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Thursday, March 31, 2005, 3:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "A Salon in the City of Lights".
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, April 1, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort presents a concert, "A Salon in the City of Lights", cantatas, airs, and music for bass viol and harpsichord from the Golden Age of French Baroque music.  Featuring music by Rameau, Marais, and Jacquette de la Guerre.  Performers include Ellen Hargis, soprano; Elizabeth Blumenstock, Baroque violin; Jillon Stoppels Dupree, harpsichord; and Mary Springfels.  Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Read the press release.
Cost:  Ticket prices vary by section and venue, also by time of performance.  A ten-percent discount is available for seniors and Newberry Library Associates, and students receive a fifty-percent discount on tickets.  Visit the Ordering Tickets page for details.
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-255-3700; visit the Consort website; or e-mail consort@newberry.org.
Saturday, April 2, 2005, 8:00 PM.  Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
Sunday, April 3, 2005, 3:00 PM.
Location:  Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.

Friday, April 1, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Rockefeller Memorial Chapel Concert Series presents Schola Antiqua of Chicago, Calvin M. Bower, Director, performing "Murder in the Cathedral: Music for St. Thomas Becket", an all-vocal concert of plainchant and early polyphonic music that was written to honor the legendary career of this extraordinary English figure.
Cost:  Tickets only at door, $15 general/$10 senior and student.
Location:  Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-208-1159.

Friday, April 1, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Callipygian Players, Martin Davids, Director and violin, will perform a concert, "The German Masters", featuring music of Handel, J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Rosenmüller, and Walther.  With Julia Davids, soprano; Jerry Fuller, double bass; David Schrader, keyboard; Craig Trompeter, viola da gamba, cello; and Jeri-Lou Zike, baroque violin.
Cost:  Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 student/senior.
Location:  Trinity United Methodist Church, 1024 Lake Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-674-3204; or e-mail martydavids@mac.com.
Saturday, April 2, 2005, 8:00 PM.
Location:  Trinity United Methodist Church, 605 West Golf Road , Mt. Prospect, Illinois.
Sunday, April 3, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Location:  St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church, 1424 N. Dearborn Pkwy, Chicago, Illinois.

Sunday, April 3, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents Pomerium, Alexander Blachly, Conductor, performing "Music of the Burgundian Court", featuring a cappella 15th-century music of Binchois, Busnoys, Ockeghem, and Dufay.
Cost:  Tickets are $25, $10 for students.  Season subscriptions also available.
Location:  All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral, 818 E. Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 414-225-3113; e-mail emn@execpc.com.

Thursday, April 14, 2005, 7:30 PM.
"Marion Verbruggen and Friends", a concert by Marion Verbruggen, recorder; Mary Springfels, viola da gamba; and David Schrader, harpsichord.
Cost:  From $5 to $15.
Location:  Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.

Friday, April 15, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series of the University of Chicago presents Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall, Music Director and viola da gamba, performing "Les goûts réunis", including works by Pachelbel, Couperin, Purcell, and Biber.
Cost:  Single tickets $30 (students $10), series subscriptions (four concerts) $84 (students $40).
Location:  Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street (at the corner of University Avenue), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-702-8068; or e-mail concert-office@uchicago.edu.

Friday, April 15, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Northeastern Illinois University Jewel Box Series will present Piffaro performing a program of chansons, motets, fantasies, and dances from France and the Low Countries.  Featuring the music of Josquin Des Pres, Heinrich Isaac, Pierre de la Rue, and Alexander Agricola.
Cost:  For tickets, call 773-442-4636.
Location:  Recital Hall, Fine Arts Center, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-442-4636; e-mail jewel-box@neiu.edu; or write Performing Arts Series, Northeastern Illinois University Room B-154, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625.

Friday, April 15, 2005, 7:30 PM.
Sunday, April 17, 2005, 7:00 PM.
The Chicago Master Singers and Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra will perform Bach's St. Matthew Passion.
Cost:  preferred seating $40, general seating $35, preferred seating for seniors and students $32, general seating for seniors and students $28, side seating (new this year) $23.
Location:  Divine Word Chapel, 2001 N. Waukegan Road, Techny, Illinois.
For more info:  call 877-825-5267; or e-mail info@chicagomastersingers.org.

Sunday, April 17, 2005, 2:30 PM.
L'Ensemble Portique will perform a concert "The Suite Sonata: the Intellect, the Abstract & the Fanciful", Exploring the Form, Development and Inspiration of the Baroque Sonata.
Location:  Tallgrass Loft atop the Norton Building, 200 West 11th Street, Lockport, Illinois.
For more info:  call 608-287-1006; or e-mail LKielson@LEnsemblePortique.com.

Sunday, April 17, 2005, 3:00 PM.
The Highland Park Strings, Francis Akos, Music Director and Conductor, will perform a concert of works by Scarlatti, Vivaldi, and others.  Featured soloists include flutist Anita Miller Rieder playing Vivaldi's Concerto for Flute, RV. 428 (Il Gardellino).
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  Elm Place School, 2031 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail settelson@comcast.net.

Sunday, April 17, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Ars Musica Chicago, Andrew Schultze, Artistic Director, will perform "Italian Baroque Masters", featuring cantatas and madrigals by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, and Abbatini.
Cost:  Individual concert ticket is $15 ($12 for students and seniors); four-concert series is $40.
Location:  Student Center Theater, Depaul University, 2250 N. Sheffield, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-409-7874; or e-mail contact@arsmusicachicago.org.

Monday, April 25, 2005, 8:00 PM.
Music of the Baroque, Jane Glover, conductor, will perform a concert of works by Pergolesi, Boccherini, and Stravinsky.  Featuring Sarah Gartshore, soprano; Emily Lodine, mezzo-soprano.
Cost:  Visit the Ticket Information page for more information.
Location:  First United Methodist Church, 1630 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque@baroque.org; or visit www.baroque.org.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 8:00 PM.
Location:  St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 2335 N. Orchard, Chicago, Illinois.

Friday, April 29, 2005, 7:30 PM.
The Bach Week Festival will present a concert of works by J.S. Bach, Fasch, Handel, and Dowland.  Joining the Bach Week Festival Chorus and Orchestra will be featured performers Kevin Hartman, trumpet; Elizabeth Norman, soprano; Fareed Haque, guitar; Emily Lodine, mezzo soprano; Harold Brock, tenor; Douglas Anderson, bass; and the Early Music senior division winners of the 2005 Walgreens Concerto Competition.
Cost:  For ticket info and orders, call 847-236-0452; e-mail tickets@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/bwf/tickets.php.
Location:  Nichols Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  write Bach Week Festival, P.O. Box 1832, Evanston, IL 60204-1832; e-mail info@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/.

Friday, April 29, 2005, 7:30 PM.
L'Ensemble Portique will perform "La Burrasca The Storm", a concert of Baroque and contemporary music featuring works by Vivaldi, Simonetti, and others.
Location:  First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  call 608-287-1006; or e-mail LKielson@LEnsemblePortique.com.
Saturday, April 30, 2005, 5:00 PM.
Location:  Calvary Presbyterian Church, 628 N. 10th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Sunday, May 1, 2005, 3:00 PM.
Location:  Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago Street, Madison, Wisconsin.

Friday, April 29, 2005, 10:30 PM.
The Bach Week Festival will present a Candlelight Concert, "Haque Plays Bach", featuring Fareed Haque, guitar, with works by D. Scarlatti, Giuliani, Albeniz, and others.
Cost:  For ticket info and orders, call 847-236-0452; e-mail tickets@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/bwf/tickets.php.
Location:  Nichols Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  write Bach Week Festival, P.O. Box 1832, Evanston, IL 60204-1832; e-mail info@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/.

Friday April 22 thru Saturday April 23, 2005.
73rd Annual Bach Festival.
Location:  Berea, Ohio.
For more info:  write Mary Tuck, Bach Festival Coordinator, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory, 275 Eastland Road, Berea, OH 44017 USA; call 440-826-2207; e-mail BachFest@bw.edu; visit www.bw.edu/academics/libraries/bach.

Saturday, April 2, 2005.
The Chicago Chapter of the American Recorder Society will present an all-day recorder workshop, "Music Mosaic: The Art of the Recorder Ensemble from Renaissance and Baroque to Brazilian Swing", led by Clea Galhano.  The workshop will explore an approach to the rhythms, drama and form of the Spanish, Italian and English Renaissance, on through the structure of the German Baroque, to the Latin flavor of recent Brazilian music.
Read the Galhano Recorder Workshop Brochure here (PDF, 375 KB).
Cost:  $50 for ARS members, $60 for non-members.
Location:  Kretzmann Hall, Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail fitsch@core.com.

Friday, April 1, 2005, 9:00 AM CST.
Scarlatti-Tommasini's The Good-Humored Ladies Suite.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, April 2, 2005, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Prelude & Fugue #24 in b from The Well-Tempered Clavier; Brandenburg Concerto #6.  Broadcast during the 10:00-11:30 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 4, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Telemann's Diverse Instruments Concerto in G.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 4, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in e, R. 278.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Handel's Concerto grosso in F, Op. 3/4.  Broadcast during the 12:00-2:05 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #3; Praetorius, from Terpsichore: Gavotte, Spagnoletta, La Bourrée.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Violin Sonata in A, Op. 1/3; from Sampson: To fleeting pleasures make your court; Let the bright seraphim.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Telemann's Ouverture des nations anciens et modernes; Vivaldi's Dixit Dominus.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 10:05 AM CDT.
Vivaldi's Autumn from The Four Seasons.  Broadcast during the 10:05-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT.
Purcell's Suite from Dioclesian; Gluck's Che farò senza Euridice from Orfeo ed Euridice.  Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Concerto in F, Op. 4/5.  Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Tallis' Spem in Alium.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 7, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Vivaldi's Concerto in D for violin, winds & strings, R. 562.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 7, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach, from The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus XIII; Canon per Augmentationem; Contrapunctus XIV; Chorale, Vor dienen Thron; Praetorius' Suite #2 in G from Terpsichore.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 7, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT.
Zelenka's Sinfonia a 8 Concertanti in a, ZWV 189.  Broadcast during the 4:00-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 7, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT.
Bach, excerpts from The Art of Fugue; Violin & Oboe Concerto.  Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 7, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Rameau's Suite from Dardanus.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, April 8, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's English Suite #6.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-11:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, April 10, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT.
Bach's (Three-Keyboard) Concerto in D, BWV 1064.  Broadcast during the 5:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 11, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #2.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 11, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT.
Suite of Italian Renaissance dances.  Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 11, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Cantata #80, Ein feste Burg.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto per la Solennità di San Lorenzo.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Violin Concerto #1.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Concerto in g, Summer, from The Four Seasons.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Tartini's Violin Sonata in g, Devil's Trill.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Telemann's Suite in a.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT.
Purcell's King Arthur Suite.  Broadcast toward the end of the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Partita in E, BWV 1006.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 14, 2005, 10:05 AM CDT.
Bach's Aria variata alla maniera italiana.  Broadcast during the 10:05-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 14, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's English Suite #5.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 14, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Prelude & Fugue in c, BWV 537.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 14, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Lully's Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, April 15, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Bach's French Suite #1 in d.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, April 15, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT.
Live from NEIU:  Piffaro performing a program of chansons, motets, fantasies, and dances from France and the Low Countries.  Featuring the music of Josquin Des Pres, Heinrich Isaac, Pierre de la Rue, and Alexander Agricola.  Broadcast live during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, April 17, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Concerto in d, BWV 1052.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 18, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Trumpet Overture from Atalanta; "Bach Jubilee": Finale of Christmas Oratorio; Pastorale; My Spirit Be Joyful; Bach-Mahler's Orchestra Suite in g.  Broadcast during the 9:00-12:05 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 18, 2005, 12:05 PM CDT.
Handel's Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound from Samson; But as for His People and Sing Ye to the Lord from Israel in Egypt; Telemann's Overture in Bb from Tafelmusik III.  Broadcast during the 12:05-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 18, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Pergolesi's Flute Concerto.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 18, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT.
Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice.  Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Vivaldi's Flute Concerto in C, R. 441.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Organ Concerto in F, Op. 4/5.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in g, R. 104 (La Notte); Bach-Stokowski's Arioso; Wachet auf; Komm, süsser Tod; Bach's Schlummert ein from Anna Magdalena Notebook.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Gabrieli's Canzon XV; Schütz's Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes; Palestrina's Motet Sicut cervus/Sitivit anima mea; Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #4.  Broadcast during the 10:00-1:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Four-Keyboard Concerto.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 10:45 PM CDT.
Handel's Suite from Joseph and His Brethren.  Broadcast during the 10:45-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 21, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Vivaldi's (Lute) Concerto in D, R. 93.  Broadcast during the 12:00-1:40 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 21, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Two-Harpsichord Concerto in c, BWV 1060.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 21, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT.
Dowland's The Queenes Galliard; Dowland's Adew; Ferdinando, Earle of Darby, His Galliard.  Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, April 24, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT.
Scarlatti's Sonata in a, Kk. 54; Vivaldi's Three-Violin Concerto in F, R. 551.  Broadcast during the 4:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 25, 2005, 12:05 PM CDT.
Bach's Harpsichord Concerto #2 in C; Sheep May Safely Graze; Handel's Water Music Suite.  Broadcast during the 12:05-2:20 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, April 25, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
From the Italian Renaissance: Ballo de'Cigni; La Scesa de'Pastori dal Monte; Locatelli's Concerto grosso in F, Op. 7/4.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Telemann's Orchestra Suite in g (La Changéante).  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Sonata in g, Op. 1/2.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D, R. 210; Handel's Coronation anthem, The King Shall Rejoice.  Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Svegliatevi nel core from Julius Caesar.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Toccata, BWV 912; Trio Sonata, BWV 526.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 28, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT.
Morley's It Was a Lover and His Lass; Purcell's If Music Be the Food of Love.  Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, April 28, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #4.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, April 30, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Concerto in g, Summer, from the Four Seasons; Bach's Partita in e, BWV 830.  Broadcast during the 4:45-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, April 1, 2005, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "A Journey to France".
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, April 2, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.