Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Alexander Nevsky
Friday, June 14, 2013 at 6:30PM
Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 7:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Grant Park orchestra AND CHORUS
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Emilia Boteva, Mezzo-Soprano
BARBER
Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
COPLAND
Suite from Billy the Kid
Introduction: The Open Prairie
Street in a Frontier Town
Card Game at Night
Gun Battle
Celebration after Billy’s Capture
The Open Prairie
INTERMISSION
PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky
Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke
Song About Alexander Nevsky
The Crusaders in Pskov
Arise, Ye Russian People
The Battle on Ice
Field of the Dead
Alexander’s Entry into Pskov
E
milia
B
oteva
This concert is partially underwritten by a generous contribution from
Marion and Charles Kierscht
2013
Program Notes, Book 1 A11
