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12:15pm - 1:00pm

Daedalus Duo - "Music of Southern Spain......Folk songs, Dances, and Recent Compositions" Bonnie Campbell and Diana Schmück (described in the Chicago Sun-Times as "one of the finest chamber pianists on the scene”) explore music from Spain for clarinet and piano.

 

 

ADMISSION FREE

 

 

Preston Bradley Hall

Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington St.

Chicago, IL 60602 

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Susanna Phillips, soprano - Celebrate Bastille Day with the sparkling voice of soprano Susanna Phillips and pianist Craig Terry in a program of French classics by Faure, Messiaen, and Debussy, and an homage to Edith Piaf. This alumna of Lyric Opera’s Ryan Opera Center has attracted special recognition for a voice of striking beauty and sophistication and was the winner of four of the world's leading vocal competitions in a single year - Operalia (both First Place and the Audience Prize), the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the MacAllister Awards and the George London Foundation. She has performed on the country’s leading operatic and concert stages including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe, Minnesota, Utah, Dallas and Kentucky operas, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and will sing the role of Musetta in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of La Boheme this winter.

 

 

ADMISSION FREE

 

 

Preston Bradley Hall

Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington St.

Chicago, IL 60602 

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6:30pm - 8:30pm

BEETHOVEN'S 7th

Grant Park Orchestra

Hugh Wolff, Conductor; Leila Josefowicz, Violin

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5:30pm - 11:00pm

DIVERTIMENTO 2008

GERSHWIN'S GREATEST HITS 

Gershwin

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Friday, July 18, 2008

Jay Pritzker Pavilion,
Millennium Park

6:30 pm - Concert
8:00 pm - Dinner, Dancing & Silent Auction

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Help support FREE classical music for all Chicagoans.

2008 DIVERTIMENTO Gala is generously sponsored by:

 

 

6:30pm - 8:15pm

GERSHWIN'S GREATEST HITS

Grant Park Orchestra

Kevin Stites, Conductor; Jay Jaski, Director

Harolyn Blackwell, Marin Mazzie, Norman Lewis and Jason Danieley, Vocalists; Kirill Gerstein, Piano

Post-concert PlayBack: Kirill Gerstein performs Gershwin solo tunes

The composer’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Kirill Gerstein is the centerpiece of a program featuring Gershwin’s Greatest Hits, sung by veteran Broadway stars Harolyn Blackwell, Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley and Norm Lewis. It’s one musical gem after another from shows like Strike Up The Band and Porgy and Bess, including Swanee, I Got Rhythm, How Long Has This Been Going On, Embraceable You, S’ Wonderful and the much loved Summertime.

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