Grant Park Music Festival
2020 Virtual Season
While we may not be able to physically gather, the power of music knows no bounds. Please join us for Festival Remixed, an exciting series of virtual events, including radio broadcasts, concerts, talks and master classes.
Listen | Rachmaninov Rhapsody
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Stephen Hough, Piano
Dashon Burton, Bass-Baritone
Program
Sean Shepherd: Magiya
Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
William Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
Violinist Benjamin Beilman, one of the classical world’s most rapidly rising stars, performs Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 in this 2019 Festival concert.
Watch | Festival HD: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Watch
Program
Pre-Concert Lecture with Seth Boustead: 6:00 PM
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Little Russian
Listen | Debussy La Mer
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
François Leleux, Oboe
Program
John Adams: The Chairman Dances
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Claude Debussy: La mer
Watch | Visiting Masters: Alban Gerhardt
Featuring
Alban Gerhardt, cello
Watch
Program
Watch world renowned cellist, Alban Gerhardt, work on solo repertoire with students from the Chicagoland area.
Listen | Brahms Double Concerto
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, Violin
Tanja Tetzlaff, Cello
Program
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto
Listen | An American Celebration
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
James Carter, Saxophones
Program
John Corigliano: Tournaments
Roberto Sierra: Concerto for Saxophones
David Diamond: Rounds
Randall Thompson: Symphony No. 2
Watch | Festival HD: Independence Day Salute
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Mary Stolper, Flute
John Orduña, Baritone
WATCH
Program
Robert Wendel: From Sea to Shining Sea
Arr. Robert Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Arr. Carmen Dragon: America the Beautiful
Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
Listen | Mozart Jupiter Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Adam Walker, Flute
Program
Howard Hanson: Elegy
Carl Nielsen: Flute Concerto
Charles Griffes: Poem
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Watch | A Night with Rachel Barton Pine and Billy Childs
Featuring
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Billy Childs, Grammy Award-winning jazz composer
Watch
Program
Childs: Four Portraits for solo violin
Additional solo violin and solo piano repertoire performed by Rachel Barton Pine and Billy Childs.
Listen | Beethoven Violin Concerto
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
James Ehnes, Violin
Program
Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
John Vincent: Symphony in D
Eric Kutz Plays Bach
Featuring
Eric Kutz, Cello
WATCH
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1
Johann Sebastion Bach: Cello Suite No. 5
Listen | Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2
Featuring
David Danzmayr, Conductor
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Conrad Tao, Piano
and the 2014 Ryan Opera Center Ensemble Singers:
J'Nai Bridges, Soprano
Julie Anne Miller, Mezzo-Soprano
Anthony Clark Evans, Baritone
Will Liverman, Baritone
Program
Jimmy López: Fiesta!
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
Andrew Norman: Drip
William Bolcom: Cabaret Songs
Watch | Visiting Masters: Andreas Haefliger
Featuring
Andreas Haefliger, piano
WATCH
Program
Watch world renowned pianist, Andreas Haefliger, work on solo Beethoven repertoire with students from the Chicagoland area.
Listen | Latin Nights
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Pablo Sáinz Villegas, Guitar
Program
Joaquín Turina: Danzas fantasticas
Joaquín Rodrigo: Fantasia para un gentilhombre
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7
Listen | 100 Years of Empowerment
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Marin Alsop, Conductor
Program
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Jubilation
Clara Schumann: Three Choruses
Stacy Garrop: Shiva Dances*
Caroline Shaw: and the swallow
Fanny Mendelssohn: Nachtreigen
Jennifer Higdon: blue cathedral
James Price Johnson: Harlem Symphony
*Grant Park Music Festival commission
Watch | Visiting Masters: Christian Tetzlaff
Featuring
Christian Tetzlaff, Violin
WATCH
Program
Watch world renowned violinist, Christian Tetzlaff, work on solo violin repertoire with students from the Chicagoland area.
Listen | Mahler Resurrection Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Amanda Majeski, Soprano
J'Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano
Program
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
Watch | Festival HD: Flight of the Bumblebee
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor
WATCH
Program
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Jubilation
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Morton Gould: Cowboy Rhapsody