Wonderful music, beautiful weather, food, and fellowship all combined to make our annual trip to Ravinia a great success again in 2004. A busload of First Presbyterian members enjoyed a wonderful concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia on July 18, 2004. Violinist Erik Schumann, of Ravinia Rising Star fame, made his Festival debut essaying Dvorak's Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53; and Dimitri Maslennikov, also in his Ravinia debut, performed Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107. Rounding out the evening in fiery style was the quintessential symphony, Beethoven's Fifth, under the loving leadership of former Ravinia music director Christoph Eschenbach.