Reviews
July 30, 2009
Finnish Conductor Makes Impressive Lakefront Debut in Music of his Homeland 
A huge audience at the Grant Park Music Festival heard one of Finland’s youngest conducting stars, Pietari Inkinen, and Sibelius' well-loved Symphony No. 1. more...
July 27, 2009
Opera Provides Nice Lead-in to Venetian Night
The program shone the spotlight on two compelling young singers -- tenor Russell Thomas and soprano Nicole Cabell, an alumna of Lyric's training program who is forging a stellar international career for herself. more...
July 26, 2009
Grant Park Chorus Lifts Voices in Praise
The 80-voice Grant Park Chorus has been a standout ensemble since its founding by Thomas Peck in 1962. It is fully professional; many of its members teach music, sing with ensembles like Music of the Baroque or belong to the Lyric Opera or Chicago Symphony choruses. more...
July 26, 2009
Cabell and Thomas Prove a Charismatic Operatic Duo at Grant Park
Opera in general and Cabell in particular were Saturday’s expected pleasures. But the night also included the thrill of discovering a vibrant new talent, tenor Russell Thomas, a young man with a confident, stirring voice. more...
July 20, 2009
Stirring Beethoven at Ravinia, Sizzling Shostakovich at Grant Park
Friday night's Grant Park Music Festival concert at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park brought a host of debuts, and thrilling debuts they were. more...
July 18, 2009
Violinist Strikes Sparks with Belated Shostakovich Premiere at Grant Park
Gomyo brought a laser-like concentration to her playing that made up for the lack of volume, sailing through the technical challenges, with the composer’s DSCH motif given emphatic bite in the Scherzo. more...
July 16, 2009
Photo Preview: Sounds of Chicago’s Lakefront
The beauty of the book is the visual material, which includes old concert posters, cartoons from the 1930s depicting audience members, and early conceptual sketches Frank Gehry. more...
July 11, 2009
A Grant Park Evening Mostly Sublime with Gilbert and Sullivan
This year’s program...provided a lively and enjoyable evening, aided enormously by Christopher Bell’s spirited and idiomatic conducting and the fine contributions of the Grant Park Chorus. more...
July 10, 2009
Graf, Grant Park Orchestra Brings Out Best in Bruckner
That the Grant Park Orchestra, which has not played this almost-impossible and so-often-improbable music in years, rose to the occasion with a performance on the level of some of the world's great Bruckner ensembles was big news. more...
