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The Early Music Series 2003-2004 Season In our second season we offer music obscure and famous, centuries old, and even a little bit from our own century. Artists featured are from as far away as Toronto, Madison and Bloomington, and as nearby as literally just down the street. Concert #1 Sunday, November 2, 2003, 4pm L'Ensemble Portique Holier Than Thou: Dances and the Divine In this program, L'Ensemble Portique: A Musical Passage from the Baroque to the Contemporary, explores the worlds of sacred and secular music - from the glory of the Baroque repertoire to the innovative sounds of contemporary musical literature. Works on the program include selections from Thomas Morley's First Booke of Consort Lessons, Telemann's Sonata in D minor, Corelli's La Follia, Piazzolla's Histoire du Tango and the Chicago premiere of wrecked angels by Geoffrey Gordon. Performers include Lisette Kielson, recorder and flute: Nathan Wysock, guitar; and Pablo Mahave-Veglia, baroque and modern cello. Concert #2 Sunday, December 21, 2003, 4pm Alison Attar, Harp Joel Spears, Lute Music for the Winter Solstice This concert features two of the oldest and most iconic of all musical instruments: the harp and the lute. Alison Attar and Joel Spears will play music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque. Some holiday music will be included, along with pieces by John Johnson, John Dowland, Francesco Canova da Milano, Ennemond Gautier and Silvius Leopold Weiss. Concert #3 Sunday, January 11, 2004, 4pm Concerts Royaux Concerts Royeaux recreates the glory of Versailles, the palace of the 18th century French king Louis XIV. The Sun King reigned supreme, employing a huge consort of musicians and dancers and performing in lavish court ballets. On wood, wind and wire, Concerts Royeaux plays the sounds of Gallic airs, chaconnes and dances. Featuring Anita Rieder, baroque flute, Craig Trompeter, viola da gamba, and Peter Swenson, theorbo. Concert #4 Sunday, February 15, 2004, 4pm The Newberry Consort Since 1986, the Newberry Consort has been one of the Newberry Library's oldest and most valued public programs. The Consort performs music of the 13th through 17th centuries, specializing in the late Middle Ages and Early Baroque. Performers include Mary Springfels, director and viola da gamba, David Douglass, violin, and David Schrader, harpsichord. Concert #5 Sunday, March 14, 2004, 4pm Ars Antigua Music of the Mexican Baroque One only has to walk around the cities of Mexico to see the influence of 16th and 17th century Europe in cathedrals and public buildings. What has been less recognized is the rich baroque musical heritage that found its way to the Western Hemisphere. European forms such as the motet and the cantata were given "New World" accents by composers working in the Netherlands, and Spanish-speaking colonies. Two especially lively centers of musical activity were Mexico City and Puebla. Examples of these compositions will be performed along with contemporaneous works from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain as models for comparison. Most of the music performed will be sacred works and all of the music was written by women who lived over 300 years ago. The director of Ars Antigua is Jerry Fuller. Concert #6 Sunday, April 11, 2004, 4pm Duo Marini Easter Concert Duo Marini will feature Biber's "Crucifixion" Sonata, as well as works by Schmelzer, Frescobaldi, Marini, Farina and Castello. The duo was formed in 1997 by violinist Patricia Ahern and harpsichordist Yonit Kosovske at Indiana University School of Music. There they fell in love with the shocking harmonies, extreme effects and dramatic attributes of early 17th century Italian repertoire. Their first CD, "La Desperata," was released in 2001 and has subsequently been featured on NPR's Harmonia. The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn is funded only by ticket sales. Individual tickets are just $15 per concert. The series subscription price is $72 or $12 per ticket. Children under the age of 16 are free. For more information call Stan Rosenberg at 847-543-1202. Thank you for supporting live music! Directions: The Byron Colby Barn is located in the Prairie Crossing Community in Grayslake, Illinois. From I-94, take Route 120 west about 4.5 miles. Turn left (south) at the junction with Route 45. From Route 45, turn right (west) at the next light, which is Jones Point Road. The Byron Colby Barn will be on the left. |