The Grant Park Music Festival has announced its upcoming slate of concerts in Millennium Park for the 2015 season. Grant Park principal conductor Carlos Kalmar and chorus director Christopher Bell have lined up another summer of classical crowd-pleasers, though there are some new wrinkles. For the first year, single-night passes for reserved seats in Pritzker Pavilion are available, starting at $25. You can even select your specific seat. As always, you can park your blanket and basket on the lawn for free over the ten-week season. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday, May 6.
June 17 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 with Yevgeny Sudbin
June 19, 20 Mozart and Shostakovitch with Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
June 24 Tchaikovsky Fourth Symphony with Roberto Díaz
June 26, 27 Mendelssohn Reformation Symphony with Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
July 1, 4 Independence Day Salute with conductor Christopher Bell
July 3 Schumann Rhenish Symphony with Tanja Tetzlaff
July 8 Bernstein Fancy Free with conductor Karina Canellakis
July 10, 11 A Sondheim Celebration with Elizabeth Stanley and Alex Gemignani
July 15 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet with conductor Thierry Fischer
July 17, 18 Brahms Requiem with soprano Caitlin Lynch
July 21, 13 Grant Park Chorus: Songs from the Heart
July 22 Barber and Menotti with conductor Ward Stare
July 24, 25 Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto with Andrew Von Oeyen
July 29 Dvořák Symphony No. 6 with conductor Thomas Wilkins
July 31, Aug 1 Bruckner Symphony No. 6 with conductor Christoph König
Aug 5 Mozart Piano Concerto with Inon Barnatan
Aug 7, 8 Haydn Harmony Mass with Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Aug 12 An Evening with Kurt Elling
Aug 14, 15 Strauss Ein Heldenleben with Natasha Paremski
Aug 19 Beethoven Violin Concerto with James Ehnes
Aug 21, 22 Elgar the Kingdom with soprano Erin Wall