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When & Where
Concerts
Wed
Jun
18
2025
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Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo
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Pre-Concert Talks
Wed
Jun
18
2025
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Chase Promenade North TentInfo
Program
Adolphus Hailstork – An American Port of Call
Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
Description
In his debut performance as the Festival’s newly appointed Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero leads a program featuring Grant Park Orchestra concertmaster Jeremy Black in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. The program also includes Adolphus Hailstork's An American Port of Call and Leonard Bernstein's searing suite from the film On the Waterfront.