What is Early Music?
Early Music
is music from the mid 18th century and before, music from the Baroque, Renaissance, and Middle Ages. It is the most beautiful, enriching, exciting -- and ironically the freshest -- music you will ever hear performed by some of the best musicians anywhere.
Early Music is enchantment!
Welcome to Early MusiChicago -- your source for news and information about Early Music in the Chicago area and elsewhere.
Learn about Early Music at the Composers, Instruments, Genres, Organizations, Resources, and Publications pages.
Get to know area Early Music performers at the Musicians, Ensembles, People, PhotoAlbum, and Recordings pages.
For a complete listing of Early Music concerts, festivals, workshops, and other events, visit the Calendar and Events pages. Coming Soon:
Chicago Early Music Festival
Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Chicago Office of Tourism, the first-ever CEMF, April 20-25, 2010, will feature free and ticketed performances; lectures and master classes; and other events.
Track CEMF events at the April 2010 Calendar page. more...
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Labadie, conductor; the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director and conductor; and soloists will perform Bach's St. John Passion.
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Chicago Syntagma Musicum will perform the Italian baroque Hebrew oratorio, "Elyon, Melits u-Mastin" ("God, Clemency and Punishment").
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Montana Early Music Festival.
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The Newberry Consort will present a concert, "Stravaganze! The Virtuoso Violinists", with music by Marini, Uccelini, Fontana, and others.
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Early Music Now presents the Caravan Ensemble performing a concert, "The Spirit of Sepharad", with Sephardic music from Medieval Spain, North Africa, and the Middle East.
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The Bach Institute at Valparaiso University will present a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion.
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The Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH) will present a concert of music by Clerambault, also YBAC Winners Showcase.
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Chant Camp: The Sound-World of Hildegard of Bingen.
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16th Century Spanish Music Singers Workshop.
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Recorder Workshop.
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Forum
for the latest news and info, announcements, conversation and debate, and more.
Visit the Early MusiChicago
Broadcasts
and
Calendar
pages for listings of upcoming early music broadcasts on radio and TV.
Shop for early instruments, sheet music, CDs and DVDs, and other items at the Businesses, Sheet Music, and Recordings, pages.
