Early Music Events February 2005

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Saturday, February 5, 2005, 5:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents the Orlando Consort performing "Food, Wine & Song: Music and Feasting", featuring festival music of medieval and early Renaissance Europe.
Cost:  Tickets are $25, $10 for students.  Season subscriptions also available.
Location:  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 914 East Knapp Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 414-225-3113; e-mail emn@execpc.com.

Saturday, February 5, 2005, 7:30 PM.
The Handel Week Festival, Dennis E. Northway, Artistic Director, presents the Handel Week String Ensemble, with baritone Philip Kraus and harpsichordist Thomas Wikman, performing "The Grand Handel", featuring Handel's concerti grossi and the cantata Cuopre tal Volta il Vielo.  Lecture and sherry at 6:45.  A reception follows the performance.
Cost:  $25; Festival discounts also available; call 866-206-9066 x7595 for tickets.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St., Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-386-5869; or e-mail info@handelweek.com.

Sunday, February 6, 2005, 4:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents the Orlando Consort, with the Choristers of St. Cecilia from St. Paul's Church, performing "The Anonymous Monk", featuring 13th century plainchant and polyphony.
Cost:  Tickets are $25, $10 for students.  Season subscriptions also available.
Location:  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 914 East Knapp Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 414-225-3113; e-mail emn@execpc.com.

Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 7:30 PM.
The Handel Week Festival, Dennis E. Northway, Artistic Director, presents Rosalind Lee, soprano, with Thomas Yang, violin, Jeri-Lou Zike, violin, and Susan Ross, cello, performing "The Intimate Handel", music from Handel's Italian period for virtuoso chamber ensemble.  Lecture and sherry at 6:45.  A reception follows the performance.
Cost:  $15; Festival discounts also available; call 866-206-9066 x7595 for tickets.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St., Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-386-5869; or e-mail info@handelweek.com.

Friday, February 11, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Home Street Recorder Ensemble will perform a concert, "From Medieval to Modern: Recorder Music Through the Ages".
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  Chapel of Our Lord, Concordia University, 7400 Augusta, River Forest, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail homestreetrecorder@comcast.net; or call 708-209-3062.

Sunday, February 13, 2005, 3:00 PM.
The Handel Week Festival, Dennis E. Northway, Artistic Director, presents a performance of Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabaeus, with Sarah Gartshore, Philip Kraus, Edward Zelnis, and tenor Thomas Dymit singing the title role.  The Schola Choir of Grace Church will also perform Handel's See the Conquering Hero Comes.  Lecture and sherry at 2:15.  A reception follows the performance.
Cost:  $25; Festival discounts also available; call 866-206-9066 x7595 for tickets.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St., Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-386-5869; or e-mail info@handelweek.com.

Monday, February 14, 2005, 12:00 noon.
The Callipygian Players will perform "Portraits of Love", featuring Couperin's Ritratto del'amore, and arrangements of Baroque love songs by Purcell and others.  Director/Baroque violinist Martin Davids will be joined by David Schrader, harpsichord, and Craig Trompeter, viola da gamba
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-744-6630

Friday, February 18, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series of the University of Chicago presents Sequentia, Benjamin Bagby, Director, voice, lyre, and harp, performing "Lost Songs of a Rhineland Harper".
Cost:  Single tickets $30 (students $10), series subscriptions (four concerts) $84 (students $40).
Location:  Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street (at the corner of University Avenue), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-702-8068; or e-mail concert-office@uchicago.edu.

Sunday, February 20, 2005, 3:00 PM.
L'Ensemble Portique will perform "Kindred Spirits: Folk Influences Past and Present", a concert of Baroque and contemporary music featuring Telemann trio sonatas and other works.
Location:  St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, 1140 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois.
For more info:  call 608-287-1006; or e-mail LKielson@LEnsemblePortique.com.
Friday, February 25, 2005, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
Saturday, February 26, 2005, 5:00 PM.
Location:  Calvary Presbyterian Church, 628 N. 10th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Sunday, February 20, 2005, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents the Metropolis Quartet performing a concert featuring music by Mozart, Gatti, Giardini, and J.C. Bach.  Read more here.
Cost:  Individual tickets are $15. Series subscription (four concerts) price is $48, 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 847-543-1202.

Thursday, February 24, 2005, 8:00 PM.
Friday, February 25, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra, West Suburban Choral Union, Concert Choir, Men's Glee Club, and Women's Chorale, with John Nelson, conductor, will perform Handel's Messiah.
Cost:  Order tickets at the ticket office.
Location:  Edman Chapel, Wheaton College, 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, Illinois.
For more info:  call 630-752-5010.

Friday, February 25, 2005, 8:00 PM.
Bella Voce, Anne Heider, Artistic Director, will perform "Millefleurs, A Thousand Flowers", music from France and the Low Countries ca. 1500, featuring works by Josquin des Prez, Johannis Prioris, and others.
Cost:  Tickets are $25 adults, $20 seniors, $12 students; series subscriptions also available.
Location:  St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-461-0723; or visit www.bellavoce.org.
Saturday, February 26, 2005, 8:00 PM.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
Sunday, February 27, 2005, 3:00 PM.
Location:  St. Joseph's Church, 1747 Lake Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois.

Friday, February 11, 2005, 8:30 PM CST.
Music of the Baroque in concert January 2005, performing works by Mozart.  Broadcast during the 8:30-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, February 5, 2005, 6:45 PM.
A lecture by Handel Week Festival Artistic Director Dennis E. Northway preceding a performance of the concert The Grand Handel.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St., Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-386-5869; or e-mail info@handelweek.com.

Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 6:45 PM.
A lecture by Handel Week Festival Artistic Director Dennis E. Northway preceding a performance of the concert The Intimate Handel.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St., Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-386-5869; or e-mail info@handelweek.com.

Sunday, February 13, 2005, 2:15 PM.
A lecture by Handel Week Festival Artistic Director Dennis E. Northway preceding a performance of the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St., Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-386-5869; or e-mail info@handelweek.com.


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