6/24/2023 0 Comments Macy s music festival![]() Meegan Scovell, left, and friends with their winning picnic. That's what the team honed in on, going so far as to fashion birds nests from chocolate and Chinese noodles. ![]() This work, known as the Pastoral Symphony, incorporates music that sounds like bird calls. Last year, a group led by Chicago resident Meegan Scovell won for its "Cuckoo for Beethoven" picnic spread to salute the master's Symphony No. Look to the pieces performed, the time period, the culture of Paris, Vienna and Rome, and folk dances like the tarantella. Picnic judges (from Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Grant Park Music Festival, Macy’s and Time Out Chicago) will pick a winner based on who best embraces the Danceable Feast theme through food, decorations and a clever team name. 31, also known as the Paris Symphony and Georges Bizet's Roma are also on the bill. 2., which the Grant Park Orchestra, led by guest conductor Emmanuel Villaume, will perform that evening.įranz von Suppe's overture to Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. Listen to one of the most famous examples: the tarantella that caps Camille Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No. ![]() The challenge: Throw a picnic inspired by the contest theme, A Danceable Feast - a nod to the folk dances that pair with classical music of France, Italy and Austria. Music can soothe the soul, or so it's said, but can it help delight the tummy? Find out July 25 by entering the fourth annual Grant Park Music Festival Picnic Contest in Millennium Park.
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