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Concert Wed Apr 18 2012
Millennium Park Free Summer Concert Lineup
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs announced its free summer concert lineup for The Jay Pritzker Pavilion within Millennium Park. This year we get four series: the electronic and new music heavy Loops and Variations, indie rock star studded Downtown Sound, the classical-leaning Grand Park Music Festival, and Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz.
Downtown Sound
Monday, May 28, 6:30 pm
Kelly Hogan + Scott Lucas and the Married Men
Monday, June 4, 6:30 pm
Jonathan Richman + Joel Paterson and the Modern Sounds
Monday, June 11, 6:30 pm
The Eternals + Wild Belle
Monday, June 18, 6:30 pm
Cloud Cult + Judson Claiborne
Monday, June 25, 6:30 pm
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International + Chico Trujillo
Monday, July 2, 6:30 pm
Joan of Arc + Daniel Knox
Monday, July 9, 6:30 pm
The Sadies + James Vincent McMorrow
Monday, July 16, 6:30 pm
Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires + Abigail Washburn
Monday, July 23, 6:30 pm
Ana Tijoux + Sidi Touré
Monday, July 30, 6:30 p.m.
SMOD + M.A.K.U. Soundsystem
Loops And Variations
Thursday, June 7, 6:30 pm
Chris Clark, Jan Jelinek and Andrew Pekler, and Casino Versus Japan
Thursday, June 14, 6:30 pm
Deerhoof and Ensemble Dal Niente
Thursday, June 28, 6:30 pm
eighth blackbird
Thursday, July 5, 6:30 pm
A Winged Victory for the Sullen and ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble)
Thursday, July 12, 6:30 pm
Third Coast Percussion
Sunday, August 26, 5:30 pm
John Luther Adams' Inuksuit
Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 6:30pm
Opening Night
Grant Park Orchestra perform Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1, Elgar: Cello Concerto, and Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Friday, June 15, 2012, 6:30pm and Saturday, June 16, 2012, 7:30pm
An Exaltation of Place
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus perform Liszt: Les Préludes, Schuman: A Free Song
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music, and Gandolfi: Only Converge: An Exaltation of Place
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 6:30pm and Friday, June 22, 2012, 6:30pm
Mozart's Jupiter Symphony
Grant Park Orchestra perform Strauss: Don Juan, Britten: Piano Concerto, and Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Saturday, June 23, 2012, 7:30pm
An American in Paris
Grant Park Orchestra perform Bizet: L'Arlésienne, Lalo: Namouna, Gershwin: An American in Paris, and Ravel: Bolero
Friday, June 29, 2012, 6:30pm and Saturday, June 30, 2012, 7:30pm
Golden Anniversary Choral Spectacular
Grant Park Chorus perform Stravinsky: Les Noces, Whitacre: Cloudburst, Tormis: Raua Needmine, and Orff: Carmina Burana
Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 6:30pm
Independence Day Celebration
Grant Park Orchestra perform Bernstein: Candide: Overture, Gould: Amber Waves
Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme, Copland: Old American Songs, Grofé: Mississippi Suite, Gershwin: Girl Crazy: Overture, Wendell: Sea to Shining Sea, Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, andSousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Friday, July 6, 2012, 6:30pm and Saturday, July 7, 2012, 7:30pm
Sleepers and Dreamers
Grant Park Orchestra perform Brahms: Tragic Overture, Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs, Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, and Currier: Sleepers and Dreamers
Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 8:30pm
Frozen Planet in Concert
Grant Park Orchestra perform Fenton: Frozen Planet
Friday, July 13, 2012, 8:00pm and Saturday, July 14, 2012, 8:00pm
Perfectly Frank: From Broadway to Hollywood
Grant Park Orchestra and Members Of The Grant Park Chorus perform a selection of works by Frank Loesser
Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 6:30pm
Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances
Grant Park Orchestra perform Khachaturian: Violin Concerto and Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Friday, July 20, 2012, 6:30pm and Saturday, July 21, 2012, 7:30pm
Rossini: Stabat Mater
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus perform Rossini: William Tell: Overture, Leighton: Hymn to Matter and Rossini: Stabat Mater
Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 6:30pm
Frozen in Time
Grant Park Orchestra perform Dorman: Frozen in Time, and Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Friday, July 27, 2012, 6:30pm and Saturday, July 28, 2012, 7:30pm
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Grant Park Orchestra perform Debussy: Khamma, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian, and Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 6:30pm
Scheherazade
Grant Park Orchestra perform Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator, and
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Friday, August 3, 2012, 6:30pm and Saturday, August 4, 2012, 7:30pm
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Grant Park Orchestra perform Ginastera: Estancia: Four Dances, Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, and De Falla: Three-Cornered Hat
Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 6:30pm
Brahms' Double Concerto
Grant Park Orchestra perform Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Brahms: Double Concerto, and Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1
Friday, August 10, 2012, 6:30pm and Saturday, August 11, 2012, 7:30pm
Haydn: The Seasons
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus perform Hydn: The Seasons
Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 6:30pm
Ryan Opera Center: Mozart and Strauss
Grant Park Orchestra perform Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, and Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Final Scene)
Friday, August 17, 2012, 6:30pm and Saturday, August 18, 2012, 7:30pm
Dvorák: The Spectre's Bride
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus perform Dvorák: The Spectre's Bride
Made In Chicago: World Class Jazz
Thursday, July 19, 6:30 pm
Blowing in From Chicago
Thursday, July 26, 6:30 pm
Erwin Helfer: A Life in Boogie and Blues
Thursday, August 2, 6:30 pm
Roots of Routes: Makaya McCraven's Global Unit
Thursday, August 16, 6:30 pm
By a Little Light: Matt Ulery's Loom with special guests
Thursday, August 23, 6:30 p.m.
Frank Rosaly's ¡Todos de Pie! (Everyone Stand Up!)
Thursday, August 30, 6:30 pm (Opening Night of the 34th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival)
Exquisitely For Ella: A Songbook Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald: Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz Orchestra
Doug / April 18, 2012 3:04 PM
Great job. I wish the Millennium Park website listed everything as nicely and in one place like this.