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Early Music / News and General Discussion / Aston Magna Music Festival 2013 Season |
Apr 22nd, 2013, 4:09am |
| Started by Charlie Siedenburg | Last post by Charlie Siedenburg |
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Aston Magna Music Festival Press Rep, Charlie Siedenburg, 551-655-0968
ASTON MAGNA FESTIVAL’S 41ST SEASON INCLUDES AN APPEARANCE AT HISTORIC MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER; CONCERTS TO INCLUDE MUSIC OF BACH, MARAIS AND MONTEVERDI
(Great Barrington, MA) Aston Magna’s 2013 season marks its 41st year, with concerts at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, at Brandeis University, and at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, from June 13 through July 13.
Coming off a highly successful 40th Anniversary season with renewed dedication to Aston Magna’s mission of presenting engaging concerts of music from the late 16th to early 19th century, the Festival will include a June 29 concert at the landmark Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in downtown Great Barrington, MA.
The season, which will begin on the weekend of June 13-15, will be under the musical direction of Daniel Stepner, Artistic Director and violinist, and will feature many of our most prominent artists, including sopranos Sharon Baker, Dominique Labelle, and Kristen Watson; clarinetist Eric Hoeprich; oboist Stephen Hammer; gambist Laura Jeppesen; theorbist Catherine Liddell; harpischordist Peter Sykes; and trumpeter Josh Cohen.
This summer’s five Aston Magna Festival programs will be performed at Slosberg Auditorium at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, on Thursday evenings, June 13, 20 and 27, and July 4 and 11 with concerts beginning at 8:00 p.m. The concerts can be heard on Friday evenings, June 14, 21 and 28, and July 5 and 12 at 8:00 p.m. in the air-conditioned auditorium of the Olin Humanities Building on the main campus of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Four of the concerts on Saturdays, June 15 and 22 and July 6 and 13, will take place at the Daniel Arts Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, MA, at 6:00 p.m. The concert on Saturday, June 29 will be performed at The Mahaiwe at 8:00 p.m. A pre-concert lecture by Daniel Stepner will be featured one hour before all concerts, and audience members are invited to “Meet the Artists” post-concert. Audience members are invited to a wine and cheese reception following all concerts at the Daniel Arts Center and the June 29 Mahaiwe concert.
For the first concert weekend, on June 13, 14, and 15, clarinetist Eric Hoeprich will introduce the unfamiliar but hauntingly beautiful chalumeau. The program will highlight this once popular instrument, a relative of both the recorder and the clarinet, in works by Handel, Vivaldi, and others, including Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I. Stephen Hammer on baroque oboe, and Kristen Watson, soprano, will also join Mr. Stepner, who will lead a small ensemble.
The second concert will be devoted to music of Johann Sebastian Bach for harpsichord and violin, and will feature all six sonatas for violin and harpsichord. It will be performed on June 20, 21, and 22. Violinist Daniel Stepner and keyboardist Peter Sykes will perform.
During the third weekend, June 27, 28, and 29, the Saturday evening performance will take place at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center at 8:00. The concert will present music by Bach and French composer Marin Marais, whose life was portrayed in the film Tous les matins du monde. Soprano Dominique Labelle will solo in works by Marais as well as in Bach’s “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen.” The second Brandenburg concerto will also be performed. The ensemble will include gambist Laura Jeppesen, theorbist Catherine Lidell, baroque trumpeter Josh Cohen, and a chamber orchestra led by Mr. Stepner.
Monteverdi madrigals will be performed on July 4, 5, and 6, together with those of one of his predecessors, Giaches de Wert. Masterful and imaginative musical settings from the 16th and early 17th century will be the fare with Aston Magna’s Madrigal Singers performing.
For the final concert weekend, July 11, 12, and 13, Aston Magna explores the musical library of America’s third president, Thomas Jefferson, illuminated by excerpts from his writings. An accomplished musician himself, Jefferson collected a good number of musical gems, including music of Corelli, Mozart, J.C. Bach, Maria Cosway and Francis Hopkinson. Performing will be soprano Sharon Baker, violinist Daniel Stepner, and harpsichordist Michael Sponseller.
In conjunction with the first two concert weekends, period instrument workshops will be offered at Brandeis University. On June 9-14, workshop classes and private instruction will be offered by Mr. Hammer, oboe, and Mr. Hoeprich, clarinet, exploring Mozart's use of wind instruments in The Magic Flute. In the June 16-21 workshop, Mr. Stepner will offer sessions on Bach's works for unaccompanied violin, geared to both modern and baroque violinists. For more information, please consult the website www.brandeis.edu/summer/music/.
For information or to order tickets to the concerts at the Olin Auditorium on the main campus of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, please phone 845-758-7887. Individual tickets purchased in advance for concerts at Olin Auditorium are $35 ($30/seniors). Students with valid full-time student ID, or under the age of 25, may purchase up to two $5 student rush tickets on the day of the performance. Student rush tickets are subject to availability. Tickets to these concerts are not available online.
Tickets to the June 29 concert at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center can be purchased by calling 413-528-0100 or on line at www.mahaiwe.org. Audience members are invited to a wine and cheese reception following the June 29 Mahaiwe concert.
Subscriptions to the Festival are available at Slosberg Auditorium, Brandeis University, and at Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Single tickets purchased in advance for the Slosberg Auditorium concerts are $30 ($25/seniors); subscription tickets are discounted at $5, $4, $3 and $2 per ticket, for 5, 4, 3, and 2 concerts, respectively. Individual tickets purchased in advance for concerts at the Daniel Arts Center are $35 ($30/seniors); subscription tickets are discounted at $5, $4, and $3 per ticket, for 4, 3, and 2 concerts respectively. Buying in advance also saves you an additional $5 over the price of individual tickets at the door.
Student rush tickets at $10 are available at the door at all concerts. Aston Magna encourages parents to bring the kids! Children 6 to 16 are free, two per each paid adult ticket at Daniel Arts Center.
Tickets or information to concerts at the Daniel Arts Center and at the Slosberg Auditorium may be ordered by calling 413-528-3595, (out of area 800-875-7156) or on line at www.astonmagna.org.
Aston Magna Music Festival is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Friends of Aston Magna. Aston Magna concerts at Bard are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. |
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Early Music / Chicago Area Early Music / Oak Park Concert Chorale Spring Concert |
Apr 1st, 2013, 4:02am |
| Started by Linda Nelson | Last post by Linda Nelson |
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Contact:
Linda Nelson
Oak Park Concert Chorale
Communications Coordinator
924 N. Oak Park Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60302 - 1324
Phone: 708-383-4742
info@OakParkConcertChorale.org
www.OakParkConcertChorale.org
Oak Park Concert Chorale, Paul Lindblad, Director, Presents
A cappella Joy
Oak Park, IL, - March 29, 2013 - The Oak Park Concert Chorale (OPCC), conducted by director Paul Lindblad, will present A cappella Joy on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 4:00pm, at Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 West Division Street, River Forest, IL. General Admission is $18; Seniors/Students are $10. Group Rates are available. To order tickets, call 708.383.4742 or email info@OakParkConcertChorale.org. For more information or to order tickets online, visit our website at www.OakParkConcertChorale.org.
OPCC remains dedicated to performing varied and exciting music.
The Oak Park Concert Chorale spring concert spans seven hundred fifty years with a cappella choral music from six nations. The concert features many Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque era compositions.
One of the highlights will be “Befiehl du deine Wege” by Johann Christoph Altnickol. Altnickol was a German composer and organist who studied composition with and was highly regarded by J. S. Bach, even marrying one of Bach’s daughters.
Contrasting settings of the “Kyrie” by Machaut, Hassler and Vaughn Williams show the evolution of musical interpretation of this text through the ages.
A selection of Renaissance and Baroque madrigals and motets by Gasparini, Peurel, Gallus, Weelkes, Josquin and Passereau will round out our musical history tour.
We hope you will be able to join us for this evening of luxurious and inspirational choral sounds.
About Oak Park Concert Chorale: One of the Midwest's leading choral ensembles featuring both a cappella and accompanied performances. The Chorale is comprised of a diverse group of individuals and performs in and around Oak Park, Illinois. Led by Director Paul Lindblad, the Chorale offers highly artistic performances of varied and exciting choral music.
About Paul Lindblad: Paul Lindblad received his undergraduate degree in Music Education and a Master's Degree in Church Music from Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois. Mr. Lindblad earned a Kodály Certificate from Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He has studied with Paul Christiansen, world famous choral conductor; and Katinka Daniel, International Kodály music education specialist. Mr. Lindblad has done extensive studies in organ performance, vocal technique, and conducting under the mentorships of Victor Hildner and Douglas Neslund. Mr. Lindblad currently conducts the Oak Park Concert Chorale and St. John Choristers (formerly Paul Lindblad Choristers). He is the Director of Liturgics at St. John Lutheran Church in Forest Park, the music teacher at Walther Lutheran Academy in Forest Park, and is the former Choirmaster at St. Gregory Episcopal Boychoir School in Chicago.
Oak Park Concert Chorale presents A cappella Joy
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 4:00 pm,
Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 W. Division Street, River Forest, IL
General Admission is $18; Seniors/Students $10. Children Kindergarten age and younger are free. Group discounts are available.
To order tickets, call 708.383.4742 or email info@OakParkConcertChorale.org.
For more information or to order tickets online, visit our website at www.OakParkConcertChorale.org |
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Early Music / Chicago Area Early Music / Chicago Bach Project Bach Mass in B Minor March 27 |
Mar 11th, 2013, 4:21pm |
| Started by Nat Silverman | Last post by Nat Silverman |
Soli Deo Gloria, Inc.
800 Roosevelt Road, A-100
Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
Office: 630-984-4300
sdgmusic.org
For Immediate Release
Attn: Music, Arts & Entertainment Editors
Chicago Bach Project to Present J.S. Bach's
Monumental ‘Mass in B Minor’ on March 27
at St. Vincent de Paul Church
John Nelson to Conduct Renowned Soloists,
Choir, and Orchestra in Newest Installment
of Sacred Masterworks Cycle
Jane Henschel, International Mezzo-Soprano,
to Make Chicago Debut
Soprano Nicole Cabell, Chicago-Based Opera Star,
to Make Return Appearance in Soli Deo Gloria’s
Easter-Season Series
Editors: Photos are available. Please email natsilv@aol.com or call (847) 328-4292
Glen Ellyn IL, March 7, 2013 — The Chicago Bach Project will present the third installment in its three-part cycle of J.S. Bach’s monumental sacred masterworks when Grammy award-winner John Nelson conducts Bach’s Mass in B Minor at 8 p.m. on March 27 at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1010 W. Webster Ave., Chicago, presented by Glen Ellyn, Ill., based Soli Deo Gloria.
Soloists will include soprano Nicole Cabell, Chicago-based international opera star; American-born, Europe-based dramatic mezzo-soprano Jane Henschel; distinguished American tenor Stanford Olsen; and English bass-baritone Matthew Brook. Musical forces will include the Chicago Bach Choir and Orchestra. Chorus master is Donald Nally, former chorus master at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Henschel, an opera singer and concert soloist of international stature, will make her Chicago debut in the March 27 performance.
Henschel has made 100 appearances with England's Royal Opera at Covent Garden. Recent major U.S. appearances include the Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2012 concert staging of Richard Strauss’s opera Elektra. The Philadelphia Inquirer said, “Jane Henschel’s mezzo, extremely powerful and communicative, was the rarest of pleasures. Here is a singer for whom all musical decision flows from the text — with a low range that seems to come with its own resonance chamber.”
Nelson says he hasn't worked with Henschel before, but has frequently heard her sing. “She is a consummate musician and a very sensitive singer,” he says.
Cabell and Olsen sang in the Chicago Bach Project’s 2011 St. Matthew Passion. Brook sang in the 2012 St. John Passion.
“Nicole Cabell is really one of the most gorgeous soprano voices of our time,” says Nelson, who has conducted at many of the world’s major opera houses, including the Metropolitan and Chicago Lyric Operas. “Hers is just a golden, golden instrument.”
Nelson says Brook has “an extraordinary intelligence behind his singing. He has a passion that’s also extraordinary. He has this music in his head and in his heart.”
The conductor calls Olsen “one of the great lyric tenors of our time. His voice is perfection in this kind of music.”
A pinnacle of western classical music, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, has been described by music scholars and critics as “remarkable,” “profound” and “a cathedral in sound.” The work consists of more than two dozen choral and solo numbers — choruses, arias, and duets. Some of the movements feature violin and other instruments in semi-solo “obbligato” roles. Bach wrote the component parts of his Mass in B Minor from 1723 until just before his death in 1750. He never lived to hear the complete work. National Public Radio commentator Ted Libbey wrote that the Mass in B Minor “is as lofty in design, scope and expression as anything written by the hand of man.”
Nelson, who has conducted most of the world’s great orchestras, has made interpreting the great sacred choral literature central to his work. He has conducted the Mass in B Minor in Paris, San Francisco, Dallas, and Lisbon, Portugal, among many other locations.
The March 27 concert will be Nelson’s first Mass in B Minor in Chicago.
“My own vision of the work is at once dramatic and at once spiritual,” Nelson said in a recent interview with Soli Deo Gloria. He says he seeks to “reproduce the character of this music as it was heard back in Bach’s day, to make it as spiritual an experience as possible.”
Joseph A. LoSchiavo, president and CEO of Soli Deo Gloria, Inc., says the Chicago Bach Project offers concertgoers the opportunity to experience “sacred music in a sacred space” at the highest professional level of musicianship. “The visual splendor of St. Vincent de Paul provides audiences with an alternative environment to a concert hall or auditorium. It’s a setting more in keeping with where the Mass would have been performed in Bach’s day.”
Tickets and Information
Single ticket prices for the Mass in B Minor are $40 to $75. Tickets are available online at ChicagoBachProject.org or by calling (630) 984-4300.
Chicago Bach Project
The Mass in B Minor is the much-anticipated third installment of the Chicago Bach Project’s rotating concert cycle in which one of Bach’s three epic sacred masterworks will be staged each year during the Easter season. The series launched in April 2011 with the St. Matthew Passion. The St. John Passion was performed in April 2012. Both of those concerts were presented at St. Vincent de Paul.
The Chicago initiative is modeled on the decade-long series that Nelson conducted at Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris.
Nelson’s 2006 performance of the Mass in B Minor in Paris was released internationally on DVD that same year on the Virgin Classics label to an enthusiastic reception from critics and record collectors alike. Among the soloists was mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
Nelson’s many awards include a Grammy for his recording of Handel’s Semele on the Deutsche Grammophon label and France’s Diapason d’Or de l’Année award for Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict on Erato.
The Chicago Bach Project is organized and supported by Soli Deo Gloria, Inc., a Glen Ellyn, Ill., nonprofit organization co-founded by Nelson in 1993. Soli Deo Gloria’s mission is to enhance, promote, and preserve classical sacred music in the biblical tradition, at the highest level. The organization sponsors concerts around the world and recordings on CD and DVD while commissioning new sacred music from the world’s leading composers. |
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Early Music / Chicago Area Early Music / EnsAmble Ad-Hoc at the Byron Colby Barn |
Feb 26th, 2013, 4:41pm |
| Started by Erin Cummisford | Last post by Erin Cummisford |
Liberty Prairie Foundation
32400 N. Harris Road, Grayslake Illinois 60030
www.prairiecrossing.com/farm
Erin Cummisford
847-548-4062 x11
ecummisford@prairiecrossing.com
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February 21, 2013
EnsAmble Ad-Hoc to perform concert at Byron Colby Barn
GRAYSLAKE— EnsAmble Ad-Hoc performs "El Villano al Tamboril" at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 10 at the Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake. Admission is $18 for adults and is available at the door only (cash or check). To inspire early appreciation for the arts, children younger than 16 are admitted free.
The “El Villano al Tamboril” program transports audiences to 16th and 17th century Spain with lively song-dances such as the villanos, romances (Spanish ballads) and villancicos. EnsAmble Ad-Hoc offers spirited interpretations of carefully crafted texts and music. Enjoy the Spanish Siglo d'Oro (Golden Age) with works by Vásquez, Guerrero, Pisador, Aranies and anonymous settings of texts by Lope de Vega and other authors.
EnsAmble Ad-Hoc was created in Bogotá, Colombia by Francy Acosta (soprano) and José Luis Posada (lute & Baroque guitar) under the guidance and support of Early Music specialist Eduardo Vargas. The founders’ interest in further knowledge to better approach the repertoires they performed brought them to the United States to pursue graduate studies in Early Music. The ensemble specializes in the performance of pre-classical repertoires, with special attention to Italian and Spanish music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The core duet may be joined by ad-hoc members according to the nature of each program.
EnsAmble Ad-Hoc has performed in Colombia, the United States and Mexico. Some appearances include recitals at the Marinillla Religious Music Festival (Marinilla, Colombia), the cycle Música Antigua en Bogotá, the Bloomington Early Music Festival (Bloomington, IN), the musical series of Trinity Church (Cleveland, OH), the International Festival of Women Composers (Indiana University of Pennsylvania), the Noveno Encuentro de la Canción Infantil (Mexico, D.F.), and the First Latin American Guitar Festival (Chicago, IL). The ensemble recently worked on a project of Spanish Cantigas of the Middle Ages with volunteers of the Blessed Sacrament Paris in Chicago.
Incredible music and architectural beauty combine to create a unique concert experience at the Byron Colby Barn. The Byron Colby Barn is located at 1561 Jones Point Road in Grayslake, inside the Prairie Crossing conservation community. From I-94, exit Route 120 west, turn south at Route 45, then right at Jones Point Road.
Performances at the Byron Colby Barn are BYOB, so feel free to bring a bottle of wine to share with friends. Ample free parking is located adjacent to the Barn. Information about all upcoming events at the Byron Colby Barn is at www.prairiecrossing.com/bcbarn. |
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Early Music / Chicago Area Early Music / Early Music Now presents Hargis & O'Dette |
Feb 26th, 2013, 4:36pm |
| Started by Charles Q. Sullivan | Last post by Charles Q. Sullivan |
EARLY MUSIC NOW
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Contact: Charles Q. Sullivan 414.225.3113 or info@earlymusicnow.org
Early Music Now Brings Ellen Hargis and Paul O’Dette Back to Milwaukee
Soprano and lutenist to perform 17th-century Italian program March 16
Long-time colleagues Ellen and Paul O’Dette bring drama, fun, and musical imagination to their performances, and Early Music Now welcomes them back to Milwaukee for an evening of 17th-century Venetian and Roman music. The concert, titled, “Wait! I’m Singing Now…” will be at UWM’s Zelazo Center, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd, on Saturday, March 16 at 5:00, preceded by Early Music Now’s annual silent auction and chocolate reception at 3:00.
Friends and colleagues for more than 25 years, soprano Ellen Hargis and lutenist Paul O’Dette bring an incomparable spirit of drama, vivid musical imagination and fun to their collaborations. Hargis is one of America’s premier early music singers, specializing in repertoire ranging from ballads to opera and oratorio. She works with many of the foremost period music conductors of the world. O’Dette has been called "the clearest case of genius ever to touch his instrument" by the Toronto Globe and Mail. His performances at major international festivals are often singled out as the highlight. Best known for his recitals and recordings of virtuoso solo lute music, O'Dette also maintains an active international career as an ensemble musician.
“Wait! I’m Singing Now…” includes Barbara Strozzi’s hilarious cantata L’astratto about a singer who can’t find the right song to express her mood, Antonio Cesti’s sarcastic Aspette! adesso canto about a singer who can’t find a song worthy of her good taste, and Alessandro Scarlatti’s extraordinary L’Orfeo expressing the voice of the legendary singer of Thrace. Kapsberger and Piccinini chitarrone solos explore the virtuoso repertoire of the 17th-century’s most prized vocal accompanying instrument.
Tickets are available in the Preferred and General Admission seating sections. Single ticket prices range from $25-$40 for adults and seniors, and $10-$20 for students (six or older). There are no handling or service fees. Tickets may be purchased online at www.earlymusicnow.org, by phone at 414.225.3113, or by mail at 759 N Milwaukee Street, Suite 420, Milwaukee 53202. |
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Early Music / Chicago Area Early Music / Stoppelenburg and Spears at Byron Colby Barn |
Feb 4th, 2013, 2:21am |
| Started by Erin Cummisford | Last post by Erin Cummisford |
Liberty Prairie Foundation
Erin Cummisford – 847-548-4062 x11
ecummisford@prairiecrossing.com
32400 N. Harris Road, Grayslake Illinois 60030
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For Immediate Release
January 29, 2013
GRAYSLAKE— Join Dutch soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg and lutenist Joel Spears as they perform music composed by some of the greatest songwriters in the English language. Admission is $18 for adults and is available at the door only (cash or check). To inspire early appreciation for the arts, children younger than 16 are admitted free.
All the diversity of 17th century English song will be on display as they explore lute songs by Thomas Morley and John Dowland, theater music from Robert Johnson and Henry Purcell, as well as "Mad" Songs and other pieces by John Blow and others. Joel will round out the program with solos for lute and theorbo.
Incredible music and architectural beauty combine to create a unique concert experience at the 110 year old Byron Colby Barn. The Byron Colby Barn is located at 1561 Jones Point Road in Grayslake, inside the Prairie Crossing conservation community. From I-94, exit Route 120 west, turn south at Route 45, then right at Jones Point Road.
Performances at the Byron Colby Barn are BYOB, so feel free to bring a bottle of wine to share with friends. Ample free parking is located adjacent to the Barn. Information about all upcoming events at the Byron Colby Barn is at www.prairiecrossing.com/bcbarn. |
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Early Music / Chicago Area Early Music / Early Music Now The Entertainment of Louis XV |
Jan 22nd, 2013, 1:55pm |
| Started by Charles Q. Sullivan | Last post by Charles Q. Sullivan |
EARLY MUSIC NOW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Charles Q. Sullivan
414-225-3113
info@earlymusicnow.org
Early Music Now Presents “The Entertainment of Louis XV”
King Louis XV retained the Marquise de Pompadour as his friend and confidant long after they ceased to be lovers. A harpsichordist and patron of the arts, she took pleasure in sponsoring concerts for the king, contributing greatly to France’s cultural legacy. Rameau, Mondonville, Corrette, and many of their fellow musicians brought their genius to bear on this intellectual and artistic life of 18th century France, and their chamber music remains as a beautiful example of what was heard when friends gathered in the palace of Versailles or the salons of Paris.
The Montreal-based ensemble Masques (colbertartists.com/ArtistBio.asp?ID=masques) brings this music to Milwaukee on February 16th at 5:00, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 914 East Knapp Street. The concert is followed by a Gourmet French Dinner, available by separate purchase, and there will be a pre-concert lecture by UWM French Professor Gabrielle Verdier.
Masques is acclaimed for its expressiveness, the eloquence of its musical interpretations, and the dynamic musical involvement of its members. This young ensemble’s name is inspired by the masques of Elizabethan England – mystical performances that fused poetry, music, dance and drama. The members of Masques also engage in educational outreach projects that convey their passion for early music to young audiences around the world. Masques has risen rapidly to international attention, winning the Grand Prize in the Dorian/Early Music America Competition in 2000, and was selected as finalist at the York Early Music Competition in 2001. Masques is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Montreal Arts Council, the Council of the Arts and Letters of Quebec and the Quebec Council of Music.
Tickets are available in the Preferred and General Admission seating sections. Single ticket prices range from $25-$40 for adults and seniors, and $10-$20 for students (six or older). There are no handling or service fees. Tickets may be purchased online at www.earlymusicnow.org, by phone at 414.225.3113, or by mail at 759 N Milwaukee Street, Suite 420, Milwaukee 53202. |
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Early Music / Chicago Area Early Music / Metropolis Quartet at Byron Colby Barn |
Jan 17th, 2013, 3:21am |
| Started by Erin Cummisford | Last post by Erin Cummisford |
Liberty Prairie Foundation
Erin Cummisford – 847-548-4062 x11
ecummisford@prairiecrossing.com
32400 N. Harris Road, Grayslake Illinois 60030
www.prairiecrossing.com/farm
For Immediate Release
January 15, 2013
Metropolis Quartet to perform concert at Byron Colby Barn
GRAYSLAKE— Metropolis Quartet will perform at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27 at the Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake. Admission is $18 for adults and is available at the door only (cash or check). To inspire early appreciation for the arts, children younger than 16 are admitted free.
Explore the greatest chamber music of the Classical and Baroque eras with the Metropolis Quartet. For nearly a decade, this talented group of musicians has performed stellar renditions of both famous masterpieces and lesser-known gems. Metropolis Quartet returns to the Byron Colby Barn for a program of 18th century chamber music featuring pieces by Giardini, JC Bach, Marcello, Gatti, Telemann, and Druschetzky.
Incredible music and architectural beauty combine to create a unique concert experience at the 110 year old Byron Colby Barn. The Byron Colby Barn is located at 1561 Jones Point Road in Grayslake, inside the Prairie Crossing conservation community. From I-94, exit Route 120 west, turn south at Route 45, then right at Jones Point Road.
Performances at the Byron Colby Barn are BYOB, so feel free to bring a bottle of wine to share with friends. Ample free parking is located adjacent to the Barn. Information about all upcoming events at the Byron Colby Barn is at www.prairiecrossing.com/bcbarn. |
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Early Music / Chicago Area Early Music / Wayward Sisters at Byron Colby Barn |
Jan 3rd, 2013, 1:12pm |
| Started by Erin Cummisford | Last post by Erin Cummisford |
Liberty Prairie Foundation
Erin Cummisford – 847-548-4062 x11
ecummisford@prairiecrossing.com
32400 N. Harris Road, Grayslake Illinois 60030
www.prairiecrossing.com/farm
For Immediate Release
January 2, 2013
Wayward Sisters to perform at Byron Colby Barn
GRAYSLAKE— Did you resolve to enjoy life more in 2013? Join Wayward Sisters at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13 for “A Restless Heart: Music of Exiles, Émigrés, and Nomads” at the Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake.
We travel for love, for money, for refuge, for learning, for joy. Baroque composers were no different. A seventeenth-century music maker couldn't hop on a jet or board a train, but nonetheless, many of the most important composers of the day were on the move. Biagio Marini, Francesco Geminiani, James Oswald, Georg Muffat, and even Johann Sebastian Bach undertook journeys of months, years, or decades. Wayward Sisters embarks on an exploration of who we become when we live as strangers in a strange land.
“Wayward Sisters” refers to Henry Purcell’s vivid conjuring of Shakespeare’s witches as well as members’ scattered lives and continuing commitment to making music together. Wayward Sisters (Beth Wenstrom, baroque violin; Anne Timberlake, recorders; Anna Steinhoff, baroque cello; and John Lenti, theorbo and guitar) have inspired audiences and achieved critical acclaim on their own journeys across the United States.
Incredible music and architectural beauty combine to create a delightful and unique concert experience at the 110 year old Byron Colby Barn. Admission is $18 for adults, and is available at the door only (cash or check). To inspire early appreciation for the arts, children under 16 are admitted free of charge. Performances at the Byron Colby Barn are BYOB, so feel free to bring a bottle of wine to share with friends.
The Byron Colby Barn is located at 1561 Jones Point Road in Grayslake, inside the Prairie Crossing conservation community. From I-94, exit Route 120 west, turn south at Route 45, then right at Jones Point Road. Ample free parking is located adjacent to the Barn. Information about all upcoming events at the Byron Colby Barn is at www.prairiecrossing.com/bcbarn. |
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Early Music / Chicago Area Early Music / Early Music Now Nov 17th Program |
Nov 14th, 2012, 1:19pm |
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Early Music Now Celebrates Early Spanish Music
With a mission of creating lively connections with the past through historically informed presentations of music composed before 1800, Early Music Now continues to stretch its tagline: “Across Borders – Across Time.” Milwaukee’s premiere presenter of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music, continues its 26th season with the exciting New York ensemble Alba Consort performing “Journey the Ancient Seas: Music of Early Spain and Beyond,” bringing the ancient music of the Iberian Peninsula and its Middle-Eastern and European neighbors to Wisconsin Lutheran College on November 17th at 5:00. There will be a Reception at Intermission and Talk-back with the artists following the performance.
ALBA CONSORT specializes in Mediterranean and European secular music of the medieval and early renaissance on traditional instruments. The word “ALBA” means white, the white light of dawn, and an ALBA is the troubadour genre of a morning song - often a song of a lover as dawn approaches. ALBA is currently represented by GEMS Live! and has performed at the Jerome Greene Space, podcast on WQXR radio, and is featured on a CUNY.TV Classic Artist Showcase series. Under the direction of artistic director Margo Gezairlian Grib, ALBA Consort has performed at various concert series in and around New York, for various festivals, and continues to pursue original programming tracing cross cultural influences through ancient music.
Margo Gezairlian Grib (voice) has performed with prominent early music ensembles and festivals as well as on opera and theater stages around the world. Rex Benincasa (voice, frame drums, darbouka, riq, hurdy-gurdy) has been a freelancing drummer and world music percussion specialist in New York since 1978. Haig Manoukian (oud) has played with many of the best musicians in Turkey, Armenia and the Arab world, and has been a featured soloist in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Christopher Morrongiello (lute, guitarra española) is a British Marshall Scholar, a graduate of the University of Oxford (Ph.D. in musicology), and has performed and recorded to critical acclaim throughout Europe and the United States.
The Early Music Now series also features programs of French Baroque music and Italian solo cantatas on the East Side, and a feast of Slavic music in the perfect local venue: the Basilica of Saint Josaphat. A favorite Medieval Christmas program in the glorious St. Joseph Center Chapel rounds out the season, with the inclusion of members of the Milwaukee Choral Artists.
Full and partial season subscriptions, as well as single tickets, are available in the Preferred and General Admission seating sections. The Premium Section is now closed. Single ticket prices range from $25-$20 for adults and seniors, and $10-$20 for students (six or older). There are no handling or service fees. Tickets may be purchased online at www.earlymusicnow.org, by phone at 414.225.3113, or by mail at 759 N Milwaukee Street, Suite 420, Milwaukee 53202.
Contact: Charles Q. Sullivan 414.225.3113 or info@earlymusicnow.org |
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