Review: St. Vincent’s Ravinia performance is a coronation of her latest and greatest self
Vincent walked away from her Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut Saturday night with even more fan appreciation … and a friendship bracelet.</p><p>After an hour building up a great deal of poise and repose behind the reworked material from her catalog, St. Vincent, whose birth name is Annie Clark, broke through the orchestral fourth wall to rile up the reverent crowd and launch them out of their seats in Ravinia’s Hunter Pavilion.</p><p>Strutting down the aisles while singing a few lines from former collaborator Sufjan Stevens’ “Chicago,” she nuzzled security guards’ heads, nearly suffocated someone in the front row with a tight embrace (“you just got a whole lot of breast sweat”) and happily took the bracelet decorated with beads that spelled out “Annie Clark” before carrying on with the show.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-8a0000" name="image-8a0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2881db7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/44c131c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/45eba23/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="St.
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Vincent walked away from her Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut Saturday night with even more fan appreciation … and a friendship bracelet.</p><p>After an hour building up a great deal of poise and repose behind the reworked material from her catalog, St. Vincent, whose birth name is Annie Clark, broke through the orchestral fourth wall to rile up the reverent crowd and launch them out of their seats in Ravinia’s Hunter Pavilion.</p><p>Strutting down the aisles while singing a few lines from former collaborator Sufjan Stevens’ “Chicago,” she nuzzled security guards’ heads, nearly suffocated someone in the front row with a tight embrace (“you just got a whole lot of breast sweat”) and happily took the bracelet decorated with beads that spelled out “Annie Clark” before carrying on with the show.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-8a0000" name="image-8a0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2881db7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/44c131c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/45eba23/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="St. Vincent performs with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia on Saturday." srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/45eba23/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/df8e9a7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/45eba23/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>St. Vincent performs with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia on Saturday.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Timothy Hiatt/For the Sun-Times</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p>The moment felt like a deserved coronation for an artist arriving at her latest and greatest self in a constant pursuit of transformation.</p><p>Since debuting as a solo artist in 2007 with the indie outlaw album “Marry Me,” Clark has shown herself to be a one-of-one talent, the modern GOAT of art rock who never settles down.
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- Vincent walked away from her Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut Saturday night with even more fan appreciation … and a friendship bracelet.</p><p>After an hour building up a great deal of poise and repose behind the reworked material from her catalog, St. Vincent, whose birth name is Annie Clark, broke through the orchestral fourth wall to rile up the reverent crowd and launch them out of their seats in Ravinia’s Hunter Pavilion.</p><p>Strutting down the aisles while singing a few lines from former collaborator Sufjan Stevens’ “Chicago,” she nuzzled security guards’ heads, nearly suffocated someone in the front row with a tight embrace (“you just got a whole lot of breast sweat”) and happily took the bracelet decorated with beads that spelled out “Annie Clark” before carrying on with the show.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-8a0000" name="image-8a0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2881db7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/44c131c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/45eba23/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4128x2317+0+218/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2F08%2Ff4f2b11f478f8d888366fcdbf23f%2Fstvincentreview-260727-07.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="St.
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