Ravinia Announces Upcoming August Events

Legendary soprano Kiri Te Kanawa returns to Ravinia Festival in a rare intimate Martin Theatre recital at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 18. This performance also features director of the Steans Music Institute vocal program Brian Zeger on piano. The program includes works by Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Handel, Liszt, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Ginastera, Guastavino and Canteloube.

Te Kanawa, a New Zealand native who has headlined in opera houses and symphony halls around the world for the past three decades, made international television history by singing at the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer. Created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1982, she was inducted into the Order of Australia in 1990 and on the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Te Kanawa was awarded the prestigious Order of New Zealand. At 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 17, Dame Kiri will conduct a Steans Music Institute master class focusing on Mozart opera arias in

Bennett • Gordon Hall that is free and open to the public.
Virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma returns to the festival at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 20, bringing with him the Silk Road Ensemble to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Ma's world-famous Silk Road Project. The Project explores the visual, narrative and cultural traditions from the countries along the historic trade route. This concert will feature a live video screen on the lawn. The night also features a special lawn ticket and dining package entitled "Picnic in the Park" for $51.

Following their Ravinia debut last season, Baroque Band returns to the Martin Theatre at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 17, to present a program including works by Bach, Biber, Telemann, Handel and Corelli. Baroque Band is Chicago's own-and only-original-instrument orchestra. They are the resident ensemble of classical music station WFMT and ensemble-in-residence of the Music Institute of Chicago.

Twenty-year-old pianist Claire Huangci makes her Ravinia debut at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19 in Bennett • Gordon Hall. Winner of the International Chopin Competition in October 2009, she was awarded first prize at the National Chopin Piano Competition in March 2010. Her program includes works by Beethoven, Balakirev and Chopin. This concert is specially priced at only $10 for reserved seats. There are no lawn sales for this concert.

Chinese violinist Tianwa Yang makes her festival debut at 6 p.m. on Friday,

Aug. 20, in a program featuring works of Ysaÿe, Prokofiev, Hindemith and Bach. She has appeared at the Beijing Music Festival, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Naxos 20-Year Anniversary Concert and with the Czech Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Virginia Symphony and Klassische Philharmonie Bonn. At the age of 13 Yang recorded the 24 Caprices of Paganini, making her the youngest interpreter of this composition worldwide. This Bennett • Gordon Hall performance is specially priced at only $10 for reserved seats. There are no lawn sales for this concert.

Timeless rock group Crosby, Stills and Nash makes its much anticipated Ravinia debut at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 22. The Grammy Award-winning group of singer/songwriters has worked in a creative partnership for over four decades. This concert will feature a live video screen on the lawn, and all pavilion and lawn tickets are completely sold out.

Ravinia welcomes another debut with the Counting Crows' Traveling Circus & Medicine Show featuring Augustana and Notar at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 21. Selling more than 20 million records worldwide, Counting Crows have produced such hits as "Mr. Jones," "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Hanginaround." Their number-one hit "Accidentally in Love," which was featured on the Shrek 2 soundtrack, was nominated for a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. This concert will feature a live video screen on the lawn. All pavilion and lawn tickets are completely sold out for the Aug. 21 performance, but pavilion and lawn tickets are still available for the Aug. 24 Counting Crows concert.

At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19, George Benson and Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin take the pavilion stage for a double bill. Ten-time Grammy Award-winner Benson has scored hits including a sultry version of "On Broadway" and the irresistible "Give Me the Night." Ritenour and Grusin have joined forces many times in their careers, producing Grammy-nominated and Grammy-winning CDs. This concert features a live video screen on the lawn.

Ravinia Festival is located at Lake Cook and Green Bay roads in Highland Park. For concert information or to purchase tickets, please visit Ravinia.org or contact the box office at (847) 266-5100. All season long Ravinia will accept donations of non-perishable food and toiletry items for local food depositories that can be dropped off near the information booth at the main entrance of the park. Follow, connect and interact online at backstage.ravinia.org, Ravinia.org/facebook and Ravinia.org/twitter. Listen to Ravinia 2010 artists on the newly created internet radio station raviniaradio.org. Ravinia Festival is a not-for-profit organization.

Tuesday, August 17, 2 p.m. - Bennett • Gordon Hall

Steans Music Institute Master Class

Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano

Featured Sponsor: Negaunee Foundation

Admission: FREE

Tuesday, August 17, 8 p.m. - Martin Theatre

Baroque Band

Biber: Battalia *

Telemann: Overture in D Major, TWV 55:D6 *

Handel: Concerto Grosso in A Major, Op. 6. No. 4

Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6 no. 6

Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 *

Tickets: $50-$30/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Program Sponsor: Joan and JacK Wing

Wednesday, August 18, 8 p.m. - Martin Theatre

Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano

Brian Zeger, Piano

Scarlatti: "Caldo sangue" from Il Sedecia, rè di Gerusalemme *

Vivaldi: "Io son quel gelsomino" from Arsilda, regina di Ponto *

Handel: "Se pietà di me non senti" from Giulio Cesare in Egitto *

Liszt: Kling leise, mein Lied *

Comment, disaient-ils

Oh, quand je dors

Strauss: Morgen!, Op. 27, No. 4

Ständchen, Op. 17, No. 2

Die Nacht, Op. 10, No. 3

Cäcilie, Op. 27, No. 2

Canteloube: Three Selections from Chants d'Auvergne

Lo fiolairé

La delaïssádo

Malurous qu'o uno fenno

Rachmaninoff: Vocalise in E Minor, Op. 34, No. 14

Guastavino: La rosa y el sauce

El clavel del aire blanco *

Qué linda, la madreselva! *

Jardin antiguo *

Ginastera: Canción al árbol del olvido, Op. 3, No. 1, from Dos canciones *

Featured Sponsor: Negaunee Foundation

Tickets: $90/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Thursday, August 19, 5:30 p.m. - Bennett • Gordon Hall

National Chopin Competition Winner

Claire Huangci, Piano

Beethoven: Rondo a Capriccio in G Major
Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor
Ballade No. 2 in F Major
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35
Balakirev: Islamey (Fantaisie oriental) *

Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Thursday, August 19, 7:30 p.m. - Pavilion

George Benson

Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin +

Season Sponsor: Harris Bank

Tickets: $45/Lawn $16**/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Concert features lawn screen

Friday, August 20, 6 p.m. - Bennett • Gordon Hall

Tianwa Yang, Violin +

Ysaÿe: Sonata in A Minor, Op. 27, No.2 *

Prokofiev: Sonata in D Major, Op. 115 *

Hindemith: Sonata Op. 31, No. 2

Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004

Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Friday, August 20, 8 p.m. - Pavilion

Yo-Yo Ma Silk Road 10th Anniversary Celebration

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma +

Featured Sponsor: Negaunee Foundation

Tickets: $75/Lawn $25/"Picnic in the Park" dining & ticket package $51/

Park opens at 5 p.m.

Concert features lawn screen

Saturday, August 21, 7:30 p.m. - Pavilion

Counting Crows' Traveling Circus & Medicine Show +

featuring Augustana+ & Notor +

Season Sponsor: Fortune Brands, Inc.

Program Sponsor: JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Tickets: Pavilion and lawn SOLD OUT/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Concert features lawn screen

Sunday, August 22, 7 p.m. - Pavilion

Crosby, Stills & Nash +

Program Sponsor: MB Financial Bank

Media Support: 93XRT

Tickets: Pavilion and lawn SOLD OUT/Park opens at 4 p.m.

Concert features lawn screen

Repertoire being performed at Ravinia for the first time is marked with an asterisk (*). Artists making their Ravinia debut are marked with a plus sign (+). Lawn ticket prices are increased by $5 on the day of the show when marked by a double asterisk (**). All artists and programs are subject to change.

 

 

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