Performances
Grant Park Festival’s massive Jumbotron upstages the music
Over the course of Chicago’s 186-year history there may have been […]
Aug 15, 2019
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His Majesty’s Men span the centuries, from Byrd to a world premiere
St. John Cantius Church got a royal visit Saturday night when […]
Aug 11, 2019
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Kalmar, Grant Park colleagues provide a summer high point with Delius’s majestic “Mass of Life”
Some summer music festivals are content to serve up the same […]
Aug 10, 2019
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Gluzman’s commanding Bernstein highlights Grant Park Orchestra’s Harris program
In one sense, the Grant Park Orchestra is the easiest group […]
Aug 03, 2019
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Kalmar leads Grant Park Orchestra in exuberant American works
Before there was the American symphony, there was the American tone […]
Aug 01, 2019
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Goerne, Trifonov bring simpatico artistry to dark songs at Ravinia
One heartening constant in the wayward artistic fortunes of the Ravinia […]
Jul 30, 2019
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Previn’s texty swan song gets royal treatment from Fleming and friends in Ravinia premiere
Perhaps no recent premiere of a big new American chamber work […]
Jul 29, 2019
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Hometown soloists shine brightly; Danzmayr, Grant Park Orchestra deliver dramatic Dvořák
Contrasted program halves can provide bracing results, and such was the […]
Jul 27, 2019
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Gulda’s eclectic concerto gets game advocacy from French cellist
Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) was something of an eccentric and possessed of […]
Jul 25, 2019
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Brabbins, Grant Park Orchestra master heat, humidity, and helicopters with rewarding program
The summer’s weather has become a dominant factor at the Grant […]
Jul 20, 2019
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