Ravinia’s Winter Weekend Wreaths Festive Music with Holiday Mirth

November 18, 2024 in Park News, Promos / Events

Although Ravinia has been best known for more than a century as a destination for live music bathed in summer’s warm weather and leisure time, the Highland Park venue also offers visitors entertainment for the holiday season as well as in fall and spring.

During its Dec. 6–8 Winter Weekend, Ravinia is presenting three musical lineups, including two directly centered on the yuletide; a specially curated menu and seasonal goodies in two of its onsite eateries; and a pop-up shop with holiday gifts.

Timeless Tales with Apollo’s Fire

July 22, 2024 in Classical, The Artists

To Jeannette Sorrell—groundbreaking artistic director, conductor, and harpsichordist of the esteemed baroque orchestra Apollo’s Fire—“Vivaldi was a master of storytelling.” The group returns to where it began its now decade-spanning relationship with Ravinia on August 15, bringing a new edition of their internationally acclaimed program Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Rediscovered to the summery center of its second home in Chicago.

Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire kindle early music’s emotions

June 28, 2023 in RaviniaNews, The Artists, Classical

When internationally celebrated conductor and harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell was a child in San Francisco, she practiced piano at home on a paper keyboard. The idea that Sorrell would someday become the mastermind behind Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland’s award-winning Baroque orchestra, wasn’t on anyone’s mind then; but her passion and ingenuity were already evident.