For the current month's early music events listings, go here.
Select the early music events listings for another month: Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Friday, March 30, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Sunday, April 1, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Thursday, April 5, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Saturday, April 7, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Opera Theater, Diane Paulus, director, Jane Glover, conductor, will present Monteverdi's opera The Return of Ulysses (Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria). Soloists include Catherine Carby, mezzo soprano, and Mark LeBrocq, tenor.
Cost: Varies by seating and date.
Location: Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance (at Chicago's Millennium Park), 205 E. Randolph, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-704-8414.
Sunday, April 1, 2007, 7:30 PM.
As part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series, lutenist Paul O'Dette will perform a "Bach Recital".
Cost: $19/$16/$8.
Location: Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call Laura Paisley at 847-491-5441; or visit www.music.northwestern.edu/calendar/.
Friday, April 13, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Early Music Now presents Lionheart performing "El Siglo de Oro (The Century of Gold)", an exploration of rarely performed 16th century sacred music associated with Toledo, Spain.
Cost: Tickets are $28-35, $10-17.50 for students. Season subscriptions also available.
Location: St. Boniface Church, 3906 W. Mequon Road, Mequon (just north of Milwaukee), Wisconsin.
For more info: call 414-225-3113 or 877-546-8742 (877-54music); e-mail info@earlymusicnow.org; or visit www.earlymusicnow.org.
Saturday, April 14, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Location: Chapel of St. Joseph Center, 1501 South Layton Boulevard (South 27th Street), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Sunday, April 15, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Location: Luther Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin.
Sunday, April 15, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Orchestra, Jane Glover, conductor, will perform a concert of works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Rossini. Featuring soloist Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano.
Cost: Visit www.baroque.org/subscribe/ for details.
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.
Monday, April 16, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Location: Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph (Millennium Park), Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, April 20, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Dieter Hennings, lute/guitar; and Scott Perkins, tenor; will perform a concert, "The Lute Song Project", featuring songs for lute/guitar and tenor by Byrd, Dowland, Britten, Bancks, and others.
Cost: Free.
Location: Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago, 1010 E. 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-702-8069; or visit music.uchicago.edu/?cal.
Friday, April 20, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Magnificat, Warren Stewart director, will perform a concert of seventeenth-century sacred music for the Easter season featuring compositions by Milanese Benedictine nun Chiara Margharita Cozzolani.
Cost: $25.00 for the general public, $20.00 for Notre Dame faculty and staff, and $10.00 for students. $10 discount for members and devotees of Early Music Chicago (please identify yourself as such).
Location: Leighton Concert Hall, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.
For more info: call 574-631-2726; e-mail hayden.22@nd.edu; or visit performingarts.nd.edu/index.php?page=detail&event=537&month=04&year=2007 or performingarts.nd.edu.
Friday, April 20, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Sunday, April 22, 2007, 7:00 PM.
The Chicago Master Singers and Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra, Alan Heatherington, Music Director, will perform Handel's Messiah. Featured soloists include: Amanda Halgrimson, soprano; Emily Lodine, mezzo-soprano; Kurt R. Hansen, tenor; and John Shuffle, bass.
Cost: $45-$15, varies by seating and age group.
Location: Divine Word Chapel, 2001 Waukegan Road, Techny/Northbrook, Illinois.
For more info: call 877-825-5267; e-mail info@chicagomastersingers.org; or visit chicagomastersingers.org.
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 8:00 PM.
The DePaul University McGuckin Harpsichord Recital Series will present a concert by John Austin Clark, harpsichord, and Amy Conn, soprano, with music by Bach, Handel, Locklair, Fischer, Kuhanu, Froberger, and Schuetz.
Location: Concert Hall, DePaul University, 800 W. Belden, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-325-7664; or visit music.depaul.edu/NewsAndEvents/index.asp.
Sunday, April 22, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Affetti Musicali will perform a concert of Baroque music by Biber, Corelli, Bassani, Mayr, and Pasquini.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, 1224 W. Lexington, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-774-5706 or e-mail aschultze@comcast.net.
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana will present a concert of the winners from the 2007 Young Baroque Artists Competition (YBAC).
Cost: $5.
Location: The Piano People, 503 S. Country Fair Drive, Champaign, Illinois.
For more info: call 217-378-6802; or visit www.baroqueartists.org/.
Saturday, April 28, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Music at First Concert Series presents the Oriana Singers, Bill Chin, Director; the Spirit of Gambo Consort of Viols; and Patrick O'Malley and Lisette Kielson, recorders; performing Bach's Cantata No. 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit ("Arctus Tragicus"), also works by Gabrieli, J.C. Bach, Telemann, and Schenck.
Cost: $20 adults, $15 students/seniors.
Location: First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-262-4558; or e-mail gallifrey76@hotmail.com; or visit www.firstunitedoakpark.com.
Sunday, April 29, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents Welsh harper Robin Huw Bowen in concert.
View the 2006-2007 season flyer.
Cost: Individual tickets are $15. Series subscription (six concerts) price is $72, or $12 per concert. Children under the age of 16 are free. As always at the Barn, you may BYOB.
Location: the Byron Colby Barn at Prairie Crossing, 1561 Jones Point Road, Grayslake, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-543-1202; or e-mail bcbarn@prairiecrossing.com.
Sunday, April 29, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Mostly Music Series of Northeastern Illinois University will present a concert by Rachel Barton Pine, viola d'amore, and Ars Antigua, Jerry Fuller, Director, performing a concert of music by Stamitz, Vivaldi, and Haydn.
Location: Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-442-4636; or visit www.neiu.edu/NEIU%20Events/Mostly%20Music/Mostly_Music.html.
Sunday, April 29, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Saint Luke Recorder Series presents John Langfeld performing a concert, "Recorder Music of the Baroque and 20th Century".
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke, 1500 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-472-3383; or visit www.stlukechicago.org/church/music_chamber.shtml.
Sunday, April 29, 2007, 4:00 PM.
Grace Lutheran Church will present a Bach Cantata Vespers service with orchestra and soprano soloist Andrea Holliday performing Bach's Cantata 31, Der Himmel lacht!.
Cost: Free-will offering.
Location: Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, Illinois.
For more info: call 708-366-6900; or visit www.graceriverforest.org.
Sunday, April 29, 2007, 7:00 PM.
Ars Musica Chicago will present "The Emergence of the Enlightenment", with works by Stamitz, Haydn, and Boccherini. Featuring performers of Ars Musica Chicago and Ars Antigua under the artistic direction of Jerry Fuller.
Cost: $20, $15 seniors, $5 students. (Seabury & North Shore AGO members free admission.)
Location: DePaul University Art Museum in the Richardson Library, 2350 North Kenmore (at Fullerton), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-409-7874; e-mail ArsMusicaChicago@aol.com; or visit www.arsmusicachicago.org.
Friday April 20 thru Sunday April 22, 2007.
75th Annual Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival.
Location: Berea, Ohio.
For more info: write Mary Tuck, Riemenschneider Bach Institute, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, 275 Eastland Road, Berea, OH 44017 USA; call 440-826-2207; e-mail bachfest@bw.edu; visit www.bw.edu/bachfest.
Saturday, April 14, 2007.
Princeton Recorder Society Spring Workshop.
Location: Princeton, New Jersey.
For more info: e-mail Sheila Fernekes, sfern@patmedia.net; or visit www.princetonrecorder.org.
Saturday, April 21, 2007.
The Chicago Chapter of the American Recorder Society will present an all-day recorder workshop, "Singing with Orlandus: Advancing your ensemble skills through the music of Lassus and the Renaissance", led by Joan Kimball, co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Piffaro, the Renaissance Band. The workshop will focus on the music of Orlando Lassus, Franco-Flemish singer and composer of the late Renaissance. The playing level is intermediate to advanced. Recorder and reed instrument players welcome.
Read the Kimball Recorder Workshop Brochure here (PDF, 374 KB).
Cost: $50 for ARS members, $60 for non-members, $40 for students. Please register by March 23, 2007.
Location: Kretzmann Hall, Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-334-6376; e-mail msjddawson@sbcglobal.net.
Saturday, April 21, 2007.
South Bay Recorder Society Annual Workshop.
Location: San Jose, California.
For more info: write Liz Brownell, South Bay Recorder Society, 211 Escobar Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA; call 408-358-0878; e-mail zilbrown@aol.com; or visit SFEMS.org/sbrs.
Saturday, April 21, 2007.
Ann Arbor Recorder Society Spring Workshop.
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan.
For more info: call Marilyn Perlmutter, 419-531-6259.
Thursday April 26 thru Saturday April 28, 2007.
Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society 2007 Annual Meeting.
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota.
For more info: write Asako Hirabayashi, Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society, 1842 Moore Street, Falcon Heights, MN 55113; call 651-636-1120; e-mail ahirabayashi@yahoo.com; or visit www.mhks.org.
Sunday, April 29, 2007.
New York Recorder Guild Spring Festival.
Location: Columbia University, New York, New York.
For more info: e-mail Michael Zumoff, mzumoff@nyc.rr.com.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Concerto grosso in e, Op 6/3. Rameau's Concert #3 from Pièces de clavecin en concerts. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Partita #3 in E, BWV 1006. Handel's Concerto grosso in F, Op 3/4. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 10:20 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Spring from The Four Seasons. Broadcast during the 10:20-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT.
Boyce's Overture #1 in D. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 6:05 PM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D. Broadcast during the 6:05-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT.
Handel's He Was Despised from Messiah. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 5, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #4 in D; Flute Sonata in e. Locatelli's Concerto #12 in D. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 5, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT.
Arne's Overture #3 in G. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 5, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #1 in C. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 5, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Concerto grosso in Bb, Op 3/2. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 5, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Messiah. Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 6, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Bach's French Suite #2 in c. Tallis' Motet, Videte Miraculum. Handel's Concerto grosso in Bb, Op 3/2. Wassenaer's Concerto Armonico #3 in A. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 6, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's St. Mattthew Passion. Broadcast during the 1:00-4:15 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 6, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #6 in Bb. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, April 7, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT.
Byrd's From Vespers for Holy Saturday: Alleluia, Oratio, Ite Missa Est. Broadcast during the 4:30-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, April 8, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT.
Byrd's Five Mass Propers for Easter Day. Handel's I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from Messiah. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 9, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
English Airs: It Was A Lover and His Lass; Though Amaryllis Dance in Green. Corelli's Concerto grosso in Bb, Op 6/5. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Concerto grosso in d, Op 3/5. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Violin Concerto #1 in a. Scarlatti's Sonata in A, Kk 212. Albinoni's Oboe Concerto a cinque in Bb, Op 9/11. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Sinfonia (Overture) in Bb, Op 18/2, Lucio Silla. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's String Concerto in G, R 151. Bach's Orchestra Suite #2 in b, BWV 1067. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Scots Tunes: Five excerpts from Rowallen Lute Book. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT.
Sephardic Song: Las Estrellas de los Cielos. Vivaldi's Four-Violin and Cello Concerto in b, R 265. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 13, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Fugue in A on a Theme by Albinoni. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 13, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Violin Chaconne. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 13, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT.
"Music in Chicago": Music of the Baroque presents "Glorious Baroque". Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 16, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Handel's Harpsichord Suite #1 in A. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #3 in D, BWV 1068. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Gluck's Che faro senza Euridice from Orfeo ed Euridice. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1. Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in e, R 273. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 10:25 PM CDT.
Lawes' Divisions in g. Broadcast during the 10:25-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Rameau's Pygmalion Overture. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Water Music. Bach's Toccata #3 in D, BWV 912. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 20, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Violin and Oboe Concerto in c, BWV 1060. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, April 22, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT.
Gervaise's Bransles from Livres de Danseries. Broadcast during the 4:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, April 22, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT.
Henry VIII Suite, Rose Without A Thorn. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 23, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 23, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Purcell's Masque of the Four Seasons from The Fairy Queen. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 23, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT.
Bach-Gounod's Ave Maria. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in f, Winter, from The Four Seasons. Handel's Water Music Suite #3 in G. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT.
Couperin's Le Rossignol en Amour. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto #1 in d. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's French Suite #6 in E, BWV 817. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #4 in D, BWV 1069. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Praetorius' Suite #1 in C from Terpsichore. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Chaconne in g. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 27, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Water Music Suite. Telemann's Concerto in Eb from Tafelmusik III. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 27, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT.
Telemann's Darmstadt Overture in d. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 27, 2007, 11:30 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Viola d'amore and Lute Concerto in d, R 540. Broadcast during the 11:30-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 30, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT.
Boyce's Overture #2 in G. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 30, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT.
Scarlatti's Il Giardino di Rose Overture. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 30, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Tartini's Violin Sonata in g, Devil's Trill. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 30, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Erbarme dich from St. Matthew Passion. Bach-Walton's The Wise Virgins Suite. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 30, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT.
"Live from WFMT": Ars Antigua, Jerry Fuller, Director, with Rachel Barton Pine playing viola d'amore. Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 4:00 PM.
Anne Walters Robertson, Claire Dux Swift Professor of Music at the University of Chicago, will present a musicology colloquium: "Battling Sin in Medieval Music".
Location: Music Administration Building, Room 125, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-467-6984; or visit www.music.northwestern.edu/calendar/.
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