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When & Where
Concerts
Wed
Jun
12
2019
Jay Pritzker PavilionInfo
Program
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Jubilation
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Little Russian
Description
Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Orchestra open the Festival’s 85th season with Tchaikovsky’s romantic Little Russian Symphony. The evening begins with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Jubilation and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring celebrated soloist Benjamin Beilman.
Featured performers:
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor
Benjamin Beilman, Violin