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Sunday, April 2, 2017, 4:00 PM.
The Oak Park Concert Chorale, Paul Lindblad Director, will perform a concert "Renaissance Jewels", with music from the late Renaissance, and modern works.
Cost: Admission is $18 in advance and $20 at the door; Seniors (age 65+)/Students (age 13+) are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Children age 12 and under are free.
Location: Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, Illinois.
For more info:
Call 708-383-4742; e-mail info @ OakParkConcertChorale.org; or visit this site.
Saturday, April 8, 2017, 7:00 PM.
Sunday, April 9, 2017, 4:00 PM.
The Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Vespers presents Bach's St. John Passion.
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.
Sunday, April 9, 2017, 3:00 PM.
The Rockefeller Chapel Choir and instrumentalists will perform Shütz' Matthäuspassion (also earlier in the liturgical context of the Sunday morning service).
Cost: $20
Location: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:
Call 773-702-2100; or visit this site.
Friday, April 14, 2017, 7:30 PM.
Saturday, April 15, 2017, 7:30 PM.
Madison Bach Musicians, Marc Vallon, conductor, will perform Bach's St. John Passion.
Pre-concert talk 45 minutes before each concert.
Cost: $33 general, $28 students/seniors. Visit this site for details.
Location: First Unitarian Society, Atrium Auditorium, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: visit this site.
Friday, April 21, 2017, 7:30 PM.
Third Coast Baroque will perform a concert, "Groove!", a program of chaconnes and passacaglias by Purcell, Monteverdi, Lully, Buxtehüde, and others.
Cost: $40 (free admission for the 4/22 concert, with suggested donation of $20); $10 students.
Location: Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:
Visit this site.
Saturday, April 22, 2017, 5:00 PM.
Location: Benito Juarez Community Academy - Performing Arts Center, 1450 W. Cermak Road, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, April 23, 2017, 2:00 PM.
Location: St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church, 1424 N. Dearborn Pkwy, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, April 22, 2017, 7:30 PM.
Early Music Now presents Infusion Baroque performing a concert, "Who Killed Leclair?", with music by Leclair and Guignon.
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30.
Cost: Tickets are $29-$46, $10-$15 for students. Season and partial-season subscriptions, and group discounts, also available.
Location: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 914 E. Knapp Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 414-225-3113; e-mail info @ earlymusicnow.org; or visit this site.
Saturday, April 22, 2017, 8:00 PM.
Ensamble Ad-Hoc will perform a concert, "Primavera!", 17th century music in celebration of the spring season.
Cost: Free, with suggested donation $10.
Location: Citlalin Gallery and Theater, 2005 S. Blue Island Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:
Visit this site.
Sunday, April 23, 2017, 2:00 PM.
Infusion Baroque will perform a concert, "Who Killed Leclair?", with music by Leclair and colleagues and rivals.
Cost: $20 regular, $15 seniors and students.
Location: Chicago Temple First United Methodist Church, 77 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:
E-mail infusionbaroque @ gmail.com.
Sunday, April 23, 2017, 7:30 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Jane Glover, conductor; with guest soloist Imogen Cooper; will perform a concert, "Imogen Cooper Plays Mozart", featuring works by Mozart and Haydn.
Cost: Varies by 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: Visit this site.
Monday, April 24, 2017, 7:30 PM.
Location: Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph (Millennium Park), Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, April 28, 2017, 7:30 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series presents Sequentia performing a concert, "Monks Singing Pagans: Medieval Songs of Heroes, Gods, and Strong Women".
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30.
Cost: $35, $5 students. Visit this site for details.
Location: Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts, 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 28, 2017, 7:30 PM.
The Bach Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Webster Conductor, will present the Festival Opening Concert, "Dueling Divas", with music by Bach.
With soloists:
Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano;
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano;
Dawn Gingrich, violin;
Jason Moy, harpsichord.
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30.
Cost: $30 adults, $20 seniors, $10 students. Festival passes also available.
Location: Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: write Bach Week Festival, 1555 Sherman Avenue, Suite 312, Evanston, IL 60201; call 847-269-9050; e-mail info @ bachweek.org; or visit this site.
Saturday, April 8, 2017.
The Chicago Chapter of the American Recorder Society will present an all-day recorder workshop,
"Bad Boys",
led by Anne Timberlake.
Cost: $65 for ARS members, $75 for non-members.
Please try to register ASAP.
Location: Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2012 West Dickens, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:
e-mail msjddawson @ sbcglobal.net;
visit this site.
Saturday, April 22, 2017, 10:00 AM.
Oak Park Concert Chorale Paul Lindblad Director will present a two-part (morning, afternoon sessions) Renaissance Music Workshop.
Cost: Free.
Location: Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:
Visit this site.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT.
Baroque & Before with Candice Agree.
Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT.
Baroque & Before with Candice Agree.
Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT.
Baroque & Before with Candice Agree.
Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT.
Baroque & Before with Candice Agree.
Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
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