It was a perfect night for outdoor music at Grant ParkWednesday. The skyline's white lights glittered against the blacksky, and the Grant Park Symphony led by Paul Freeman, music directorof the Chicago Sinfonietta, provided plenty of orchestral color.
At first the colors were muted in the opening work, Gershwin's"Cuban Overture." The Latin-flavored music had a nice swagger, butshort solo turns for individual instruments were blurred. Theexotic percussion clattered and bounced, but that was moredistracting than piquant. By the slower second section, Freeman andhis players had settled in and the massed strings were playing withthat bluesy, luxurious sweep so typical of …
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