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Ravinia entertainment in Highland Park in July 2009

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Chicago Community Life Examiner

Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois offers a packed schedule of entertainment all summer long. Here is a list of the events planned for the month of July. Pick a concert, several concerts, and make plants to pack a picnic basket to enjoy a lovely evening under the stars enjoying the fine arts.

 
 
Wednesday, July 1, 7:30 p.m. – Pavilion
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force +
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats +
Tickets: $40/Lawn $16**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Dance classes, Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. – North Lawn
 
 
Thursday, July 2, 8 p.m. – Martin Theatre
“Leon Fleisher & Friends”
Leon Fleisher, Piano
Miriam Fried, Violin
Frans Helmerson, Cello
Program to include:
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87
Mendelssohn: String Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 87
Tickets: $40/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Sunday, July 5, 2 p.m. – Pavilion
Kraft Kids Concert
Justin Roberts
Sponsor: Kraft Foods Inc.
Media Support: WTMX, Pioneer Press
Tickets: $10/Lawn $5/Park opens at 1 p.m.
 
 
Sunday, July 5, 5 p.m. – Martin Theatre
Zukerman ChamberPlayers
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44
Sponsor: Pinkert Industrial Group
Tickets: $50/$30/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
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Monday, July 6, 8 p.m. – Martin Thatre
Conrad Tao, Piano +
Vine: Piano Sonata No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
Barber: Sonata Op. 26
Debussy: L’isle joyeuse, Op. 26
Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Helen A. Regenstein Memorial Concert
Tickets: $40/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Tuesday, July 7, 5:45 p.m. – Bennett • Gordon Hall
Preview Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
Tuesday, July 7, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, Conductor
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11 *
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
Sponsors: RSM McGladrey, Inc., Edward Gordon Memorial Concert
Tickets: $55/$35/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Wednesday, July 8, 2 p.m. — Bennett • Gordon Hall
Master Class
James Conlon
Wednesday, July 8, 8 p.m. – Martin Theatre
Juilliard String Quartet
Schubert: Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”)
Bartók: String Quartet No. 2
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Sponsor: Mrs. June Bild Pinsof
Tickets: $50/$30/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Thursday, July 9, 7:30 p.m. – Martin Theatre
In honor of the Mendelssohn Bicentennial
Gary Hoffman, Cello
TBD, Piano
Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes, Op. 17
Sonata No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 45
Lieder ohne Worte (“Songs Without Words”), Op. 109
Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58
In memory of Eloise W. Martin
Tickets: $40/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Friday, July 10, 5:45 p.m. — Bennett • Gordon Hall
Preview Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
 
Friday, July 10, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, Conductor
Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton, Tenor +
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 (“Italian”)
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (“The Song of the Earth”)
Keene H. Addington II Memorial Concert
Tickets: $55/$35/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Saturday, July 11, 7:30 p.m. – Pavilion
Tom Jones
Sponsor: AT&T Corporation
Tickets: $65/Lawn $22**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Sunday, July 12, 1 p.m. – Bennett • Gordon Hall
Preview Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
 
 
Sunday, July 12, 5 p.m. – Pavilion
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, Conductor
Miriam Fried, Violin
All-Tchaikovsky program:
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Nutcracker Suite No. 1
“1812” Festival Overture, Op. 49 (with live cannons)
Tickets: $25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Family Space, 3-4:30 p.m. – North Lawn
(music-related crafts, storytelling, and “instrument petting zoo")
 
 
Sunday, July 12 – Bennett • Gordon Hall
Postlude Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
Sunday, July 12, post-concert seminar – Dining Pavilion
“Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony”
Robert Greenberg, Speaker
 
 
Monday, July 13, 8 p.m. – Martin Theatre
Susan Graham, Mezzo-soprano
Brian Zeger, Piano
Sponsor: Smart Family Foundation, Inc.
Tickets: $50/$30/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Tuesday, July 14, 2 p.m. — Bennett • Gordon Hall
Master Class
Miriam Fried
 
Tuesday, July 14, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
An Evening with The Beach Boys
Sponsor: National City, now a part of PNC
Media Support: Pioneer Press
Tickets: $55/Lawn $22**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
 
 
Wednesday, July 15, 5:45 p.m. — Bennett • Gordon Hall
Preview Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
 
 
Wednesday, July 15, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
In honor of 100th Anniversary of The Burnham Plan
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, Conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, Piano
Wagner: “Siegfried’s Funeral March” from Götterdämmerung
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100
Sponsor: Negaunee Foundation
Tickets: $25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Thursday, July 16, 8 p.m. – Martin Theatre
“250 Years of American Song”
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Craig Rutenberg, Piano
Sponsor: Joan and Jack Wing
Tickets: $50/30/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Friday, July 17, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
An Evening with Steve Miller Band
Sponsor: Discover Financial Services LLC
Media Support: Pioneer Press, 93XRT
Tickets: $95/Lawn $27**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Saturday, July 18, 4:45 p.m. — Bennett • Gordon Hall
Preview Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
 
 
 
 
Saturday, July 18, 7 p.m. – Pavilion
Four Score For Chicago
Gala Benefit Evening
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, Conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Erin Wall, Soprano
Kelley O’Connor, Mezzo-soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey, Tenor
Morris Robinson, Bass
TBD, Narrator
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Lincoln Portrait
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”)
Cocktail Reception Sponsor: BMO Capital Markets
Dinner Sponsor: Aon Corporation
In memory of Howard A. Stotler
Media Support: Chicago Magazine
Tickets: $100/$65/Lawn $10/Park opens at 4 p.m.
 
 
Sunday, July 19, 1 p.m. — Bennett • Gordon Hall
Preview Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
Sunday, July 19, 5 p.m. – Pavilion
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, Conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
Tickets: $25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Family Space, 3-4:30 p.m. – North Lawn
(music-related crafts, storytelling, and “instrument petting zoo")
 
 
Sunday, July 19 - Bennett • Gordon Hall
Postlude Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
 
 
Tuesday, July 21, 2 p.m. — Bennett • Gordon Hall
Preview Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
 
 
Tuesday, July 21, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
John Legend +
Tickets: $68/Lawn $27**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Wednesday, July 22, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
Lyle Lovett
Sponsor: Jenner & Block
Media Support: 93XRT
Tickets: $60/Lawn $22**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Thursday, July 23, 8 p.m. – Martin Theatre
Marc-André Hamelin, Piano
Haydn: Sonata in E-flat Major
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cipressi
Weissenberg: Six arrangements of “Songs sung by Charles Trenet”
Hamelin: Etude No. 8 (“Erlkönig”)
Etude No. 7 for the left hand alone
Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Sponsor: Sharon and Eden Martin
Tickets: $40/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Friday, July 24, 5:45 p.m. — Bennett • Gordon Hall
Preview Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
 
 
Friday, July 24, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
Tzimon Barto, Piano
Time For Three
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Higdon: Concerto 4-3 * (Chicago premiere)
Gershwin: Concerto in F
Tickets: $65/$45/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Saturday, July 25, 11 a.m. – Pavilion
Kraft Kids Concert
New Millennium Orchestra +
Francesco Milioto, Conductor
Sponsor: Kraft Foods Inc.
Media Support: WTMX, Pioneer Press
Tickets: $10/Lawn $5/Park opens at 10 a.m.
Family Space, 12p.m. – North Lawn
(music-related crafts, storytelling, and “instrument petting zoo")
 
 
Saturday, July 25, 5:15 p.m. — Bennett • Gordon Hall
Preview Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
Saturday, July 25, 7:30 p.m. – Pavilion
Four Score For Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
Peter Serkin, Piano
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
Dvo?ák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95
(“From the New World”)
Sponsor: Diana and Bruce Rauner
Media Support: Chicago Magazine
Tickets: $55/$35/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
Saturday, July 25 — Bennett • Gordon Hall
Postlude Concert
Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute
Sunday, July 26, 5 p.m. – Pavilion
10th Anniversary Celebration
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
Lang Lang, Piano
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Sponsor: Motorola Foundation
Tickets: $100/$65/$45/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Family Space, 3-4:30 p.m. – North Lawn
(music-related crafts, storytelling, and “instrument petting zoo")
 
 
Monday, July 27, 8 p.m. – Martin Theatre
The Complete Schubert Song Cycles I
Christoph Eschenbach, Piano
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795
Tickets: $40/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Tuesday, July 28, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
10th Anniversary Celebration
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Axelrod, Conductor
Lang Lang, Piano
Herbie Hancock, Piano
Dvo?ák: “Carnival” Overture, Op. 92
Berlioz: Roman Carnival
Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Two Pianos in C Major
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Sponsor: UBS
Media Support: 93XRT
Tickets: $100/$65/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Wednesday, July 29, 8 p.m. – Martin Theatre
The Complete Schubert Song Cycles II
Christoph Eschenbach, Piano
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911
Sponsor: Mrs. A. Watson Armour
Tickets: $40/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Thursday, July 30, 2 p.m. – Bennett • Gordon Hall
Master Class
Christoph Eschenbach
Matthias Goerne
 
 
Thursday, July 30, 7:30 p.m. – Pavilion
Jackson Browne
Sponsors: Coke Zero, Foley & Lardner
Media Support: 93XRT
Tickets: $80/Lawn $22**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 
 
Friday, July 31, 8 p.m. – Martin Theatre
The Complete Schubert Song Cycles III
Christoph Eschenbach, Piano
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 957
Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960
Sponsor: Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Tickets: $40/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
 

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Christine Nyholm is a longtime resident of Lake County who loves keeping track of the arts, entertainment and restaurant scene in this fast-growing region. She likes to paint, draw, sing and write. She has several years of business experience in and around the Chicago area.

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