2024 Season

Guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

When & Where

Concerts
Wed Jul 10 2024 Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo

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Open Rehearsals
Tue Jul 9 2024
Wed Jul 10 2024 Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo
Pre-Concert Talks
Wed Jul 10 2024 Chase Promenade North TentInfo

Program

Joan Tower: 1920/2019
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Description

Guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Shostakovich's glorious Fifth Symphony, a piece packed with passion and thrills—and more than a little sarcasm. Written under threat by the tyrant Joseph Stalin, the Fifth Symphony is as satisfying as it is subversive. The Grant Park Orchestra plays this orchestral powerhouse alongside American composer Joan Tower's tribute to the struggle for women's rights, 1920/2019.

CONCERT SPONSORS

The appearance of Giancarlo Guerrero is generously underwritten by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation.

Featuring

Giancarlo Guerrero

Conductor

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Dmitri Shostakovich

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Joan Tower

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Grant Park Orchestra
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