Frozen Planet Concert

I recently went to the Frozen Planet Concert at the Grant Park Music Festival in Millennium Park on Wednesday, July 11. The arena was crowded with hundreds and hundreds of people. The orchestra captured the attention of every person right when they started to tune. 


The concert consisted of a film being played behind the orchestra. In between songs, George Fenton would give a short narration of the film. Fenton also was the Guest Conductor for that evening.


Honestly, I did not want to go to the concert. At all. I'm usually not one for listening to orchestras. But after I got there, I had a great time. It was a cool evening, the stage was breath taking (along with the orchestra), and the music was phenomenal. 


This was a great concert to attend if you have a soft spot for animals, but it did get a little boring. While watching the scene where the wolf would hunt down the bison, the crowd was ooo-ing and ahhh-ing about how "the poor bison was too cute to die". But, for someone like me who thinks the bison being killed is just a part of the circle of life, I didn't get too emotionally involved in the film. However, the music score and film went beautifully together and were wonderfully coordinated. 


I would definitely recommend seeing this concert live, especially if you are a fan of the film "March of the Penguins" or if you really just love cute little animals. 

My friends and I had a relaxing evening at the Frozen Planet concert  filled  great  music scores.