Grant Park Music Festival | Songs of Freedom
Wed, Jun 19
|Millennium Park | Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Music and the struggle for freedom go hand in hand. Here, Carlos Kalmar pairs overtures written for Beethoven's French Revolution-era drama Fidelio with two works championing freedom and social justice in our own country: Jessie Montgomery's Five Freedom Songs, based on the historical anthology ...
Time & Location
Jun 19, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Millennium Park | Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60602, USA
About The Event
FEATURING
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Karen Slack, soprano
PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Margaret Bonds: The Montgomery Variations
Jessie Montgomery: Five Freedom Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
DESCRIPTION
Music and the struggle for freedom go hand in hand. Here, Carlos Kalmar pairs overtures written for Beethoven's French Revolution-era drama Fidelio with two works championing freedom and social justice in our own country: Jessie Montgomery's Five Freedom Songs, based on the historical anthology Slave Songs of the United States, and Chicago-composer Margaret Bonds' Montgomery Variations, dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
DIGITAL PROGRAM
OPEN REHEARSALS--Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 11:00am - 1:30pm
Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 11:00am - 1:30pm
PRE-CONCERT TALK--Chase Promenade, North Tent, Millennium Park
Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Organizer: Grant Park Music Festival