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Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 12:15 PM.
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Manz Organ Series presents David Jonies, organist, performing a concert of works by Buxtehude, Cabanilles, Bach, and others.
Cost: Freewill offering.
Location: Augustana Chapel at the Lutheran School of Theology, 1100 East 55th Street (55th and University), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Visit this site or this site.
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 3:00 PM.
The Art Institute of Chicago presents Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture before 1750, and Ars Antigua, Jerry Fuller Director, in a program exploring the Art Institute's most interesting renaissance and baroque art through a discussion of the art itself and performances of music related to the art.
Cost: $30 general admission, $15 student.
Location: Visit this site for location.
For more info: call 312-287-5761; or visit this site.
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 7:30 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Jane Glover, conductor, will perform Handel's Israel in Egypt.
Cost: $27-$75, depending on date, venue, and seating. Series subscriptions also available. Visit this site for details.
Location: North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque @ baroque.org; or visit this site.
Monday, April 8, 2013, 7:30 PM.
Location: Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph (Millennium Park), Chicago, Illinois.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 6:00 PM.
Tobie Miller, hurdy-gurdy; Anna Steinhoff, viola da gamba; and Jason Moy, harpsichord; will perform a concert, "Splendors of the Baroque Hurdy Gurdy".
Cost: $8-$18 at the door.
Location: Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 1936 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-225-4951; visit this site.
Thursday, April 11, 2013, 8:00 PM.
Friday, April 12, 2013, 8:00 PM.
Saturday, April 13, 2013, 8:00 PM.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Riccardo Muti conductor, will perform Bach's Mass in B Minor.
With soloists:
Eleanora Buratto, soprano;
Anna Malavasi, mezzo-soprano;
Saimir Pirgu, tenor;
Alessandro Luongo, baritone;
Gianluca Buratto, bass.
Cost: Varies by date and seating; visit this site for details.
Location: Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Call 312-294-3000; or visit this site.
Friday, April 12, 2013, 7:30 PM.
The Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble will perform in concert.
Cost: Free-will offering.
Location: Eaton Chapel, Beloit College, 700 College Street, Beloit, Wisconsin.
For more info: visit this site.
Saturday, April 13, 2013, 8:00 PM.
Cost: $15 general admission, $10 students.
Location: Gates of Heaven Synagogue, 302 E. Gorham Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
Saturday, April 13, 2013, 7:30 PM.
Chicago Syntagma Musicum, Andrew Schultze Director, will perform a concert of sacred works by members of the Bach clan.
Cost: $30 general, $25 students/seniors.
Location: Edgebrook Lutheran Church, 5252 West Devon Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail aschultze @ comcast.net.
Sunday, April 14, 2013, 4:00 PM.
Location: Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, Illinois.
Friday, April 19, 2013, 7:30 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series presents the Scottish Ensemble; with Alison Balsom, trumpet; performing a concert of works by Handel, Albinoni, Bach, Vivaldi, Purcell, and Biber.
Cost: Visit this site for details.
Location: Performance Hall, Logan Center, University of Chicago, 915 E. 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-702-8068; e-mail chicagopresents @ uchicago.edu; or visit this site.
Friday, April 19, 2013, 7:30 PM.
The Bach Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Webster Conductor, will present a concert of music by Bach.
With soloists
Sergei Babayan, piano;
Emily Lodine, mezzo-soprano;
Hoss Brock, tenor;
Douglass Anderson, bass.
Cost: Visit this site for details; or call 800-595-4849.
Location: Nichols Concert 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; call 847-293-6686; e-mail info @ bachweek.org; or visit this site.
Friday, April 19, 2013, 10:00 PM.
The Bach Week Festival presents harpsichordist Jason Moy in a "Candlelight Concert" of works by Bach.
Cost: Visit this site for details; or call 800-595-4849.
Location: Music Institute of Chicago lobby, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: write Bach Week Festival, P.O. Box 1832, Evanston, IL 60204-1832 USA; call 847-293-6686; e-mail info @ bachweek.org; or visit this site.
Friday, April 19, 2013, 8:00 PM.
The Chicago Bach Ensemble, James Setapen, conductor, will perform a concert of cantatas (BWVs 172, 6 & 21) by Bach.
Pre-concert lecture (with light refreshments) 45 minutes before each performance.
View the concert poster.
Cost: $15 adults ($12 advance purchase); children under 12 free
Location: St. Josaphat Church, 2311 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-434-8600; visit this site.
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 7:30 PM.
Location: St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Logan Square, 2649 N. Francisco Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 7:30 PM.
Location: St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 5472 S. Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 6:00 PM.
Mark Shuldiner will perform a solo recital of Italian & French Baroque music for harpsichord, with works by Storace, Rameau, Couperin, and d'Angelbert.
Cost: $15 adult, $10 seniors and students, $5 youth.
Location: St. John Cantius Church, 825 N. Carpenter Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Visit this site.
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 7:30 PM.
Early Music Now presents The Rose Ensemble performing a concert, "Slavic Wonders: Feasts & Saints in Early Russia, Poland, & Bohemia".
Cost: Tickets are $25-$40, $10-$20 for students. Season and partial-season subscriptions also available.
Location: The Basilica of St. Josaphat, 2333 South Sixth Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 414-225-3113 or 877-546-8742; e-mail info @ earlymusicnow.org; or visit this site.
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 8:00 PM.
The DePaul University School of Music presents harpsichordist David Gates performing the McGuckin Harpsichord Recital.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: DePaul Concert Hall, DePaul University, 800 W. Belden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Visit this site.
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 8:00 PM.
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 3:30 PM.
Madison Bach Musicians, Trevor Stephenson, Artistic Director, will perform a concert, "Symphonies of Mozart & Haydn".
Pre-concert talk 45 minutes before each concert.
Cost: $20 general, $15 students/seniors, $10 children (ages 6-12). Visit this site for details.
Location: First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin.First Unitarian Society, Landmark Auditorium, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: visit this site.
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 3:00 PM.
The Bach Week Festival presents Sergei Babayan, piano, performing Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Cost: Visit this site for details; or call 800-595-4849.
Location: Nichols Concert 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; call 847-293-6686; e-mail info @ bachweek.org; or visit this site.
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 4:00 PM.
The Saint Luke Recorder Series presents recorder player John Langfeld and friends performing "Contrasts and Excesses: The Spirit of the Baroque", with works by Corelli, Bach, and other modern composers (at least half).
With Patrick O'Malley, recorders;
Christopher Chroniak, countertenor
Jason Moy, harpsichord;
Peter Swenson, theorbo;
Heather Boehm, violin.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke, 1500 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: visit this site.
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 4:00 PM.
The Oak Park Concert Chorale, Paul Lindblad Director, will perform a concert, "A cappella Joy", with music by Machaut, Hassler, Gasparini, Peurel, Gallus, Weelkes, Josquin, Passereau, and others.
Cost: $18 general admission, $10 seniors/students.
Location: Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, Illinois.
For more info: call 708-383-4742; e-mail info @ OakParkConcertChorale.org; visit this site.
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 7:30 PM.
The Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH) will present a concert of Baroque chamber music together with the YBAC (Young Baroque Artist's Competition) Winners Showcase.
Cost: Visit this site for details.
Location: McKinley Presbyterian Church, 809 S. Fifth Street, Champaign, Illinois.
For more info: call 217-378-6802; e-mail info @ baroqueartists.org; or visit this site.
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 3:00 PM.
The Handel Week Festival, Dennis Northway, Artistic Director, will perform a "Handel Week is Fun Concert", with highlights from the Messiah, Israel in Egypt, Judas Maccabaeus, and other works by Handel.
Cost: $10 adults, $5 children.
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info: Call 708-524-0695; e-mail info @ handelweek.com; or visit this site.
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 7:30 PM.
Eliza's Toyes will perform a concert, "Casino Royale: A Venetian Music Comedy", with music from early 17th-century Venice, by Baccusi, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Rigatti, Rossi, and Uccellini.
Cost: $15, $10 students.
Location: Gates of Heaven (James Madison Park), 302 E Gorham Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: Visit this site.
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 7:30 PM.
Schola Antiqua of Chicago, Michael Alan Anderson, Director, will perform a concert, "Machaut's Musical Monuments".
Cost: $25 general, $10 student/senior. Advance ticket sales at this site.
Location: Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.
For more info: call 585-733-0471; e-mail scholachicago @ yahoo.com; visit this site.
Sunday, April 28, 2013, 4:00 PM.
Location: Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, April 28, 2013, 4:00 PM.
The North Shore Chamber Arts Ensemble will perform a concert of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
With violin soloist Albert Wang.
Cost: $35 adults, $25 veterans/seniors, $10 students and children.
Location: North Shore United Methodist Church, 213 Hazel Avenue, Glencoe, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-835-1227; or visit this site.
Thursday April 4 thru Sunday April 7, 2013.
Continuo: The Art of Creative Collaboration.
Location: Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.
For more info:
visit this site.
Friday April 19 thru Sunday April 21, 2013.
Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival.
Location: Berea, Ohio.
For more info:
write Erika Haskell, Conservatory Events Coordinator, Baldwin-Wallace College University, Merner Pfeiffer #239, 49 Seminary Street, Berea, OH 44017;
call 440-826-8070;
e-mail bachfest @ bw.edu;
visit this site.
Friday March 29 thru Monday April 1, 2013.
National Easter Viol School 2013.
Location: Brisbane, Australia.
For more info:
write Patric Connelly, Australian Viola da Gamba Society Inc, QLD 4514 Australia;
call +61 7 5496 3439;
e-mail patrice @ saraband.com.au;
visit this site.
Friday April 5 thru Sunday April 7, 2013.
The Quincy Early Music Consort will present its annual Recorder and Early Reed Workshop. Led by Louise Austin.
Cost: $75 all sessions, or $30 per session.
Registration deadline March 1, 2013.
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 6, 2013.
The Chicago Chapter of the American Recorder Society will present an all-day recorder workshop,
"Puzzles, Canons and Renaissance Unica",
led by Robert Wiemken, Co-Director of Piffaro.
Read the Wiemken Recorder Workshop Brochure here.
Cost: $65 for ARS members, $70 for non-members, $70 at the door.
Please try to register by March 15, 2013.
Location: Kretzmann Hall, Concordia University, 7400 Augusta Street, River Forest, Illinois.
For more info:
write Mark Dawson, Chicago Chapter American Recorder Society, 2425 W. Leland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625;
call 773-334-6376; e-mail msjddawson @ sbcglobal.net;
visit this site.
Saturday April 27 thru Sunday April 28, 2013.
The Milwaukee Area Recorder Society presents the Paul Leenhouts Recorder Workshop.
View the workshop brochure (PDF, 4.2 MB).
Cost: $100 ARS members; $110 non-members.
Location: Lake Lawn Lodge, Delavan, Wisconsin.
For more info: call Diane Kuntzelman at 262-654-6685; write Milwaukee Area Recorder Society, 6641 60th Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53142.
Saturday April 27 thru Monday April 29, 2013.
Winds and Waves Recorder Workshop.
Location: Otis, Oregon.
For more info:
write Jennifer Sibara, Interim Program Manager, Oregon Coast Recorder Society and the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, 56605 Sitka Drive, Otis, OR 97368;
call 541-994-8024;
e-mail info @ sitkacenter.org;
visit this site.
Sunday, April 28, 2013, 3:45 PM.
The Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Vespers presents Bach's Cantata #12, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, wailing, fretting, fearing).
Prelude at 3:45 PM, vespers service at 4:00 PM.
Cost: Free, with good-will offering.
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.
Monday, April 1, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT.
Rameau's Anacréon Suite.
Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Cello Concerto in e.
Broadcast during the 8:00-9:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 4, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Mass in b.
Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Violin & Oboe Concerto in c.
Broadcast during the 8:00-9:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 11, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #4; Violin Concerto in E; Sinfonia fr Cantata #42; Violin Concerto in a; Orchestra Suite #3.
Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 12, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT.
Music in Chicago: Music of the Baroque performs an all-Mozart program.
Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, April 13, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT.
Bach's English Suite #6 in d.
Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, April 14, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Cantata #168, Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort; Cantata #12, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen; Cantata #72, Alles nur nach Gottes Willen.
Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 18, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto in f.
Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 19, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Trio Sonata in G, Op 5/4.
Bach's Triple Concerto in a, BWV 1044.
Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 "Midday with Lisa Flynn" program on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 19, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's String Concerto in A, R 158.
Broadcast during the 2:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 22, 2013, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Toccata #2 in c, BWV 911.
Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 22, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Cello Suite #4 in Eb, BWV 1010.
Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F, BWV 1046.
Handel's Keyboard Suite in d.
Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT.
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas: Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth.
Boyce's Trio Sonata #10 in e.
Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, April 25, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT.
Vivaldi's Bassoon Concerto in C, R 475.
Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 "Midday with Lisa Flynn" program on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 26, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT.
Purcell's Keyboard Suite #6 in D.
Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 "Midday with Lisa Flynn" program on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT.
Handel's opera Julius Caesar.
Broadcast during the 11:00-4:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, April 28, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Spring.
Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 29, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Il pastor fido: Overture (Suite).
Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 29, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT.
Anonymous: Morning from Las Huelgas Codex.
Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 "Midday with Lisa Flynn" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, April 29, 2013, 12:00 noon CDT.
Vivaldi's Flute Concerto in D, R 428.
Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 12:00 noon CDT.
Telemann's Don Quichotte Suite.
Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, April 19, 2013, 7:15 PM.
Mark Peters will give a pre-concert lecture for a performance by the Chicago Bach Ensemble.
View the concert poster.
Cost: $15 adults ($12 advance purchase); children under 12 free
Location: St. Josaphat Church, 2311 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-434-8600; visit this site.
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 7:30 PM.
Location: St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Logan Square, 2649 N. Francisco Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 7:30 PM.
Location: St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 5472 S. Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 7:15 PM.
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 2:45 PM.
Madison Bach Musicians presents a pre-concert lecture for its concert "Symphonies of Mozart & Haydn".
Location: First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: Visit this site.
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