2024 Season

Cellist Alban Gerhardt

Dvořák Cello Concerto

When & Where

Concerts
Wed Jun 12 2024 Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo

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Open Rehearsals
Tue Jun 11 2024
Wed Jun 12 2024 Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo
Pre-Concert Talks
Wed Jun 12 2024 Chase Promenade North TentInfo

Program

Anna Clyne: Masquerade    
Antonin Dvořák: Cello Concerto    
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Description

In this season opener, cello virtuoso Alban Gerhardt returns to the Grant Park Music Festival to play Antonín Dvořák's deeply moving Cello Concerto. Also, Carlos Kalmar conducts Benjamin Britten's irresistible concert suite The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.

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Wes Anderson's acclaimed 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom features childhood nostalgia rendered through Benjamin Britten's family favorite, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.

Featuring

Carlos Kalmar

Conductor

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Benjamin Britten

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Antonín Dvořák

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Anna Clyne

composer

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Alban Gerhardt

Cellist

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Grant Park Orchestra
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