Ravinia Past Performances 2016
Cavatina Duo and Avalon String Quartet
$10 BGH Classics series
Cavatina Duo
Avalon String Quartet
Dmitri Pogorelov, Violin
Paula Kosower, Cello
Fifth House Ensemble
$10 BGH Classics series
Fifth House Ensemble:
Melissa Snoza - Flute
Grace Hong - Oboe
Jennifer Woodrum - Clarinet
Eric Heidbreder - Bassoon
Valerie Whitney - Horn
Charlene Kluegel - Violin
Clark Carruth - Viola
Herine Coetzee Koschak - Cello
Eric Snoza - Double Bass
Katherine Petersen - Piano
Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute
$10 BGH Classics series
Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute
InMo Yang, Violin
Dana Kelley, Viola
Shira Majoni, Viola
Haran Meltzer, Cello
Kwan Yi, Piano
Ravinia Jazz Mentors
$10 BGH Classics series
Willie Pickens, Band Leader and Piano
Pat Mallinger, Saxophone
Pharez Whitted, Trumpet
Audrey Morrison, Trombone
Bobby Broom, Guitar
Dennis Carroll, Bass
Ernie Adams, Drums
Yossif Ivanov and Marta Aznavoorian
$10 BGH Classics series
Yossif Ivanov, Violin
Marta Aznavoorian, Piano
Concert Dance Inc.
Ruth Page Festival Of Dance
$10 BGH Classics Series
Concert Dance Inc. [Venetia Stifler, Artistic Director]
Concert Dance Inc.
Ruth Page Festival Of Dance
$10 BGH Classics Series
Concert Dance Inc. [Venetia Stifler, Artistic Director]
The Lion's Whiskers
Kids Concert series
Catskill Puppet Theater
The Lion's Whiskers
Kids Concert series
Catskill Puppet Theater
The Lion's Whiskers
Kids Concert series
Catskill Puppet Theatre
Barenaked Ladies
OMD
Howard Jones
Last Summer On Earth Tour
Fire and Water
$10 BGH Classics Series
Shani Diluka, Piano
Tan Dun's Water Passion
Los Angeles Master Chorale [Grant Gershon, Director]
Delaram Kamareh, Soprano
Stephen Bryant, Bass-baritone
Shalini Vijayan, Violin
Cecilia Tsan, Cello
David Cossin, Percussion
Theresa Dimond, Percussion
John Wakefield, Percussion
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
Final Live National Broadcast From Ravinia
Rhapsody & Rhythm: The Gershwin Experience
Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Richard Glazier, Piano
Michael Andrew, Vocalist
Michelle Knight, Vocalist
Jason Ellis, Double Bass
Michael Raynor, Drums
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
Ravinia debut of legendary group
Rachmaninoff's "Vespers"
The Singers
The Singers [Matthew Culloton, Director]
Water Music Suite
Chicago Sinfonietta
Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor
Waubonsie Valley High School Mosaic Choir
Highland Park High School Marching Band
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Program for Jazz
Jazz Grandstand
$10 BGH Classics Series
BoDeans
Martin Sexton
Paul Simon
Legend's Ravinia debut
Father's Day Jazz Special
Ramsey Lewis
John Pizzarelli
Monty Alexander
Allan Harris
Joey Alexander Trio featuring Dan Chmielinski and Ulysses Owens, Jr.
Seth MacFarlane
Special Guest: Katharine McPhee
Seth MacFarlane
Katharine McPhee
Chicago Philharmonic
Patti LaBelle
With Special Guest: The Commodores
Bob Dylan and his band
Mavis Staples
Gavin DeGraw
The Fray
Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration
Featuring Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes
Chicago Philharmonic
Juilliard String Quartet
Astrid Schween, Cello
Indigo Girls
Mary Chapin Carpenter
with Shawn Mullins
Steve Miller Band
Charlie Musselwhite
Chris Cornell
Higher Truth Tour
Fantastic Negrito
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Chick Corea
Chick Corea Trio
Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton
Emerson String Quartet
Complete Haydn String Quartets Op. 76
Midori
Mozart and More
Midori, Violin
Miriam Fried, Violin
Atar Arad, Viola
Paul Biss, Viola
Christoph Richter, Cello
Menahem Pressler, Piano
Neil Finn of Crowded House
and Guster
Duran Duran
Paper Gods On Tour
with CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers
Duran Duran
Paper Gods On Tour
with CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers
Phillip Phillips
Matt Nathanson
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Program for Piano and Strings
$10 BGH Classics Series
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Menahem Pressler
$10 BGH Classics series
Menahem Pressler, Piano
American Premiere of Marsalis Concerto
Opening night of CSO's 80th residency
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor
Nicola Benedetti, Violin
The Planets–An HD Odyssey
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor
Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus [Duain Wolfe, Director]
Takács String Quartet
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
Dan Zanes & Friends
Kids Concert series
Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Alisa Weilerstein plays Elgar
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, Cello
Tom Chapin & Friends
Kids Concert series
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Program for Piano and Strings
$10 BGH Classics Series
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
Emmylou Harris
Chanticleer
Over the Moon
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Program for Piano and Strings
$10 BGH Classics series
Jean Yves Thibaudet
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
All-Schumann Program
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Alexander Schmalcz, Piano
Julia Hsu and Peter Serkin
Four-hand piano classics
Julia Hsu, Piano
Peter Serkin, Piano
Opera For The Young
Mozart's The Magic Flute Kids Concert series
George Li
$10 BGH Classics series
Kenny Rogers’ Final World Tour: The Gambler’s Last Deal
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Special Guest Star Linda Davis
Jorge Federico Osorio
plays Schubert's final sonata
Stravinsky's The Firebird
Exciting premiere staging
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ben Gernon, Conductor (CSO Debut)
Janni Younge, Creator
Diana Ross
Diva supreme makes her Ravinia debut
Special guest Rhonda Ross
Zukerman Trio
Titanic Live
CSO plays score live with film
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ludwig Wicki, Conductor
Chicago Children’s Choir [Josephine Lee, Director]
Clara Sanabras, Vocalist
Titanic Live
CSO plays score live with film
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ludwig Wicki, Conductor
Chicago Children's Choir [Josephine Lee, Director]
Clara Sanabras, Vocalist
Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy
Matthew Polenzani
Met and Lyric tenor gives first Ravinia recital
Matthew Polenzani, Tenor
Kevin Murphy, Piano
"New World" Symphony
with Garrick Ohlsson
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno, Conductor (CSO Debut)
Garrick Ohlsson, Piano
Rhapsody in Blue
Jeffrey Kahane leads jazz-band version from piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, Conductor and Piano
Danielle de Niese
"Opera's coolest soprano" makes Ravinia debut
Danielle de Niese, Soprano
Kevin Murphy, Piano
Paul Lewis Plays Beethoven's Fourth Concerto
Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits, Conductor
Paul Lewis, Piano
Joyous String Ensemble
Kids Concert series
Bryan Ferry
LP
Dolly Parton
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Program for Singers
$10 BGH Classics series
Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition"
Vladimir Feltsman, Piano
The Second Symphonies of Bernstein & Brahms
Misha Dichter with the CSO
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, Conductor
Misha Dichter, Piano
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Program for Singers
$10 BGH Classics series
Featuring the Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Gil Shaham plays Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin
War
Los Lonely Boys
Josh Bell & Chris Botti
Lifelong friends share the stage with the CSO
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
George Hanson, Conductor (CSO Debut)
Joshua Bell, Violin
Chris Botti, Trumpet (CSO Debut)
Tony Bennett
90th Birthday Celebration
Don Henley
Founder of the Eagles
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Program for Singers
$10 BGH Classics series
Don Henley
Founder of the Eagles
Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas
$10 BGH Classics series
Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas, Cello
Christopher Park, Piano
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
Complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin, Part 1
$10 BGH Classics series
Miriam Fried, Violin
You’re the Top!: Cole Porter’s 125th Birthday Celebration
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
David Alan Miller, Conductor
Kevin Cole, Host, Piano, and Vocalist
Klea Blackhurst, Vocalist
Sylvia McNair, Vocalist
Ryan VanDenBoom, Vocalist and Tap Dancer
Complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin, Part 2
$10 BGH Classics series
Miriam Fried, Violin
Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Part 1
$10 BGH Classics series
Jonathan Biss, Piano
Judy Collins Sings Sondheim
A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
Judy Collins
Passenger String Quartet
Bizet's Carmen
Infused with gypsy accordion
$10 BGH Classics series
Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion
Alejandro Loguercio, Violin
Roberto Koch, Double Bass
Itamar Doari, Percussion
Reentko Dirks, Guitar
Claudio Constantini, Piano
Go-Go's
Best Coast
Kaya Stewart
Bizet's Carmen
Infused with gypsy accordion
$10 BGH Classics series
Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion
Alejandro Loguercio, Violin
Roberto Koch, Double Bass
Itamar Doari, Percussion
Reentko Dirks, Guitar
Claudio Constantini, Piano
Justin Roberts
And The Not Ready For Naptime Players
Kids Concert series
Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Part 2
$10 BGH Classics series
Jonathan Biss, Piano
Itzhak Perlman
All-Beethoven Program
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey, Conductor
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
All-Tchaikovsky Program
Perlman leads 50th Anniversary of Lynn Harrell’s Ravinia/CSO Debuts
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, Conductor
Lynn Harrell, Cello
Roomful of Teeth
$10 BGH Classics series
Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Part 3
$10 BGH Classics series
Jonathan Biss, Piano
All Russian Evening with Zuill Bailey
$10 BGH Classics series
Zuill Bailey, Cello
Natasha Paremski, Piano
Lincoln Trio
$10 BGH Classics series
Lucas Debargue Part 1
Double Duty: Classical
Lucas Debargue, Piano
John Fogerty
Rollin' On The River
Lucas Debargue Part 2
Double Duty: Jazz
Lucas Debargue, Jazz Piano
TRAIN
ANDY GRAMMER
Laurie Berkner
Kids Concert series
TRAIN
ANDY GRAMMER
SEAL
Something About Oscar—90th Birthday Celebration of Oscar Brown Jr.
Morris Gearring
$10 BGH Classics series
The Spirit of Life
Dashon Burton
Dashon Burton, Bass-baritone
Lindsay Garritson, Piano
An Unlikely Muse Canceled
A music theater tribute to Brahms’s muse
CANCELED
Pianist Andre Watts is being treated for prostate cancer and regrettably will not be able to participate in An Unlikely Muse: Brahms and Mühlfeld on Aug. 30 at Ravinia.
The concert has been canceled and refunds have been made to original payment source. Those who bought tickets with cash will receive a check. No further action is needed. Ravinia wishes Mr. Watts a full and speedy recovery.
Dan Tepfer
and the Avalon String Quartet
$10 BGH Classics series
Dan Tepfer and Ben Wendel
$10 BGH Classics series
Dan Tepfer, Jazz Piano
Ben Wendel, Jazz Saxophone
Chopin Dances
$10 BGH Classics series
Ran Dank, Piano
Ms. Lauryn Hill – The MLH Caravan: A Diaspora Calling! Concert Series
Soul Rebels
Jesse Royal
Noname
An Evening of Harp and Guitar
$10 BGH Classics series
Yolanda Kondonassis, Harp
Jason Vieaux, Guitar
Marty Stuart
Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters
Joseph Moog
Canceled
Bonnie Raitt
Dig in Deep Tour
Richard Thompson Trio
Dmitri Levkovich
$10 BGH Classics series
Dmitri Levkovich, Piano
O.A.R.
The Hunts
The Wunder of Chopin
$10 BGH Classics series
Ingolf Wunder, Piano
Selections from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet
$10 BGH Classics series
Simon Savoy, Piano
Complete Bartók String Quartets Part 1
$10 BGH Classics series
Chiara String Quartet
Complete Bartók String Quartets Part 2
$10 BGH Classics series
Chiara String Quartet
Classic Albums Live: David Bowie
Presents The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Winnie the Pooh
Kids Concert series
The Performers School
Winnie the Pooh
Kids Concert series
The Performers School
Winnie the Pooh
Kids Concert series
The Performers School
The Wizard of Oz
All-time family classic shown as the score is played live
Chicago Philharmonic
Emil de Cou, Conductor
Winnie the Pooh
Kids Concert series
The Performers School
Winnie the Pooh
Kids Concert series
The Performers School
Winnie the Pooh
Kids Concert series
The Performers School
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
George Daugherty, Conductor
Los Tigres del Norte
Mariachi Flor de Toloache
InMo Yang and Renana Gutman
$10 BGH Classics series
InMo Yang, Violin
Renana Gutman, Piano
Teo Gheorghiu
$10 BGH Classics series
Teo Gheorghiu, Piano
Amit Peled on the Casals Cello
$10 BGH Classics series
Amit Peled, Cello
Don Quixote on the Piano: An Homage to Cervantes
$10 BGH Classics series
Mauricio Nader, Piano
Lisa Zane, Narrator
Marquis Hill Blacktet
$10 BGH Classics series
A Robert Shaw Christmas
$10 BGH Classics series
Vocality [Josephine Lee, Director]
Sylvia McNair, Soprano
A Robert Shaw Christmas
$10 BGH Classics series
Vocality [Josephine Lee, Director]
Sylvia McNair, Soprano