Early Music Events April 2010

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Friday, April 9, 2010, 7:30 PM.
Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10:30 AM.
The Saint Luke Bach Cantata Series presents "Cantatas with Commentary", with Bach's Cantata #31, Die Himmel lacht, die Erde julileret.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke, 1500 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-472-3383; or visit this site.

Saturday, April 10, 2010, 2:00 PM.
Ars Antigua, Jerry Fuller Director, will perform a concert of music of the French Baroque.
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  St. James Chapel (Quigley Chapel), Quigley Pastoral Center, Rush at Pearson, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  visit this site.

Saturday, April 10, 2010, 5:30 PM.
Ensemble Voltaire members Barbara Kallaur, flute, and Tom Gerber, harpsichord, will perform a concert "Baroque Bash".  With wine reception and dinner.
Location:  Trinity Episcopal Church, 3243 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
For more info:  e-mail info @ ensemblevoltaire.com; or visit this site.

Saturday, April 10, 2010, 8:00 PM.
Madison Bach Musicians will perform a concert featuring Bach's Brandenburg Concertos 4, 5 & 6.  Pre-concert lecture 45 minutes before the concert.
Cost:  $25 general, $20 students/seniors ($5 off when purchased in advance).  Visit this site for details.
Location:  Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info:  visit this site.
Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8:00 PM.
Location:  First Unitarian Society, Atrium Auditorium, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, Wisconsin.

Sunday, April 11, 2010, 4:00 PM.
The Dempster St. Pro Musica will perform a concert, "Bach Rocks", with works by Bach, Vivaldi, and Telemann.
Cost:  $25.
Location:  SPACE, 1245 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail sunmasur @ dempstermusica.org; or visit this site.

Saturday, April 17, 2010, 7:30 PM.
Early Music Now presents Red Priest performing a concert, "Pirates of the Baroque", with works by Bach, Tartini, Simonetti, Leclair, Vitali, and Handel.
Cost:  Tickets are $25-$40, $10-$20 for students.  Season and partial-season subscriptions also available.
Location:  Wisconsin Lutheran College, 8815 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 414-225-3113 or 877-546-8742 (877-54music); e-mail info @ earlymusicnow.org; or visit this site.

Saturday, April 17, 2010, 8:00 PM.
The DePaul University School of Music presents harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa performing the McGuckin Harpsichord Recital, with works by Bach, Scarlatti, Couperin, and others.
Location:  DePaul Concert Hall, DePaul University, 800 W. Belden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  Visit this site.

Sunday, April 18, 2010, 7:00 PM.
The Arts at North Shore United Methodist Church presents a concert, "The Baroque Cantata", with music by Cesti, Handel, and Bach.
Cost:  $20 requested donation.
Location:  North Shore United Methodist Church, 213 Hazel Avenue, Glencoe, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-835-1227; visit this site.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 12:15 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents Piers Adams performing a concert, "The English Nightingale: Virtuoso Recorder Music from Renaissance to Romantic", with music by Bassano, van Eyck, Castello, Corelli, Bach, and others.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents sound artist Ambrose Field and former Hilliard Ensemble tenor John Potter performing Being Dufay, a multimedia rendition of vocal fragments by 15th century composer Guillaume Dufay.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 12:15 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival a Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, "A Music Voyage: Baroque Music from Italy, Germany & France", with violin sonatas by Corelliand Bach, and a chaconne by Morel.  Featuring performers:  Brandi Berry, violin; Anna Steinhoff, cello; Jason Moy, harpsichord.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival will present Baroque Band, Garry Clarke Director, performing Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico.
Cost:  $35, seniors $30, students $15.
Location:  St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois.
e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.  Or e-mail info @ baroqueband.org; call 312-235-2368; visit this site.

Thursday, April 22, 2010, 12:15 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents Ensemble Lipzodes performing a concert, "Shakespeare & the Bassano Family".
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Thursday, April 22, 2010, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents Mitzi Meyerson performing a recital of solo harpsichord music.  Pre-performance lecture at 6:30 PM.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Thursday, April 22, 2010, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Consort will perform a concert, "A Medieval Tapestry", music of 14th-century France and Italy.  (This is a "fringe concert" of the Chicago Early Music Festival.)
Cost:  Individual tickets are $15.  Children under the age of 16 are free.  Tickets may be purchased at the door or by calling 847-296-4829.
Location:  Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-296-4829; or visit this site.

Friday, April 23, 2010, 12:15 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents Baroque dancer Paige Whitley-Bauguess and the Bach and Beethoven Ensemble in a Baroque Dance Performance.  A companion workshop follows at 2:00 PM.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.  Or:  e-mail bbe @ bachandbeethoven.org; visit this site.

Friday, April 23, 2010, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival and Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series present LIBER performing a concert, "Crowned with Laurels", with music from 14th century Italy and France.
Cost:  $32, students $5.  Call 773-702-8068, or visit this site for more details.
Location:  Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-702-8068; e-mail chicagopresents @ uchicago.edu; or visit this site.

Friday, April 23, 2010, 7:30 PM.
The 37th Annual Bach Week Festival, Richard Webster Director, will present a concert, "Organ and Brass Spectacular", with music by Bach for solog organ, brass ensemble, and organ and brass combined.
Cost:  Single ticket prices are $35 adult general admission, $25 seniors over 65, $20 students with ID, and $10 children under 12.  Festival subscriptions are $85 for adults, $60 for seniors, $45 for students, and $30 for children.  Tickets are available at www.bachweek.org or by calling 800-595-4849.
Location:  St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  write Bach Week Festival, P.O. Box 1832, Evanston, IL 60204-1832 USA; e-mail info @ bachweek.org; or visit this site.

Friday, April 23, 2010, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will present a concert, "By a Celestial Fountain: The Music of William Byrd".  With David Douglass, Director and viol; the Newberry Consort of Viols:  Ken Perlow, Phillip Serna, Craig Trompeter, Russell Wagner; the Newberry Consort Singers:  Ellen Hargis, Aaron Sheehan, Harold Brock, Jeffrey Strauss, Wilbur Pauley; and David Schrader, harpsichord.  Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Cost:  $25, $5 students.  Series subscriptions also available.  Call 312-255-3610 for pre-concert ticket purchases.
Location:  Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-255-3610; visit the Consort website; or e-mail consort @ newberry.org.
Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8:00 PM.
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Location:  Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, April 25, 2010, 7:00 PM.
A presentation of the Chicago Early Music Festival.  Pre-concert lecture at 6:00 PM.
Location:  Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois.

Saturday, April 24, 2010, 12:00 noon.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents the Newberry Consort performing a concert, "Fair Orianna: Early Movie with Early Music", with music to accompany a showing of the classic silent film, "Elizabeth I" starring Sarah Bernhardt.  With Ellen Hargis joining the (Newberry Consort of Viols).
Cost:  $25, $5 students (includes museum entrance).  Series subscriptions also available.  Call 312-255-3610 for pre-concert ticket purchases.
Location:  Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site. Or:  call 312-255-3610; visit the Consort website; or e-mail consort @ newberry.org.

Saturday, April 24, 2010, 12:15 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents a concert, "Overtures", showcasing the next generation of early music stars including performers from Northwestern University, DePaul University, Midwest Young Artists, and the Music Institute of Chicago.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Sunday, April 25, 2010, 3:00 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents Trio Settecento performing a concert, "Fetes Galantes", with music by Marais, Forqueray, Leclair, Rebel, Rameau, and F. Couperin.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Sunday, April 25, 2010, 7:30 PM.
The 37th Annual Bach Week Festival, Richard Webster Director, will present a concert of works by Bach.
Cost:  Single ticket prices are $35 adult general admission, $25 seniors over 65, $20 students with ID, and $10 children under 12.  Festival subscriptions are $85 for adults, $60 for seniors, $45 for students, and $30 for children.  Tickets are available at www.bachweek.org or by calling 800-595-4849.
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 USA; e-mail info @ bachweek.org; or visit this site.

Friday, April 30, 2010, 7:30 PM.
The 37th Annual Bach Week Festival, Richard Webster Director, will present a concert of works by Bach.
Cost:  Single ticket prices are $35 adult general admission, $25 seniors over 65, $20 students with ID, and $10 children under 12.  Festival subscriptions are $85 for adults, $60 for seniors, $45 for students, and $30 for children.  Tickets are available at www.bachweek.org or by calling 800-595-4849.
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 USA; e-mail info @ bachweek.org; or visit this site.

Saturday, April 24, 2010, 7:30 PM.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 7:30 PM.
Friday, April 30, 2010, 7:30 PM.
Sunday, May 2, 2010, 3:00 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents the Chicago Opera Theater; Justin Way, director; Christian Curnyn, conductor; performing Cavalli's opera Giasone (Jason).  With the Baroque Band. 
Cost:  Varies by seating and date.  $30-$120 (50% student discount in most sections).
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; or visit this site.

Friday April 16 thru Sunday April 18, 2010.
78th Annual Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival.
Location:  Berea, Ohio.
For more info:  write Erika Haskell, Conservatory Events Coordinator, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, Merner-Pfeiffer Room 105, 49 Seminary Street, Berea, OH 44017 USA; call 440-826-8070; e-mail bachfest @ bw.edu; visit this site.

Friday April 2 thru Monday April 5, 2010.
Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat.
Location:  Columbia Gorge, Portland, Oregon.
For more info:  write Jeanne Lynch, 1916 SE 29th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214 USA; e-mail jeannelynch @ gmail.com; visit this site.

Friday April 9 thru Sunday April 11, 2010.
Unicorn Music presents the Han Tol Weekend Recorder Consort Workshop.  For upper-intermediate to advanced players.
Read the workshop brochure here (PDF, 537 KB)
Cost:  $125 tuition.  Private lessons, $75.  Most meals and lodging are extra.
Location:  Bloomington, Indiana.
For more info:  write Charles Fischer, Unicorn Music, 2324 Linden Hill Drive , Bloomington, IN 47401 USA; call 812-339-5870 (day/evening); e-mail bizweb5 @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Thursday April 15 thru Sunday April 18, 2010.
Seattle Academy of Opera Workshop.
Location:  Seattle, Washington.
For more info:  write Maxine Eilander, Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera, 1525 NE Elshin Place, Seattle, WA 98125, USA; call 206-913-2073; e-mail info @ seattleacademyofopera.org; visit this site.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 2:00 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents recorder virtuoso Piers Adams giving a master class.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; or visit this site.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 2:00 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord, giving a master class.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; or visit this site.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 3:30 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents Nadja Zwiener, violin, giving a master class.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; or visit this site.

Thursday, April 22, 2010, 2:30 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents Ensemble Lipzodes giving a workshop on the performance of vocal repertoire from the Middle Ages.
Cost:  Free.  All are welcome, no experience necessary, but reservations are required.  Call 312-742-8497.
Location:  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Friday, April 23, 2010, 2:00 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents Baroque dancer Paige Whitley-Bauguess and the Bach and Beethoven Ensemble in an Early Dance Class.  A companion concert precedes at 12:15 PM.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Friday April 23 thru Sunday April 25, 2010.
The Quincy Early Music Consort will present "Recorder Extravaganza", its Seventeenth Annual Workshop.  Led by Louise Austin, the focus will be on recorder and early reed instruments.
Cost:  $75 all sessions, or $30 per session. 
Location:  St. Anthony Parish Center, St. Anthony Road, Quincy, Illinois.
For more info:  write the Quincy Early Music Consort, c/o Mecki Kosin, 5833 Ellington Road, Quincy, IL 62305; call 217-223-1791 (home) or 800-747-0521 (work); e-mail mecki @ travelhouseofquincy.com.

Saturday April 24, 2010.
Washington DC Recorder Society Workshop.
Location:  Bethesda, Maryland.
For more info:  e-mail JSoko12481 @ aol.com.

Sunday, April 25, 2010, 4:00 PM.
The Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Vespers presents Bach's Cantata #4, Christ lag in Todesbanden ("Christ Lay in Death's Strong Bands").  Prelude at 3:45 PM.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-366-6900; e-mail info @ graceriverforest.org; or visit this site.

Thursday, April 22, 2010, 1:15 PM.
The Chicago Early Music Festival presents Chicago Opera Theater's Giasone conductor Christian Curnyn and stage director Andrew Eggert; University of Chicago Pressor Robert Kendrick; and Baroque violinist Nadja Zwiener; in a panel discussion of early music performance practice.
Cost:  Free.
Location:  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail dcaprograms @ yahoo.com; visit this site.

Friday, April 23, 2010, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "By a Celestial Fountain: The Music of William Byrd".
Location:  Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-255-3610; visit the Consort website; or e-mail consort @ newberry.org.
Saturday, April 24, 2010, 7:00 PM.
Location:  Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, April 25, 2010, 6:00 PM.
A presentation of the Chicago Early Music Festival. 
Location:  Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois.

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