Saturday, July 31, 2010

Fourteenth Program: The Fairy's Kiss
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.

Starvinsky
The Fairy's Kiss, Allegorical Ballet in Four Seasons

The Lullaby in the Snowstorm
A Village Féte
By the Mill
The Lullaby of the Land Beyond Time and Place

Intermission

Liszt

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, Op. 23
Adagio sostenuto assai
Allegro agitato assai
Allegro moderato
Allegro deciso
Marziale un poco meno Allegro
Allegro animato

Played without pause

Markus Groh

Tchaikovsky

Capriccio italien, Op. 45

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Tenth Program

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
GRANT PARK ORCHESTRA
Hans Graf, Guest Conductor
Alban Gerhardt, Cello

Tchaikovsky
The Tempest, Fantasy-Overture after Shakespeare, Op. 18

Tchaikovsky
Variations on Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Alban Gerhardt

Stravinsky
Petrushka, Ballet in Four Tableaux (1947 Version)

The Shrove-Tide Fair
Petrushka's Room
The Moor's Room
The Shrove-Tide Fair Towards Evening

Mr. Gerhardt plays ona magnificent cello made by 18th-century Venetian instrument maker Matteo Gofriller.