It's a farewell concert for the ages. The Grant Park Music Festival's Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar steps down after 25 storied years. And with his usual flair, Carlos marshals a massive cast of friends for Gustav Mahler's glorious "Symphony of a Thousand," including eight world-class soloists, the Grant Park Orchestra, the Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen children's chorus under the leadership of daughter Katja Kalmar and the Grant Park Chorus under Christopher Bell.

Mahler Symphony No. 8

Millennium Park

Did you know that more Americans sing in choirs than play baseball? Learn about the art of singing as soprano Maeve Höglund works one-on-one with the Festival's Vocal Fellows.

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Visiting Masters - Voice

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Carlos Kalmar leads the Grant Park Orchestra with the acclaimed Grant Park Chorus and soloists in Johannes Brahms' choral masterpiece A German Requiem*, written for the bereaved after the death of the composer's mother. The concert opens with another choral tribute, Joel Thompson' chilling cantata Seven Last Words of the Unarmed. Each movement is a setting of the last words uttered by seven unarmed men who were killed by police officers or by vigilantes—Kenneth Chamberlain, Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, John Crawford, and Eric Garner. The Festival welcomes soloists Maeve Höglund and baritone Hugh Russell.

Maeve Höglund

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16 - 17 Aug, 2024

Mahler Symphony No. 8 · Grant Park Music Festival

Jul 22, 2023

Visiting Masters - Voice · Grant Park Music Festival

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