In Tuesday’s (2/11) Chicago Tribune, John von Rhein reports, “The Grant Park Music Festival has laid out a typically diverse and adventuresome lineup of symphonic music for its 80th anniversary season, June 11 to Aug. 16 in Millennium Park. There will be 23 free programs by, or hosted by, the Grant Park Orchestra in the course of the 10-week season, most of them presented at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Artistic director and principal conductor Carlos Kalmar will take charge of a dozen programs, with Grant Park Chorus director Christopher Bell and guest conductors sharing the rest. Among the season highlights will be a weeklong residency by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer William Bolcom, culminating in the world premiere of his Concerto for Orchestra … The second premiere and second Grant Park commission of the season will be Christopher Theofanidis’ ‘The Legend of the Northern Lights,’ to be presented along with film images … An expanded initiative of music education and community engagement, Festival Connect, will bring orchestra musicians to Chicago Park District venues in neighborhoods throughout the city … For the second year, the festival will partner with the Chicago Sinfonietta’s Project Inclusion professional development program to guide young minority musicians in their pursuit of orchestral careers.”
Posted February 14, 2014
