Current Area
When & Where
Concerts
Fri
Jun
12
2009
Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo
Program
Aaron Jay Kernis: Too Hot Toccata
Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite
Dimitri Shostakovich: Song of the Forests, op. 81
Description
Bernstein's celebration of urban waterfronts is paired with Shostakovich's monumental hymn to Russian forests in a tour-de-force of music evoking nature.
Featured performers:
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
John Horton Murray, Tenor
Denis Sedov, Bass
Chicago Children's Choir