Grant Park Music Festival | Scheherazade
Fri, Jul 26
|Millennium Park | Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wallow in the sweeping Romantic melodies of Rimsky-Korsakov's enchanting tribute to the heroine of The Arabian Nights, the clever young queen who saves her own life by spinning a tale for 1001 nights. Guest conductor Eric Jacobsen leads the Grant Park Orchestra in...
Time & Location
Jul 26, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Millennium Park | Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60602, USA
About The Event
FEATURING
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Lindsey Reynolds, soprano
PROGRAM
Lili Boulanger: Of a Spring Morning
Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
DESCRIPTION
Wallow in the sweeping Romantic melodies of Rimsky-Korsakov's enchanting tribute to the heroine of The Arabian Nights, the clever young queen who saves her own life by spinning a tale for 1001 nights. Guest conductor Eric Jacobsen leads the Grant Park Orchestra in Lili Boulanger's portrait of springtime, and soprano Lindsey Reynolds joins the acclaimed Grant Park Chorus for Poulenc's Stabat Mater.
Organizer: Grant Park Music Festival