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Select the early music events listings for another month: Friday, January 16, 2004, 8:00 PM.
The Rockefeller Memorial Chapel 75th Anniversary Concert Series presents Schola Antiqua of Chicago, Calvin M. Bower, Director, performing "Light and the Son", an all-vocal concert of plainchant and early polyphonic music from manuscripts dating from the 11th through the 15th centuries.
Cost: Tickets only at door, $15 general seating, $10 seniors and students.
Location: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-208-1159.
Sunday, January 18, 2004, 6:00 PM.
Location: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria, Illinois.
Sunday, February 15, 2004, 7:00 PM.
Location: Sacred Heart Basilica at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Sunday, February 1, 2004, 3:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents Red Priest performing "Carnival of the Seasons", with music by Vivaldi, Biber, van Eyck, Purcell, Leclair, and Corelli.
Cost: Tickets are $30, $10 for students. Season subscriptions also available.
Location: the Helene Zelazo Performing Arts Center, 2419 E. Kenwood Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 414-225-3113; e-mail emn@execpc.com.
Sunday, February 1, 2004, 3:00 PM.
The Symphony Center Presents series will have Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, conductor, performing Charpentier's The descent of Orpheus into the underworld.
Cost: Ticket prices vary; series subscriptions available.
Location: Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-294-3035; or visit www.cso.org.
Friday, February 6, 2004, 7:00 PM.
The Chicago Brass Band Players will perform a concert of music by Gabrieli, Handel, and others.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Performing Arts Center, Harper College, 1200 W. Algonquin, Palatine, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-925-6100 or 847-506-0582.
Sunday, February 8, 2004, 3:00 PM.
Location: Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-866-0300 or 847-506-0582.
Tuesday, February 10, 2004, 6:45 PM.
Location: Windsor Park Manor, 124 Windsor Park Drive, Carol Stream, Illinois.
For more info: call 630-682-4377 or 800-682-4388.
Saturday, February 7, 2004, 7:30 PM.
The Handel Week Festival presents a performance of Handel's oratorio Esther: Haman & Mordecai. Featuring Sarah Gartshore, Philip A. Kraus, Jay Morrissey, Nicci Krebasch, Rosalind Lee, Ruth Lidika, and the Handel Week Orchestra & Chorus. A pre-concert discussion begins at 6:45 PM, and a reception with the artists follows.
Cost: $25; series tickets also available.
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 708-386-8036; or e-mail info@handelweek.com.
Sunday, February 8, 2004, 5:00 PM.
The Alice Millar Chapel Choir and Soloists, Stephen Alltop, conductor; the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra; the Millar Brass Ensemble, Vince Cichowicz, conductor; and Guest Artist Julianne Baird, soprano; will perform Handel's Gloria, also two different Te Deums by Charpentier and Dvorak.
Cost: Free-will offering.
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: Visit the Northwestern University School of Music Concert Schedule page.
Tuesday, February 10, 2004, 7:30 PM.
The Handel Week Festival presents "The Intimate Handel", music for mezzo, flute, cello, and harpsichord. Featuring Dennis Northway, harpsichord and Artistic Director; Michelle Wrighte, mezzo-soprano; Kaye Clements, flute; and Susan Ross, cello. A pre-concert discussion begins at 6:45 PM, and a reception with the artists follows.
Cost: $15; series tickets also available.
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 708-386-8036; or e-mail info@handelweek.com.
Friday, February 13, 2004, 8:00 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series of the University of Chicago presents Trio Mediaeval, performing "Northern Light", a program of early Norwegian song.
Cost: Single tickets $30 (students $10), series subscriptions (four concerts) $84 (students $40).
Location: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-702-8068; or e-mail concert-office@uchicago.edu.
Saturday, February 14, 2004, 1:00 PM.
The Heroic Bard will perform "Mine Owne Sweete Jewell", with lute music by Dowland and Holbourne and other pieces from Elizabethan England and Italy.
Location: Vernon Area Public Library, 300 Olde Half Day Road, Lincolnshire, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-775-6696.
Saturday, February 14, 2004, 8:00 PM.
The Comic Intermezzo will present a concert at West Shore Community College, Scottville, Michigan. (Details available at a later date.)
Saturday, February 14, 2004, 8:00 PM.
The Artemis Chamber Brass, with James Russell Brown, organ, will perform a concert of music by Monteverdi, Bach, Gabrieli, and others.
Cost: $15, $10 students.
Location: St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-960-0538 or e-mail info@artemischamberbrass.com.
Sunday, February 15, 2004, 3:00 PM.
The Handel Week Festival presents "Dueling Orchestras", a performance of Handel's Concerti à Due Cori, also an oboe concerto. Featuring Deborah Stevenson, oboe; Thomas Yang, violin; and the Handel Week Orchestra, Dennis Northway, conductor. A pre-concert discussion begins at 2:15 PM, and a reception with the artists follows.
Cost: $25; series tickets also available.
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 708-386-8036; or e-mail info@handelweek.com.
Sunday, February 15, 2004, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents the Newberry Consort and harpsichordist David Schrader performing a concert of 17th century chamber music featuring pieces by Buxtehude and others.
Cost: Individual tickets are $15. Series subscription price is $72, or $12 per concert. Children under the age of 16 are free.
Location: the Byron Colby Barn at Prairie Crossing, 1561 Jones Point Road, Grayslake, Illinois.
For more info: call Stan Rosenberg at 847-543-1202.
Sunday, February 15, 2004, 7:00 PM.
Ars Musica Chicago will perform a concert "From Captivity to Creation: Music from the Age of Slavery", featuring music by African-American composers of the 18th and early 19th centuries, with emphasis on the music of Francis Johnson. Including works by Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a composer of African descent who influenced Mozart. Readings from relevant authors will demonstrate how, despite tremendous odds, artists of African descent were able to create powerful and moving music.
Cost: General admission $15, seniors & students $12.
Location: the Student Center Theater, Depaul University, 2250 N. Sheffield, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-409-7874; or e-mail info@arsmusicachicago.org.
Monday, February 16, 2004, 8:00 PM.
The Pro Arte Singers, John Poole, Conductor, will perform a concert of motets by Josquin Desprez.
Location: Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
For more info: call 812-855-0427; or e-mail murias@indiana.edu.
Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Friday, February 20, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Sunday, February 22, 2004, 3:00 PM.
Thursday, February 26, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Saturday, February 28, 2004, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Opera Theater, Jane Glover, Conductor, will perform Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea).
Cost: Series subscriptions and single performance tickets are available. Call the Box Office at 312-704-8414 for more info.
Location: the Music and Dance Theater Chicago, Milennium Park, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-704-8414; or write the Chicago Opera Theater Executive Office, 70 E. Lake Street, Suite 540, Chicago, IL 60601-5907.
Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 8:00 PM.
Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli will join the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in performing Baroque arias by Salieri, Vivaldi, and Gluck.
Location: Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-294-3333; or visit www.cso.org.
Thursday, February 19, 2004, 8:00 PM.
Christopher Bell, guest conductor, will lead the DePaul Concert Choir University Singers, Midwest Young Artists Choir, and Glenbard East High School Choir in a Choral Festival Concert, featuring works by Handel, Purcell, Taverner, and Rachmaninoff.
Location: DePaul University Concert Hall, corner of Lincoln, Halsted and Fullerton, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-325-7664.
Monday, February 23, 2004, 7:00 PM.
The University of Indiana Motet Choir, William Christy and Carolina Gamboa Hoyos, conductors, will perform Charpentier's Te Deum and other works to be announced.
Location: Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
For more info: call 812-855-0427; or e-mail murias@indiana.edu.
Monday, February 23, 2004, 7:00 PM.
The Chicago College of the Performing Arts Chamber Orchestra, Jane Glover, guest conductor, and soloists from the Chicago Opera Theater Young Artists Program, will perform Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks and Mozart's "Symphony No. 39", also opera arias.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Center for Performing Arts, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-341-3831 or 312-341-2238.
Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Location: the Music and Dance Theater Chicago, 205 E. Randolph St. in Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois.
Thursday, February 26, 2004, 11:00 AM.
The Chicago Chamber Music Society presents the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet performing recorder repertoire from the Renaissance, Baroque, and 20th century. A luncheon follows the concert.
Location: Woman's Athletic Club, 626 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-234-8851 or 847-438-1177.
Thursday, February 26, 2004, 3:00 PM.
Loyola University music students will perform a concert of Medieval and Renaissance chants.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Martin D'Arcy Museum of Art, Loyola University, 6525 N. Sheridan, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-508-2679.
Friday, February 27, 2004, 8:00 PM.
Bella Voce, Anne Heider, Artistic Director, will perform "English Choral Music: Taverner to Taverner", featuring works by Taverner, Byrd, Purcell, Parry, Vaughan Williams, Howells, and Britten.
Cost: Tickets are $25 adults, $20 seniors, $10 students; series subscriptions also available.
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-461-0723; or visit www.bellavoce.org.
Saturday, February 28, 2004, 8:00 PM.
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
Sunday, February 29, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Location: St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, February 29, 2004, 2:30 PM.
The Fermilab Gallery Chamber Series presents David Myford, violin; David Schrader, harpsichord; and John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; performing a concert of Baroque trio sonatas.
Cost: $36 for the three-concert series; single tickets $15 after January 1.
Location: 2nd Floor Art Gallery, Fermilab, Kirk & Pine, Batavia, Illinois. For directions, visit www.fnal.gov/pub/visiting/hours/index.html.
For more info: call 630-840-ARTS.
Sunday, February 29, 2004, 7:30 PM.
The Bach Society Ensemble, with Robert Morgan, oboe, will perform a concert of music by Bach, Handel, and Telemann.
Location: Highland Park Presbyterian Church, 330 Laurel, Highland Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-432-4458.
Sunday, February 15, 2004, 4:00 PM CST.
Music of the Baroque in concert, performing Handel's overture and chorus, Wretched Lovers from Acis and Aalatea; Purcell's Chacony, final scene from Dido and Aeneas; and others. Broadcast on WFMT Radio.
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