MOB: Chicago Water Music
Sep
10
7:00 PM19:00

MOB: Chicago Water Music

In 1717, Handel penned his famous Water Music for a boat party on the River Thames. On September 10, 2025, we present it again on the Chicago River for the second time! Dame Jane Glover, the Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, and the “Strong Voices” Chorus, made up of young musicians from the ensemble’s choral education program in 7 Chicago public high schools, will sail the river performing excerpts including the “Hallelujah” Chorus from Messiah, and more.

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GPMF: Carmina Burana
Aug
16
7:30 PM19:30

GPMF: Carmina Burana

Experience the grandeur of Carmina Burana, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, three world-class soloists, and Uniting Voices children's chorus. Giancarlo Guerrero conducts this season finale which also includes Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture, and Alan Hovhaness' Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain.

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GPMF: Carmina Burana
Aug
15
6:30 PM18:30

GPMF: Carmina Burana

Experience the grandeur of Carmina Burana, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, three world-class soloists, and Uniting Voices children's chorus. Giancarlo Guerrero conducts this season finale which also includes Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture, and Alan Hovhaness' Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain.

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MOB: Handel’s Messiah
Aug
6
7:00 PM19:00

MOB: Handel’s Messiah

Christmas in – August? You may think so when you see this performance of Handel's iconic masterpiece Messiah, a fixture of the winter holiday season. But when isn't it time to revel in the piece that caused the composer to say "I did think I saw the heavens open, and saw the very face of God" when he completed it? Under the baton of Jane Glover – who has conducted over 120 performances of Messiah around the world

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GPMF: Broadway Night
Jul
26
7:30 PM19:30

GPMF: Broadway Night

Celebrate the enduring legacy of Rodgers and Hammerstein with three Broadway stars and the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus. Led by dynamic conductor Lawrence Loh, this concert features beloved showstoppers from South Pacific, Carousel, The Sound of Music, The King and I, Oklahoma!, and more.

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GPMF: Broadway Night
Jul
25
6:30 PM18:30

GPMF: Broadway Night

Celebrate the enduring legacy of Rodgers and Hammerstein with three Broadway stars and the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus. Led by dynamic conductor Lawrence Loh, this concert features beloved showstoppers from South Pacific, Carousel, The Sound of Music, The King and I, Oklahoma!, and more.

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GPMF: Bonds & Bruckner
Jul
11
6:30 PM18:30

GPMF: Bonds & Bruckner

Conductor Anthony Parnther explores the depths of human spirituality and the heights of orchestral grandeur through Bruckner's Psalm 150 and Margaret Bonds' Credo, a moving and inspiring alchemy of classical and spiritual traditions. The concert concludes with Brahms’ majestic masterpiece Symphony No. 2.

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GPMF: Bonds & Bruckner
Jul
10
6:30 PM18:30

GPMF: Bonds & Bruckner

Conductor Anthony Parnther explores the depths of human spirituality and the heights of orchestral grandeur through Bruckner's Psalm 150 and Margaret Bonds' Credo, a moving and inspiring alchemy of classical and spiritual traditions. The concert concludes with Brahms’ majestic masterpiece Symphony No. 2.

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GPMF: Holiday Choral Classics
Jun
30
6:30 PM18:30

GPMF: Holiday Choral Classics

Experience an exclusive concert with the Grant Park Chorus, led by Christopher Bell, in a program of holiday choral classics. This performance will be recorded and released in time for the 2025 holiday season. Don't miss Carol of the Bells, Silent Night, Go Tell It on the Mountain, and much more!​

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GPMF: Holiday Choral Classics
Jun
26
6:30 PM18:30

GPMF: Holiday Choral Classics

Experience an exclusive concert with the Grant Park Chorus, led by Christopher Bell, in a program of holiday choral classics. This performance will be recorded and released in time for the 2025 holiday season. Don't miss Carol of the Bells, Silent Night, Go Tell It on the Mountain, and much more!​

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CSO: Verdi Requiem
Jun
24
7:30 PM19:30

CSO: Verdi Requiem

Verdi’s Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer’s ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precision.

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CSO: Verdi Requiem
Jun
21
7:30 PM19:30

CSO: Verdi Requiem

Verdi’s Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer’s ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precision.

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CSO: Verdi Requiem
Jun
20
7:30 PM19:30

CSO: Verdi Requiem

Verdi’s Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer’s ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precision.

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CSO: Verdi Requiem
Jun
19
7:30 PM19:30

CSO: Verdi Requiem

Verdi’s Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer’s ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precision.

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Stare at the Sun: Waking Up
Jun
1
4:00 PM16:00

Stare at the Sun: Waking Up

Our spring project is about shutting out the distractions of the content-saturated landscape of the twenty-first century in favor of works that expand the boundaries of perception and invite the listener to be still and receptive—not just to the music, but to one another.

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Stare at the Sun: Waking Up
May
31
7:00 PM19:00

Stare at the Sun: Waking Up

  • St Chrysostom's Episcopal Church (map)
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Our spring project is about shutting out the distractions of the content-saturated landscape of the twenty-first century in favor of works that expand the boundaries of perception and invite the listener to be still and receptive—not just to the music, but to one another.

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MOB: Celestial Voices
May
12
7:30 PM19:30

MOB: Celestial Voices

  • Fourth Presbyterian Church Chicago (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

From the beginning, Music of the Baroque's roots can be traced to choral music performed in churches. Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer highlights the Chorus’s incredible range of talent in music from the Renaissance to the Baroque, from the shimmering sounds of Palestrina and Byrd to the high energy of Bach’s “Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied” (Sing unto the Lord a new song).

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MOB: Celestial Voices
May
11
7:30 PM19:30

MOB: Celestial Voices

  • Faith, hope, and charity Catholic Church (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

From the beginning, Music of the Baroque's roots can be traced to choral music performed in churches. Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer highlights the Chorus’s incredible range of talent in music from the Renaissance to the Baroque, from the shimmering sounds of Palestrina and Byrd to the high energy of Bach’s “Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied” (Sing unto the Lord a new song).

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Bach Cantata Vespers: BWV 42
Apr
27
3:45 PM15:45

Bach Cantata Vespers: BWV 42

April 27, 2025

Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats

Bach’s project of writing weekly cantatas based on chorales began on Trinity Sunday in 1724 and ended on Palm Sunday in 1725 — not quite a full year. Instead of a chorale-based chorus, this cantata, composed for the First Sunday after Easter in 1725, opens with a cheery sinfonia. A recitative follows, quoting from the day’s Gospel about Jesus bringing peace and comfort as he appears to his disciples gathered in a locked room on Easter evening.

3:00 p.m. Cantata Preview Lecture
Mark Peters, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights

3:45 p.m. Orchestral Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048
Hennig Kraggerud: Victimae paschali

4:00 p.m. Bach Cantata Vespers
Ian A. McFarland, Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia, homilist

Also in the service:
William Byrd: Haec dies

Bach Cantata Vespers Chorus and Orchestra
Grace Cantor Michael D. Costello, conducting

Maura Janton Cock, soprano
Amanda Koopman, mezzo-soprano
Ryan Townsend Strand, tenor
Peter Wesoloski, baritone

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