Celebrating 75 Summers of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Great Gershwin Gala Benefit Evening
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Celebrating 75 Summers of the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Great Gershwin
Gala Benefit Evening
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Great Gershwin
Gala Benefit Evening
Description
"This concert is the annual Gala Benefit Evening hosted by the Ravinia Festival Women's Board. The concert will run approximately 75 minutes with no intermission. Guests are welcome to stay on the lawn and enjoy the evening. Black-tie dinner will follow the concert at an additional cost. Proceeds from this fund-raiser help support classical music at Ravinia and in the community through our REACH*TEACH*PLAY programs."
Selections from Porgy and Bess
-"Summertime" (Sylvia McNair)
-"It Ain't Necessarily So" (Brian Stokes Mitchell)
-"A Woman Is A Sometime Thing"
(Brian Stokes Mitchell)
-"Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
(Sylvia McNair, Brian Stokes Mitchell)
Gershwin Around the Piano
(Song selections to be announced from the stage)
Sylvia McNair, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli O'Hara, Kevin Cole
Selections from Porgy and Bess
-"Summertime" (Sylvia McNair)
-"It Ain't Necessarily So" (Brian Stokes Mitchell)
-"A Woman Is A Sometime Thing"
(Brian Stokes Mitchell)
-"Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
(Sylvia McNair, Brian Stokes Mitchell)
Gershwin Around the Piano
(Song selections to be announced from the stage)
Sylvia McNair, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli O'Hara, Kevin Cole
Creator
Ravinia Festival
Date
Contributor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Sylvia McNair, vocalist
Kelli O'Hara, vocalist
Brian Stokes Mitchell, vocalist
Kevin Cole, piano
James Conlon, conductor
Sylvia McNair, vocalist
Kelli O'Hara, vocalist
Brian Stokes Mitchell, vocalist
Kevin Cole, piano