MILLENNIUM PARK Music Festival
PRITZKER PAVILION
Between Randoph & Monroe at Michigan Ave.
GETTING THERE:
Red Line to Washington Street Stop and walk .3 miles to Millennium Park Pritzker Pavilion OR
Brown Line to Randolph St. Stop and walk 2 blocks to Millennium Park Pritzker Pavilion
Or
Take CTA #152 Addison Bus (from Lakewood or Newport)
Take CTA #77 Belmont Bus (from Henderson or Newport)
To the Inner Lake Shore Drive & Transfer to the CTA #151 get off at Washington & Michigan Avenue and walk .2 miles east in to Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion.
Or
DRIVE: Parking in Millennium Park Garage $18.00-$25.00
2011 Season
Chicago Children's Choir
Be a part of history when 2,700 children from the Choir’s 40 public school programs, eight Neighborhood Choirs and its Emmy-winning Concert Choir as part of their annual gathering perform during the Inauguration Ceremony of Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel and City Council.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Monday, May 16 at 10 am
Monday, May 16 at 10 am Northwestern University
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Mallory Thompson conducts Northwestern University's Symphonic Wind Ensemble in a program featuring music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Richard Wagner, Alexander Arutunian, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Paul Hindemith. Joining the ensemble are guest announcer Carl Grapentine of WFMT's Morning Program and Northwestern alumnus Colin Oldberg, now serving as principal trumpet of the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Sunday, May 29 at 6:30 pm
Sunday, May 29 at 6:30 pm Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) provides music education of the highest caliber for 440 talented Chicago-area musicians ages 7-18 through five core orchestras and supplemental programs including chamber music ensembles, music theory and composition. CYSO’s internationally recognized Symphony Orchestra will perform the perfect program for a mid-summer night at the park.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Sunday, June 12 at 6:30 pm
Sunday, June 12 at 6:30 pm OPENING NIGHT Grant Park Music Festival
Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
Summer begins with two thrilling French musical explorations: Ravel’s encounter with American jazz performed by the great pianist Jean-Philippe Collard and Berlioz’s epic voyage into heartbreak and hallucination.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 6:30pm – 8:00pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmMendelssohn's Lobegesang celebrates the invention of the Gutenberg Press.
Mendelssohn and Peace on Earth
Felix Mendelssohn’s 1840 work for chorus and orchestra, the Lobgesang, is an ode to the power of books and human ingenuity. The program opens with Arnold Schoenberg’s unique early work Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth) which showcases the chorus.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Friday, June 17, 2011, 6:30pm
Friday, June 17, 2011, 6:30pm•Saturday, June 18, 2011, 7:30pm
Saturday, June 18, 2011, 7:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm
Open Rehearsal: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm•Open Rehearsal: Friday, June 17, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Friday, June 17, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmLatin America / Latin Works for Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar leads a tour of his native continent with such works as a suite from Mexican Carlos Chavez’s futuristic ballet originally created with Diego Rivera, Brazilian Villa Lobos’ work inspired by an Amazonian bird, Chicago-based composer Elbio Barilari's work exploring the Latin American dance form Canyengue and Argentinian composer Ginastera’s work paying tribute to cellist Pablo Casals.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Friday, June 24, 2011, 6:30pm
Friday, June 24, 2011, 6:30pm•Saturday, June 25, 2011, 7:30pm
Saturday, June 25, 2011, 7:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Friday, June 24, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Friday, June 24, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmRegina Carter, violinist / Regina Carter Reverse Thread Project
The great jazz violinist performs composer Billy Child’s Violin Concerto, a moving lament for those lost in the Iraq war, followed by works from her latest CD, the Reverse Thread Project.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 6:30pm
Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 6:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmThe Grant Park Chorus / American A Cappella
The Grant Park Chorus and Director Christopher Bell (celebrating his 10th season with the Festival) take a tour of eclectic new American works for chorus. This program is being recorded for what will become the chorus’ first-ever a cappella CD.
*Harris Theater for Music and Dance / Christopher Bell, Conductor
•Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 6:30pm
Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 6:30pm•Thursday, June 30, 2011, 6:30pm
Thursday, June 30, 2011, 6:30pmMahler's Song of the Earth is inspired by Chinese poetry and culture
Mahler: Song of the Earth
One of Mahler’s final works, this series of songs based on Chinese classical poetry runs the gamut of human experiences with meditations on love, nature, drinking, solitude and the passing of time. The evening opens with Polish composer Lutosławski’s tribute to Bartók.
* Harris Theater for Music and Dance
•Friday, July 1, 2011, 6:30pm
Friday, July 1, 2011, 6:30pm•Saturday, July 2, 2011, 7:30pm
Saturday, July 2, 2011, 7:30pmChristopher Bell Independence Celebration
This musical celebration of the meaning of America features many beloved favorites as well as a few surprises. Please note: the venue and time for this program are tentative.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Sunday, July 3, 2011, 5:30pm
Sunday, July 3, 2011, 5:30pmAndrew Grams American and Russian Landscapes
This program features a pair of works inspired by composers’ immersion in their native lands. Tchaikovsky’s symphony emerged from a vacation to Ukraine draws on local folk music while Aaron Copland’s suite is taken from an opera of the same name inspired by James Agee’s photographs of the Great Depression.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 6:30pm
Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 6:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmAlondra de la Parra Spanish Guitar
One of the world’s rising young conductors makes her Grant Park debut with a masterpiece of Spanish classical guitar, featuring soloist David Russell, plus Dvorák’s renowned symphony.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Friday, July 8, 2011, 6:30pm
Friday, July 8, 2011, 6:30pm•Saturday, July 9, 2011, 7:30pm
Saturday, July 9, 2011, 7:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Thursday, July 7, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm
Open Rehearsal: Thursday, July 7, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm•Open Rehearsal: Friday, July 8, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Friday, July 8, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmBroadway Rocks!
This rousing evening will be packed with songs from some of the most electrifying shows to hit the Great White Way in recent decades: The Wiz, Hairspray, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mamma Mia, Tommy, and more.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 6:30pm
Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 6:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmBroadway blockbusters from some of the most electrifying shows ever to hit the Great White Way: The Wiz, Hairspray, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mamma Mia, Tommy, Phantom of the Opera and more!
Krzysztof Penderecki
The great contemporary Polish composer, whose work has been a touchstone in his home country and beyond since the 1950s, comes to Millennium Park to conduct his own composition featuring three solo cellists as well as Beethoven’s heroic early symphony.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Friday, July 15, 2011, 6:30pm
Friday, July 15, 2011, 6:30pm•Saturday, July 16, 2011, 7:30pm
Saturday, July 16, 2011, 7:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm
Open Rehearsal: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm•Open Rehearsal: Friday, July 15, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Friday, July 15, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmKwame Ryan
Schumann’s grand, romantic symphony shares the program with Ravel’s stirring suite written to commemorate friends killed during WWI and a recent work by Swiss composer Rolf Liebermann.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 6:30pm
Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 6:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmFauré's Requiem / Choral Masterpieces: Bernstein and Faure
Leonard Bernstein’s choral setting of the Psalms of David (which features musical material from early sketches for West Side Story) is followed by the magnificent late 19th century requiem by Fauré.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Friday, July 22, 2011, 6:30pm
Friday, July 22, 2011, 6:30pm•Saturday, July 23, 2011, 7:30pm
Saturday, July 23, 2011, 7:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm
Open Rehearsal: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm•Open Rehearsal: Friday, July 22, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Friday, July 22, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmSergei Prokofiev / Prokofiev Symphony No. 7
Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu begins his week-long residency with the Grant Park Music Festival with a program featuring Prokofiev's final symphony paired with contemporary composer Shchedrin’s concerto for orchestra inspired by Russian traveling carnivals.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 6:30pm
Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 6:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmHannu Lintu / Sibelius Epic Finland
A rare chance to hear Sibelius’ early work (revised at the end of his life), based on the great national Finnish epic, the Kalevala, the source of more than a dozen of his most important compositions. Rachmaninoff’s portrait of psychological angst set against the changing of the seasons completes the evening exploring northern landscapes.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Friday, July 29, 2011, 6:30pm
Friday, July 29, 2011, 6:30pm•Saturday, July 30, 2011, 7:30pm
Saturday, July 30, 2011, 7:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 10:30am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 10:30am – 1:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Friday, July 29, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Friday, July 29, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmJennifer Koh Returns
Carlos Kalmar returns for the final two weeks of the Festival’s ten week season. He shares the stage with festival favorite, violinist Jennifer Koh, for a night of Britten and Brahms.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 6:30pm
Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 6:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmSingers from the Ryan Opera Center
The gifted young singers of the Lyric Opera’s training program return for an evening of great operatic scenes.
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
•Friday, August 5, 2011, 6:30pm
Friday, August 5, 2011, 6:30pm•Saturday, August 6, 2011, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 6, 2011, 7:30pmJay Pritzker Pavilion
•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pmThe Book with Seven Seals
This 20th century masterpiece (1937) for orchestra and chorus by Franz Schmidt vividly narrates the apocalypse.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Friday, August 12, 2011, 6:30pm
Friday, August 12, 2011, 6:30pm•Saturday, August 13, 2011, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 13, 2011, 7:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Thursday, August 11, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm
Open Rehearsal: Thursday, August 11, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm•Open Rehearsal: Friday, August 12, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Friday, August 12, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmMozart and Strauss
Carlos Kalmar leads a celebration of the music of his country of residence as part of a week-long celebration of Austrian music.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 6:30pm
Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 6:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmJohn Adam's Chairman Dances & Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
These works focus on two of the 20th century’s political giants in radically different ways. John Adams’ short orchestral work about Mao is drawn from his opera Nixon in China and Shostakovich’s cathartic symphony was written in the wake of Stalin’s death. This program is part of the Soviet Arts Experience festival.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 6:30pm
Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 6:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmCLOSING NIGHT Grant Park Music Festival
Verdi Requiem
Millennium Park will be filled with the thunderous and soaring sounds of Verdi’s great Requiem Mass featuring four outstanding soloists and the world-class Grant Park Chorus as the 2011 season comes to a majestic close.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Friday, August 19, 2011, 6:30pm
Friday, August 19, 2011, 6:30pm•Saturday, August 20, 2011, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 20, 2011, 7:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 3:00pm – 5:30pm•Open Rehearsal: Thursday, August 18, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm
Open Rehearsal: Thursday, August 18, 2011, 10:30am – 1:00pm•Open Rehearsal: Friday, August 19, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pm
Open Rehearsal: Friday, August 19, 2011, 11:00am – 1:30pmMillennium Park Concerts Continued
Chicago Dancing Festival:Celebration of American Dance
Mark your calendars for the Fifth Anniversary of this critically acclaimed celebration of American dance.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Saturday, August 27 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, August 27 at 7:30 pm Million Dollar Quartet
A treasure trove of the greatest rock 'n' roll, gospel, R&B and country hits from music legends Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, the cast of the hit musical will perform notable selections from the production.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Tuesday, August 30 at 6:30 pm 33rd Annual Chicago Jazz Festival
Tuesday, August 30 at 6:30 pm 33rd Annual Chicago Jazz FestivalThe 33rd annual festival will feature a night at Millennium Park with Saxophone
Summit featuring Joe Lavano, David Liebman and Ravi Coltrane.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Friday, September 2 at 6:30 pm
Friday, September 2 at 6:30 pm Lyric Opera of Chicago
Revel in a sensational night of singing with some of opera's most famous stars – many from Lyric’s fabulous 2011-12 season! Join Matthew Polenzani, James Morris, Anna Christy, Susanna Phillips, Alyson Cambridge and a host of other luminaries.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
•Saturday, September 10 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, September 10 at 7:30 pm
MUSIC in Millennium Park (free)
Millennium Park offers something for all music lovers. From concerts by the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus and Chicago's jazz greats to the Gospel Music Festival, each year the park hosts a roster of music events that is as diverse as the City itself.
Pack a gourmet picnic (baskets in the apt's) and head down to Millennium Park for an unforgetable evening!
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