Sat, Aug 17
|Millennium Park | Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park Music Festival | Mahler Symphony No. 8
It's a farewell concert for the ages. The Grant Park Music Festival's Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar steps down after 25 storied years. And with his usual flair, Carlos marshals a massive cast of friends for Gustav Mahler's glorious Symphony of a Thousand, including...
Time & Location
Aug 17, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Millennium Park | Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60602, USA
About The Event
FEATURING
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Katja Kalmar, children's chorus director
Jane Archibald, soprano
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Rod Gilfry, baritone
Kevin Short, bass-baritone
PROGRAM
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand
Part I: Hymn, Veni, creator spirtus
Part II: Final Scene from Goethe’s Faust
Detailed Program Notes and Choral Text
DESCRIPTION
It's a farewell concert for the ages. The Grant Park Music Festival's Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar steps down after 25 storied years. And with his usual flair, Carlos marshals a massive cast of friends for Gustav Mahler's glorious Symphony of a Thousand, including eight world-class soloists, the Grant Park Orchestra, the Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen children's chorus under the leadership of daughter Katja Kalmar and the Grant Park Chorus under Christopher Bell.
Organizer: Grant Park Music Festival