Ravinia entertainment in Highland Park September 2009
Ravinia offers a full summer of entertainment and concerts in Highland Park, about 20 miles north of Chicago. The September concerts offer the chance to enjoy the outdoors in a park like setting as Indian
Summer approaches. Following are the September concerts at Ravinia.
Wednesday, September 2, 7:00 p.m. – Pavilion
Patti Austin
Ramsey Lewis Trio
Kurt Elling
Ernie Watts
Ethel
Sponsor: Negaunee Foundation
Tickets: $55/Lawn $15/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Thursday, September 3, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
Loggins & Messina
Sponsor: Abbott
Tickets: $75/Lawn: $27**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 6, 7 p.m. – Pavilion
A Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein
Ravinia Festival Orchestra
Ted Sperling, Conductor
Kelli O’Hara, Vocalist +
Paulo Szot, Vocalist +
Sponsor: Merle Reskin
Tickets: $75/$35/Lawn $15/Park opens at 4 p.m.
Monday, September 7, 8 p.m. – Bennett • Gordon Hall
Mendelssohn String Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13
Bartók: String Quartet No. 2, Sz. 67
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132
Sponsor: Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Tickets: $50/No lawn sales/Park opens at 7 p.m.
Thursday, September 10, 8 p.m. – Bennett • Gordon Hall
Ruth Page Festival of Dance
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
Concert Dance, Inc.
The Lincoln Trio
Welz Kauffman, Narrator
Program to include:
Stifler: The Better Angels of Our Nature* (music by Lawrence Dillon)
(world premiere)
Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 7 p.m.
Friday, September 11, 8 p.m. – Bennett • Gordon Hall
Ruth Page Festival of Dance
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
Concert Dance, Inc.
The Lincoln Trio
Welz Kauffman, Narrator
Program to include:
Stifler: The Better Angels of Our Nature (music by Lawrence Dillon)
Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 7 p.m.
Thursday, September 17, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
Ruth Page Festival of Dance
Four Score For Chicago
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company +
Jones: Fondly Do We Hope . . . Fervently Do We Pray* (music by Christopher Lancaster; George Lewis, Jr.; and Jerome Begin) (world premiere)
Sponsors: The Boeing Company, Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission,
The Joyce Foundation, United Airlines
Media Support: Chicago Magazine
Tickets: $65/$50/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Saturday, September 19, 8 p.m. – Pavilion
Ruth Page Festival of Dance
Four Score For Chicago
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Jones: Fondly Do We Hope . . . Fervently Do We Pray (music by Christopher Lancaster; George Lewis, Jr.; Jerome Begin)
Sponsors: The Boeing Company, Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission,
The Joyce Foundation, United Airlines
Media Support: Chicago Magazine
Tickets: $65/$50/$25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
