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Mendelssohn & Peace on Earth
Saturday, June 18 2011, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Where:     Jay Pritzker Pavilion @ Grant Park, Chicago

Who:       Grant Park Symphony Orchestra And Chorus

               Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Christopher Bell, Chorus Director

Soloists:  Tamara Wilson, Soprano Maire O’Brien, Soprano Brendan Tuohy, Tenor

What      Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden

              Mendelssohn: Lobgesang

The program opens with Arnold Schoenberg’s unique early work Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth) which showcases the chorus.  

Mendelssohn's Lobegesang celebrates the invention of the Gutenberg Press. Mendelssohn and Peace on Earth Felix Mendelssohn’s 1840 work for chorus and orchestra, the Lobgesang, is an ode to the power of books and human ingenuity.

A Rodgers Organ will be used for the performances.... Rodgers has been a long-time sponsor of the Grant Park Music Festival.

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