The Putnam County Public Library District is delighted to announce that it will be partnering with the Ravinia Festival to offer free tickets to the community for the 2024 Words & Music Program. The tickets grant free lawn admission to fifteen concerts from July through September. Additionally, the tickets grant free train fare on the Metra Union Pacific North Line to Ravinia. The tickets are limited and will be available first come, first serve. Please call the Granville Branch for more information on availability. Tickets being offered are for the following concerts:
· Fri, July 12 at 7:30 PM – 2 tickets available CSO + Marin Alsop with Michelle Cann and Masabane Cecilia Rangwnasha 88th CSO Residency Opening Night
· Sat, July 13 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available CSO + Marin Alsop with Abel Selacoe Beethoven’s Fifth, Abel Plays His Four Spirits
· Sat, July 20 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available CSO + Marin Alsop: Mahler’s Ninth
· Sun, July 21 @ 5:00 PM – 4 tickets available CSO + Marin Alsop with Hayato Sumino Chopin’s First Concerto, Strauss’s Don Juan
· Thu, July 25 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available CSO + Marin Alsop with Augustin Hadelich Hadelich plays Mendelssohn; 2024 Taki Alsop Fellow Alena Hron conducts Walker
· Fri, July 26 @ 7:30 PM – 2 tickets available CSO + Marin Alsop: The Planets and the Moons Symphony Breaking Barriers Festival
· Thu, Aug 1 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available Karen Slack + Kevin Miller: African Queens Seven rulers and warriors celebrated by Black composers
· Fri, Aug 2 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available CSO + Valentina Peleggi with Jorge Federico Osorio “Emperor” Concerto, Pines of Rome
· Tue, Aug 6 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available Gustavo Dudamel + National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela Works by South American composers, Shostakovich’s Fifth
· Sat, Aug 10 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available CSO + James Conlon with James Ehnes: All Mozart Fifth Violin Concerto and the G-minor Symphonies
· Thu, Aug 15 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available Apollo’s Fire: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Rediscovered
· Sun, Aug 18 @ 5:00 PM – 4 tickets available CSO + Jonathan Rush with Rachel Barton Pine White & Paganini Concertos, Symphonie Fantastique
· Tue, Aug 20 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available Matthew Polenzani + Kevin Murphy
· Tue, Aug 27 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available Third Coast Percussion + Sérgio & Clarice Assad
· Tue, Sep 10 @ 7:30 PM – 4 tickets available Music of the Baroque + Dame Jane Glover with Anthony McGill Mozart, Bach & Handel
Ravinia is an internationally renowned not-for-profit music festival that presents outstanding performances by the world’s greatest artists. Words & Music Program tickets are only valid on date printed, may only be used on the evening of the performance, may not be exchanged, and cannot be sold.
The Granville Branch of the Putnam County Public Library is located at 214 S. McCoy Street, Granville. For more information on this opportunity, please call the Granville Branch at 815-339-2038.