Schedule:

Mentor In Torment: Schubert & Mayrhofer at Bennett Gordon Hall
The Program for Singers offers a unique setting for 15 classical singers to delve deeply into the vast repertoire of art song for three weeks. Fellows are paired with staff collaborative pianists to work with a faculty of distinguished musicians, pedagogues, and scholars on varied aspects of vocal performance, including style, technique, language, diction, dramaturgy, performance, and career preparation.

In addition to a series of public masterclasses that focus on growing the fellows’ experience and interpretations of specific repertoire, the musicians participate in several afternoon and evening concerts presented during the summer, some with specially curated themes and others featuring repertoire selected by the performers.

This program is curated by Graham Johnson, who was honored with the Hugo Wolf Medal in 2014 for his services to the art of song. That same year, he published Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs, a richly detailed commentary with annotations of poetic sources and articles on performance, to join his Songmaker’s Almanac, French Song Companion, and volumes on the vocal music of Benjamin Britten and Gabriel Fauré. His latest book, Poulenc: The Life in the Songs, was published in 2020 to great critical acclaim.

Program:
"Mentor In Torment" traces the story of the complicated friendship between Franz Schubert (1797–1828) and the poet Johann Mayrhofer (1787–1836). Graham Johnson describes the fruitful influence that Mayrhofer’s knowledge and guidance had on Schubert’s development, and presents a selection of the great songs that were composed as a result of their collaboration.

Performers
Graham Johnson, art song scholar, program curator, and host
RSMI Singers Program Fellows

Gates Open: 12:30 PM
Concert Starts: 1:30 PM

Tickets: Reserved Seats: $15

CSO: Disney & Pixar’s Up in Concert at Pavilion
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Disney and Pixar's blockbuster Up, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs Michael Giacchino's Academy Award-winning score alongside a screening of the film. Follow Carl, a 78-year-old curmudgeonly balloon salesman, as he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. As he finally fulfills his lifelong dream of adventure, Carl discovers an 8-year-old stowaway named Russell and this unlikely duo soon finds themselves on a hilarious journey in a lost world filled with danger and surprises.

Program
Disney and Pixar’s Up In Concert
Michael Giacchino: Score to Up

Performers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Parnther, conductor

Donor Gates Open: 4:30 PM
Gates Open: 5:00 PM
Concert Starts: 7:00 PM

Tickets:
Reserved Seats: $35–$75
Lawn Reserved Blocks: $45
Lawn General Admission: $35