The series at the Pritzker Pavilion continues through Aug. 19.
Among the other highlights this season are performances of Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music to"A Midsummer Night's Dream," George Gershwin's"Rhapsody in Blue" and John Philip Sousa's"Stars and Stripes Forever" just after July 4th, Sergei Prokofiev's Suite from"Romeo and Juliet," an overture of Broadway classics, an acrobatic performance by Troupe Vertigo to Georges Bizet's"Carmen" and other selections – and on the...
Performances are also set for other venues around the city – including Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chinatown, the South Shore Cultural Center, the Columbus Park Refectory in the South Austin neighborhood, the park of Jefferson Park, Unity Park in Logan Square, St. James Cathedral in River North, Marquette Park, and Lake Shore Park in Streeterville.
The concerts were held at a temporary band shell near the Field Museum for the first 40 years of the classical concert series. The festival moved to the extant Petrillo Music Shell just north of Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park in 1978, and to Millennium Park in 2004. Kalmar has been conductor of the Grant Park Orchestra since 2000, and Bell has been chorus director since 2002.
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