With great sadness, the staff and board of the Grant Park Music Festival have cancelled the 2020 season. The risks surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic are simply too great for everyone involved.
The performances below are what we had planned for our 2020 season. We look forward to sharing music together in the future. Be safe. Be well. And thank you for your support.
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor
Tempest Trio (Ilya Kaler, violin; Amit Peled, cello; Alon Goldstein, piano)
Program
Florence Price: Concert Overture No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Richard Wagner: Excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Brahms Symphony No 3
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Anima — Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus
Natalie Rose Richardson, Orator
Program
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Judith Weir: We Are Shadows
Mischa Zupko: World Premiere
A World of Dance
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Polonia Ensemble
Tango 21 Dance Theater
Program
Frédéric Chopin/Roy Douglas: Les sylphides
Wojciech Kilar: Polonaise from Pan Tadeusz
Staniłsaw Moniuszko: Mazurka from Haunted Manor
Elbio Barilari: Cayengue
Angel Villoldo: El Choclo
Astor Piazzolla: Fuga from Tres Movimientos Tanguísticos Porteños
Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza
Gerardo Mato Rodriguez: La Cumparsita
Alberto Ginastera: Estancia: Four Dances
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Janice Carissa, Piano
Program
Augusta Holmès: Andromède
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Orpheus in the Underworld
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
The Percussion Collective (Ji Su Jung, Matthew Keown, Svet Stoyanov, Sam Seyong Um)
Program
Jacques Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Christopher Theofanidis: Drum Circles
Robert Fuchs: Symphony No. 2
Britten Spring Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Anima — Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
Jane Archibald, Soprano
Siena Licht Miller, Mezzo-Soprano
John Matthew Myers, Tenor
Program
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Arvo Pärt: In principio
Benjamin Britten: Spring Symphony
Soul of Chicago: A Gospel Celebration
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Charles Floyd, Conductor
Soul Children Of Chicago
Walt Whitman, Chorus Director
Program
Thomas Dorsey: "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"
Albertina Walker: "I Can Go To God in Prayer"
Arr. Charles Floyd: "The Lord’s Prayer"
Ricky Robinson: "Lift Him Up"
Living Word Christian Center: "Sacrifice of Praise"
Kevin Lenox: "Nobody Like Jesus"
Anita Wilson: "Jesus Will"
First Church of Deliverance: "He’s Been Good"
Milton Brunson: "Open Our Eyes"
Progressive Baptist Church: "Take it to the Lord in Prayer"
and more.
Independence Day Salute
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Katelyn Lee, Soprano
Nicholas Boettcher, Double Bass
Program
John Philip Sousa: The Liberty Bell
Arr. Robert Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
...and more!
Classic Movie Night: Singin' in the Rain
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Norman Huyhn, Conductor
Program
Presented with stunning Technicolor hues on a 40-foot HD screen amid a glittering score performed live by the Grant Park Orchestra.
Broadway Tonight!
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Lawrence Loh, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Mamie Parris, Vocals
Madison Claire Parks, Vocals
Bronson Norris Murphy, Vocals
Program
Selections from Wicked, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, South Pacific, West Side Story and more.
Sibelus Finlandia
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
David Chan, Conductor
Alban Gerhardt, Cello
Program
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Samuel Barber: Cello Concerto
Aram Khachaturian: Suite from Spartacus
Beethoven Eroica Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, Violin
Billy Childs, Composer-in-Residence
Program
Victor Agudelo: La Madre de Agua
Billy Childs: Violin Concerto No. 2 (World Premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Nicole Paiement, Conductor
Andreas Haefliger, Piano
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Haydn Surprise Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Markus Stenz, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Mary Feminear, Soprano
Susan Platts, Mezzo-Soprano
Eric Ferring, Tenor
Zachary Altman, Bass-Baritone
Program
Joey Roukens: Chase
Franz Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 94, Surprise
Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C Major
Family Night: Peter and the Wolf
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Ashley Kim, piano
Colin Song, piano
Program
Francis Poulenc: The Story of Babar, The Little Elephant
Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Simon Trpčeski, Piano
Program
Elena Kats-Chernin: Mythic
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Handel Royal Fireworks Music
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Simone Lamsma, Violin
Program
George Frideric Handel: Royal Fireworks Music
Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Peter Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Mozart Jupiter Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, Violin
Program
Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Program
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Oberon
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty
Josef Suk: Fairy Tale
Mendelssohn Elijah
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Jane Archibald, Soprano
Lauren Decker, Mezzo-Soprano
Joseph Dennis, Tenor
Nathan Berg, Bass-Baritone
Program
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah