hall
Grossman Ensemble
Brad Lubman, conductor
Kristina Bachrach, soprano
Unsuk Chin: Akrostichon-Wortspiel
Arlene Sierra: Ballistae
Brad Lubman: TBA (world premiere)
Ramon Lazkano: TBA (world premiere)
7:30 p.m. Logan Center
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Menotti: The Consul
7:30 p.m. The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway
The Savoyaires
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers
7:30 p.m. Chute School Auditorium, Evanston
October 1
Lyric Opera
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Tomasz Konieczny, Tamara Wilson, Robert Watson, Mika Kares; Enrique Mazzola, conductor.
2 p.m. Lyric Opera House
Haymarket Opera
Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina
3 p.m. Jarvis Opera Hall
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Menotti: The Consul
3 p.m. The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway
The Savoyaires
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers
3 p.m. Chute School Auditorium, Evanston
Orion Ensemble
Mozart: Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola
Brahms: Clarinet Trio
Brahms: FAE Sonata: Scherzo
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2
7:30 p.m. Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston
August 8
Rush Hour Concerts
Axiom Brass
Stephen Buzard, organist
Hailstork: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Casulana: Suite of Madrigals for Brass Quintet
Higdon: Selections from Ceremonies
Demessieux: Te Deum for solo organ
Sowerby: Festival Musick
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
August 9
Grant Park Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Troupe Vertigo
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo
Piazzolla: Oblivion
Márquez: Danzón No.2
Bizet: Selections from Carmen
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Heyward, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violinist
Leon: Pasajes
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
7:30 p.m. Ravinia
August 11
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 12
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 15
Rush Hour Concerts
Violins of Hope & FilAm Foundation
Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major
Price: Piano Quintet
Respighi: Piano Quintet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
Ailyn Perez, soprano
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Program TBA
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 16
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt: Les préludes
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 17
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cellist
Still: Poem for Orchestra
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Ravinia
August 18
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Corinne Wallace-Crane, alto
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Alex Desocio, baritone
David Govertsen, bass
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 19
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Corinne Wallace-Crane, alto
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Alex Desocio, baritone
David Govertsen, bass
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
George Stelluto, conductor
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Arias from Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
5 p.m. Ravinia
Lyric Opera
“Sunday in the Park with Lyric”
Ryan Center singers
Lyric Opera Orchestra
Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Pritzker Pavilion
August 22
Rush Hour Concerts
Trio Diorama
Ndodana-Breen: Two Nguni Dances
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Lara Downes, pianist
Songs of Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, Billie Holiday, Amy Beach and others
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 27
Mischa Dichter, pianist
Music of Brahms, Beethoven, Debussy and Liszt
2 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
July 19
Grant Park Orchestra
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Esther Yoo, violinist
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky/Gorchakov: Pictures at an Exhibition
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Blumine
Mahler/Matthews: Four Songs
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Ravinia
July 20
Opera Festival of Chicago
Verdi: Attila
Andrea Silvestrelli, Jenny Schuler, Franco Pomponi, Patrick Blackwell,; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
operafestivalchicago.org
July 21
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Hugh Russell, baritone
Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Brahms: A German Requiem
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Montero: Antropolis
Montero: Piano Concerto “Latin”
R. Panufnik: Across the Line of Dreams
Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 10
8 p.m. Ravinia
July 22
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Hugh Russell, baritone
Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Brahms: A German Requiem
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
July 23
Opera Festival of Chicago
Verdi: Attila
Andrea Silvestrelli, Jenny Schuler, Franco Pomponi, Patrick Blackwell,; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
3 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
operafestivalchicago.org
July 25
Rush Hour Concerts
Ars Musica Chicago
Handel: “Singe, Seele Gott zum Preise”
Handel: “Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle”
Telemann: Trio for Violin, Cello and Continuo in F Major
Caldara: “Risoluto son già tiranno amore”
Handel: Violin Sonata in A Major
Handel: “Meine Seele hört im Sehen”
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
July 26
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Zlatomir Fung, cellist
Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
July 27
Danish String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, no. 3
Bach: The Art of Fugue (selections)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7
Danish SQ: Folk music arrangements
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
July 28
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Jeremy Denk, pianist
Price: Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Copland: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Ravinia
July 29
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 1
Rush Hour Concerts
Avalon String Quartet
Oksana Ezhokina, pianist
Esmail: Piano Quintet
Schumann: Piano Quintet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
August 2
Grant Park Orchestra
David Danzmayr, conductor
Aniello Desiderio, guitarist
Chin: subito con forza
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 4
Grant Park Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Masumi Per Rostad, violist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Montgomery: L.E.S. Characters
Copland: Quiet City
Respighi: Pines of Rome
6:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Janai Brugger, Matthew Polenzani, Joshua Hopkins, Kathryn Lewek;
Marin Alsop, conductor
Mozart: The Magic Flute
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 5
ACM
Thirsty Ears Street Festival
2 p.m.-10 p.m.
Wilson Avenue between Hermitage & Ravenswood
Grant Park Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Masumi Per Rostad, violist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Montgomery: L.E.S. Characters
Copland: Quiet City
Respighi: Pines of Rome
6:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Yunchan Lim, pianist
Thomas: Sun Dance
Beethoven : Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
7:30 p.m. Ravinia
August 6
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Janai Brugger, Matthew Polenzani, Joshua Hopkins, Kathryn Lewek;
Marin Alsop, conductor
Mozart: The Magic Flute
1 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
ACM
Thirsty Ears Street Festival
1 p.m.-9 p.m.
Wilson Avenue between Hermitage & Ravenswood
August 8
Rush Hour Concerts
Axiom Brass
Stephen Buzard, organist
Hailstork: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Casulana: Suite of Madrigals for Brass Quintet
Higdon: Selections from Ceremonies
Demessieux: Te Deum for solo organ
Sowerby: Festival Musick
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
August 9
Grant Park Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Troupe Vertigo
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo
Piazzolla: Oblivion<
Márquez: Danzón No.2
Bizet: Selections from Carmen
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Heyward, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violinist
Leon: Pasajes
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
7:30 p.m. Ravinia
August 11
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 12
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 15
Rush Hour Concerts
Violins of Hope & FilAm Foundation
Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major
Price: Piano Quintet
Respighi: Piano Quintet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
Ailyn Perez, soprano
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Program TBA
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 16
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt: Les préludes
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 17
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cellist
Still: Poem for Orchestra
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Ravinia
August 18
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Corinne Wallace-Crane, alto
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Alex Desocio, baritone
David Govertsen, bass
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 19
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Corinne Wallace-Crane, alto
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Alex Desocio, baritone
David Govertsen, bass
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
August 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
George Stelluto, conductor
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Arias from Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
5 p.m. Ravinia
August 22
Rush Hour Concerts
Trio Diorama
Ndodana-Breen: Two Nguni Dances
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Lara Downes, pianist
Songs of Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, Billie Holiday, Amy Beach and others
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
August 27
Mischa Dichter, pianist
Music of Brahms, Beethoven, Debussy and Liszt
2 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
July 8
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Lindsey Reynolds, soprano
Tai Murray, violinist
Marsalis: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Poulenc: Gloria
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Apollo’s Fire
“The Road to Dublin”
7:30 p.m. Ravinia
July 9
Opera Festival of Chicago
Pizzetti: Murder in the Cathedral
Andrea Silvestrelli, Maria Kanyova, Anna Laurenzo; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
3 p.m. Chicago Temple
operafestivalchicago.org
July 11
Rush Hour Concerts
Gabriela Vargas, flutist; David Cooper, horn; Kuang-Hao Huang, pianist
Bonis: Scènes de la foret
Ewazen: Ballade, Pastorale and Dance
Doppler: Souvenir du Rigi
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
July 12
Grant Park Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
Joyce Yang, pianist
Fung: Aqua
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Barber: Symphony No. 1
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Opera Festival of Chicago
“An Italian Soirée”
Andrea Silvestrelli, bass
Patrick Blackwell, bass-baritone
Maria Kanyova, soprano
Anna Laurenzo, mezzo-soprano
Irina Feoktistova, pianist
7:30 p.m. Artifacts Events
operafestivalchicago.org
July 13
Opera Festival of Chicago
Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass-baritone
Natalia Sidorenko, pianist
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
operafestivalchicago.org
July 14
Grant Park Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Joyce Yang, pianist
Clyne: This Midnight Hour
Liszt: Totentanz
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Marin Alsop, conductor
Janai Brugger, soprano
Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Adrian Dunn Singers
Ayodele Drum & Dance
Jim Gailloreto Trio
Senn High School Choir
Renan Esmail: See Me
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (with African percussion and jazz interludes)
8 p.m. Ravinia
July 15
Grant Park Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Joyce Yang, pianist
Clyne: This Midnight Hour
Liszt: Totentanz
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Miriam Fried, violinist
Ran: Chicago Skyline
Brahms; Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Ravinia
July 18
Rush Hour Concerts
Grant Park Orchestra musicians
Assad: Impressions
Foley: String Quartet
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
July 19
Grant Park Orchestra
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Esther Yoo, violinist
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky/Gorchakov: Pictures at an Exhibition
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Blumine
Mahler/Matthews: Four Songs
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Ravinia
July 20
Opera Festival of Chicago
Verdi: Attila
Andrea Silvestrelli, Jenny Schuler, Franco Pomponi, Patrick Blackwell,; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
operafestivalchicago.org
July 21
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Hugh Russell, baritone
Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Brahms: A German Requiem
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Montero: Antropolis
Montero: Piano Concerto “Latin”
R. Panufnik: Across the Line of Dreams
Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 10
8 p.m. Ravinia
July 22
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Hugh Russell, baritone
Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Brahms: A German Requiem
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
July 23
Opera Festival of Chicago
Verdi: Attila
Andrea Silvestrelli, Jenny Schuler, Franco Pomponi, Patrick Blackwell,; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
3 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
operafestivalchicago.org
July 25
Rush Hour Concerts
Ars Musica Chicago
Handel: “Singe, Seele Gott zum Preise”
Handel: “Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle”
Telemann: Trio for Violin, Cello and Continuo in F Major
Caldara: “Risoluto son già tiranno amore”
Handel: Violin Sonata in A Major
Handel: “Meine Seele hört im Sehen”
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission
July 26
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Zlatomir Fung, cellist
Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
July 27
Danish String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, no. 3
Bach: The Art of Fugue (selections)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7
Danish SQ: Folk music arrangements
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre
July 28
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Jeremy Denk, pianist
Price: Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Copland: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Ravinia
July 29
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
June 14
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Jeremy Black, violinist
Muszynski: Symphonic Dialogues
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
June 15
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Gene Pokorny, tuba
J. Strauss: Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves
Schifrin: Tuba Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
June 16
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Gene Pokorny, tuba
J. Strauss: Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves
Schifrin: Tuba Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Olivia Boen, soprano
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Dvořák: Stabat Mater
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
June 17
Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Olivia Boen, soprano
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Dvořák: Stabat Mater
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Gene Pokorny, tuba
J. Strauss: Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves
Schifrin: Tuba Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
June 20
Rush Hour Concerts
Scott Hostetler, oboist
Susan Warner, clarinetist
Yuan-Qing Yu, violinist
Diane Mues, violist
Rob Kassinger, bass
Souponetsky: Wandering Through Night
Prokofiev: Quintet
5:45 p.m. St, James Cathedral
Free admission
classicalmusicchicago.org
June 21
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Xavier Foley, double bass
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Rota: Divertimento Concertante
Fuchs: Symphony No. 2
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
June 23
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts)
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Fantasy Overture
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to Hamlet
6:30 p.m. Harris TheaterPark
gpmf.org
Haymarket Opera
Hasse: Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Alisa Kolosova, mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Sala, tenor
Kyle Ketelson, bass-baritone
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
8 p.m. Symphony Center
June 24
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts)
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Fantasy Overture
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to Hamlet
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org
Haymarket Opera
Hasse: Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Alisa Kolosova, mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Sala, tenor
Kyle Ketelson, bass-baritone
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
8 p.m. Symphony Center
June 25
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Alisa Kolosova, mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Sala, tenor
Kyle Ketelson, bass-baritone
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
3 p.m. Symphony Center
June 26
Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor
Copland: Old American Songs
Woods: Archive Alive
Woods: To Propagate a Home
Lauridsen: Nocturnes
Hagenberg: Illuminare
6:30 p.m. South Shore Cultural Center
gpmf.org
Haymarket Opera
Hasse: Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall
June 27
Rush Hour Concerts
Lynx Project
Hailey Cohen, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Ward, baritone
Michael Tran, clarinetist
Kimberly Jeong, cellist
Florence Mak, pianist
5:45 p.m. St, James Cathedral
Free admission
classicalmusicchicago.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Price: Andante moderato
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
6:30 p.m. MIllennium Park
Free admission
Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor
Copland: Old American Songs
Woods: Archive Alive
Woods: To Propagate a Home
Lauridsen: Nocturnes
Hagenberg: Illuminare
6:30 p.m. Columbus Park Refectory
gpmf.org
Haymarket Opera
Hasse: Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall
June 28
Grant Park Orchestra
Jordan de Souza, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violinist
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Still: Symphony No. 1 “Afro-American”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
June 29
Grant Park Orchestra
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, pianist
Coleman: Umoja
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org
June 30
Grant Park Orchestra
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, pianist
Coleman: Umoja
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
6:30 p.m. South Shore Cultural Center
gpmf.org
May 16
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
Montgomery: Transfigure to Grace (world premiere)
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
May 18
Chicago Composers’ Consortium
Black Oak Ensemble
Mary Stolper, flutist
7 p.m. Epiphany Center for the Arts
epiphanychi.com
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Robert Chen, violinist
Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
May 19
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Robert Chen, violinist
Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center
Grossman Ensemble
World premieres by Jason Eckardt, Sarah Gibson, Kurt Rohde, and Augusta Read Thomas
7:30 p.m. Logan Center
May 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Robert Chen, violinist
Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”
8 p.m. Symphony Center
May 21
Seong-Jin Cho, pianist
Music of Handel, Gubaidulina, Brahms and Schumann
3 p.m. Symphony Center
Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest
Jay Friedman, conductor
Bea Sjostrom, violinist
Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Parsifal
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 “Spring”
4 p.m. Concordia University, River Forest
May 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Robert Chen, violinist
Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
May 25
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
David Herbert, timpanist
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K.138
Kraft: Timpani Concerto No. 1
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
Northwestern Opera Theater
Handel: Alcina
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu
May 26
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
David Herbert, timpanist
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K.138
Kraft: Timpani Concerto No. 1
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center
Northwestern Opera Theater
Handel: Alcina
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu
May 27
Northwestern Opera Theater
Handel: Alcina
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
David Herbert, timpanist
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K.138
Kraft: Timpani Concerto No. 1
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
8 p.m. Symphony Center
May 28
Northwestern Opera Theater
Handel: Alcina
3 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu
Maria João Pires, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathetique”
Schumann: Kinderszenen
Schumann: Arabeske
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32
3 p.m. Symphony Center
June 7
American Music Project
Kontras Quartet
Amy Beach: Quartet in One Movement
Walter Piston: String Quartet No. 3
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Quartet No. 1 “Calvary”
John Harbison: String Quartet No. 3
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
7 p.m. Ganz Concert Hall
BOGO for advance ticket purchase
americanmusicproject.net
April 20
Seth Parker Woods, cellist
“Difficult Grace”
6 p.m. Harris Theater
Violins of Hope
Telemann: Concerto for 4 violins in D major
Moszkowski: Suite for Two Violins and Piano
Bloch: Baal Shem
Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Sarasate: Navarra
Golijov: The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac The Blind
Hatikva
6:15 p.m. North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe
jccchicago.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Liadov: Kikimora
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
April 21
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Liadov: Kikimora
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
7:30 p.m. Wheaton College
cso.org
Camerata Chicago
Drostan Hall, conductor
Katherine Petersen, soprano
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Britten: Les Illuminations
Elgar: The Spanish Lady Suite
Holst: St. Paul Suite
7:30 p.m. Northwestern Illinois University
April 22
Camerata Chicago
Drostan Hall, conductor
Katherine Petersen, soprano
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Britten: Les Illuminations
Elgar: The Spanish Lady Suite
Holst: St. Paul Suite
3 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Wheaton
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Liadov: Kikimora
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
April 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Liadov: Kikimora
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
3 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
Taiwan Philharmonic
Jun Märkl, conductor
Paul Huang, violinist
Yuan-Chen Li: Tao of Meinong
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Debussy: La Mer
3 p.m. Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville
finearts.northcentralcollege.edu
Camerata Chicago
Drostan Hall, conductor
Katherine Petersen, soprano
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Britten: Les Illuminations
Elgar: The Spanish Lady Suite
Holst: St. Paul Suite
3 p.m. New Covenant Church, Naperville
April 24
MusicNOW
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
April 27
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Martin Helmchen, pianist
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
April 28
UChicago Presents
Doric String Quartet
Benjamin Grosvenor, pianist
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor “Serioso”
Haydn: String Quartet in D Major “The Frog”
Bridge: Piano Quintet
7:30 p.m. Mandel Hall
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Martin Helmchen, pianist
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
April 29
Chicago Master Singers
Metropolis Symphony Orchestra
John C. Hughes, conductor
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
7:30 p.m. Glenview Community Church, Glenview
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Martin Helmchen, pianist
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
April 30
Jerusalem Quartet
Pinchas Zukerman, violinist/violist
Amanda Forsyth, cellist
Bruckner: String Quintet: Adagio
Dvorak: String Sextet in A major
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1
3 p.m. Symphony Center
Chicago Master Singers
Metropolis Symphony Orchestra
John C. Hughes, conductor
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
3 p.m. Glenview Community Church, Glenview
May 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
May 2
Third Coast Percussion
“Metamorphosis”
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
March 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Stephen Williamson, clarinetist
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Suite
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
Chicago Opera Theater
Chen: The Life and Death of Alan Turing
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
March 24
Lyric Opera
“Proximity”
Roumain: The Walkers
Shaw: Four Portraits
J L. Adams: Night
7 p.m. Lyric Opera House
UChicago Presents
Jupiter Ensemble
Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in C Major
Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D Major
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G minor
7:30 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
“An Evening with John Williams”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
Haymarket Opera
Scarlatti: La Giuditta
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Gannon Concert Hall
March 25
Chicago Opera Theater
Chen: The Life and Death of Alan Turing
3 p.m. Harris Theater
Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen
J’Nai Bridges, Charles Castronovo, Golda Schultz, Andrei Kymach; Henrik Nánási, conductor
7:30 p.m. Lyric Opera House
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Stephen Williamson, clarinetist
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Suite
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
Chicago Chorale
Bruce Tammen, conductor
Martín Palmeri: Misa a Buenos Aires (“Misatango”)
8 p.m. St. Michael’s Church
chicagochorale.org
March 26
Lyric Opera
“Proximity”
Roumain: The Walkers
Shaw: Four Portraits
J L. Adams: Night
2 p.m. Lyric Opera House
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Stephen Williamson, clarinetist
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Suite
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
3 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
Chicago Chorale
Bruce Tammen, conductor
Martín Palmeri: Misa a Buenos Aires (“Misatango”)
3 p.m. St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church
chicagochorale.org
March 29
Lyric Opera
“Proximity”
Roumain: The Walkers
Shaw: Four Portraits
J L. Adams: Night
7 p.m. Lyric Opera House
Joshua Bell, violinist
Daniel Trifonov, pianist
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in D major, Op.12, no. 1
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1
Franck: Violin Sonata
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
March 30
Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen
J’Nai Bridges, Charles Castronovo, Golda Schultz, Andrei Kymach; Henrik Nánási, conductor
2 p.m. Lyric Opera House
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitarist
Boccherini: Symphony No. 26
Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D major
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4: Fandango
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
March 31
UChicago Presents
David Greilsammer, pianist
Works by Beethoven, Janáček, Scriabin, J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Satie, Lully, Crumb, Ligeti, Marais, Granados, Pelz, and Rebel
7:30 p.m. Logan Center
cso.org
April 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitarist
Boccherini: Symphony No. 26
Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D major
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4: Fandango
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
April 2
Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen
J’Nai Bridges, Charles Castronovo, Golda Schultz, Andrei Kymach; Henrik Nánási, conductor
2 p.m. Lyric Opera House
April 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitarist
Boccherini: Symphony No. 26
Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D major
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4: Fandango
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org
April 5
Lyric Opera
“Proximity”
Roumain: The Walkers
Shaw: Four Portraits
J L. Adams: Night
2 p.m. Lyric Opera House
April 7
Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen
J’Nai Bridges, Charles Castronovo, Golda Schultz, Andrei Kymach; Henrik Nánási, conductor
7 p.m. Lyric Opera House
April 8
Lyric Opera
“Proximity”
Roumain: The Walkers
Shaw: Four Portraits
J L. Adams: Night
7:30 p.m. Lyric Opera House
March 3
March 3
Chicago a cappella
“From behind closed doors”
Music of Howells, Byrd, Aleotti, Bonds, and Garrop
7:30 p.m. DePaulUniversity/Allen Recital Hall
chicagoacappella.org
March 5
Chicago a cappella
“From behind closed doors”
Music of Howells, Byrd, Aleotti, Bonds, and Garrop
4 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
chicagoacappella.org
January 25
Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
7 p.m. Civic Opera House
January 26
Chicago Opera Theater
Britten: Albert Herring
Jane Glover, conductor
7:30 p.m. Athenaeum Theater
January 27
Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
7 p.m. Civic Opera House
UChicago Presents
Blue Heron
Ockeghem: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
January 28
Chicago Opera Theater
Britten: Albert Herring
Jane Glover, conductor
3 p.m. Athenaeum Theater
January 29
Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
2 p.m. Civic Opera House
Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist
Vustin: Lamento
Janacek: Sonata X.1.15
Silvestrov: Bagatelle
Beethoven: Sonata No. 31
Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures
3 p.m. Symphony Center
Chicago Opera Theater
Britten: Albert Herring
Jane Glover, conductor
3 p.m. Athenaeum Theater
January 31
Juan Diego Flórez, tenor
Vincenzo Scalera, pianist
Arias and songs of Rossini, Gounod, Verdi, Puccini and others.
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
February 1
Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
2 p.m. Civic Opera House
February 3
Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
7 p.m. Civic Opera House
February 5
Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
2 p.m. Civic Opera House