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Article: Katsaris, Macal beat the heat at Grant Pk.
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 18, 1988
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Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, Zdenek Macal conductor, at the
Petrillo Music Shell Wednesday night with Cyprien Katsaris, piano.
Piano Concerto No. 3, Beethoven; Piano Concerto No. 2, Brahms. The
program will be repeated at 8 p.m. tonight.
Let us start with the basics. No pianist in his right mind
would sign up to play two concertos under the conditions that Cyprien
Katsaris faced at Grant Park Wednesday night. But of course, when he
signed months ago he probably imagined a starlit summer night with
gentle lake breezes caressing the stage. The prospect of blistering
Texas-type heat may never have entered his thoughts.
So I bring this summer's reviews to an end with the same sort of ...