Performances

Grant Park Chorus heats things up with exuberant “Carmina Burana” finale

It was a hot, sticky and sweaty Friday evening at Millennium […]

Aug 16, 2025
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Guerrero opens final GPO week with stellar Saint-Saëns, vivid premiere

Sir Thomas Beecham is reported to have deemed Camille Saint-Saëns “the […]

Aug 14, 2025
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Guerrero, Koh delight Grant Park Festival audience with potent premieres

As the Grant Park Music Festival heads into its final week […]

Aug 09, 2025
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Bell, Guerrero serve up a summer music highlight with GPO

“Seldom Performed Works Written for Pablo de Sarasate” may not seem […]

Aug 07, 2025
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Grant Park Orchestra goes deep with a rich, rewarding program on last things

Give credit to Giancarlo Guerrero for seizing the opportunity that Lollapalooza […]

Aug 02, 2025
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A neglected American symphony receives an impassioned revival at Grant Park Music Festival 

A popular Beethoven concerto (aren’t they all?) and an American rarity […]

Jul 31, 2025
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Tech issues bedevil a Grant Park Orchestra double debut

The Grant Park Orchestra soldiered through the summer’s most oppressively humid […]

Jul 24, 2025
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Wilson, Hadelich strike sparks with GPO in Russian showpieces

After a stretch of heat, humidity and the occasional storm,  Friday’s […]

Jul 19, 2025
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Eloquent debuts for conductor Lewis, Clyne concerto with Grant Park Orchestra  

As the Grant Park Music Festival season hits the halfway mark, […]

Jul 17, 2025
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CSO, Alsop and Liu deliver the goods at Ravinia season opener

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra launched its 89th summer residency at the […]

Jul 12, 2025
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