Early Music Events January 2004

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Friday, January 2, 2004, 8:30 PM.
Saturday, January 3, 2004, 8:00 PM.
Sunday, January 4, 2004, 3:30 PM.
The Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Slowik, Conductor and harpsichord, will perform Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major", Handel's "Royal Fireworks Music", and Beethoven's "Symphony No. 1 in C Major".
Location:  Hemmens Theater, on the Fox River in downtown Elgin, Illinois. 
For more info:  call 847-888-4000.

Friday, January 9, 2004, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort presents a special benefit performance "The Harp of Melody", previewing the Consort's latest recording project in honor of the late musicologist and friend Howard Mayer Brown.  Proceeds go to the Newberry Consort and their 2003-2004 season.  The evening includes an intimate performance, drinks, and after-concert reception with the artists.
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For ticket prices and more info:  call 312-255-3700; visit the Consort website; or e-mail consort@newberry.org.

Saturday, January 10, 2004, 2:00 PM.
Ars Antigua will perform a concert of music by Bach, Handel, Purcell, Corelli, and Telemann.
Cost:  Admission is free.
Location:  Quigley Chapel, Rush at Pearson, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-415-2391.

Saturday, January 10, 2004, 7:30 PM.
The Heritage Chorale will perform "The Holiday Soul", including Pergolesi's Magnificat, Weelkes' Gloria in excelsis Deo, and other works.
Cost:  $15 adult, $12 senior.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  call 708-848-9066; or lilhohmann@sbcglobal.net.
Sunday, January 11, 2004, 3:00 PM.
Location:  St. Bernardine Catholic Church, 7246 Harrison Street, Forest Park, Illinois.

Sunday, January 11, 2004, 2:30 PM.
Trio Settecento, with violinist Rachel Barton, cellist and gambist John Mark Rozendaal, and harpsichordist David Schrader, will perform a concert.
Location:  the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, Illinois.
For more info:  call 630-719-2465.

Sunday, January 11, 2004, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents a concert by Concerts Royaux, featuring Anita Rieder, baroque flute; Craig Trompeter, viola da gamba; and Peter Swenson, theorbo.  Concerts Royeaux will play Gallic airs, chaconnes, and dances in recreating the glory of Versailles, the palace of the 18th century French "Sun King", Louis XIV.
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.

Friday, January 16, 2004, 12:00 noon.
Patrick O'Malley, recorder, and Joel Spears, lute, will perform a Woodwind Faculty Concert, including a suite by Quantz for unaccompanied recorder and a duo by Baron for recorder and lute.
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue (corner of Grove and Chicago), Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-905-1500.

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.

Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 11:00 AM.
The Heroic Bard will perform "Dante's New Life", with lute music including popular Medieval songs, sacred pieces, and Gregorian chants, some of it improvised in the manner of the times.
Location:  Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Associates of The Art Institute of Chicago, Knollwood Country Club, Lake Bluff, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-775-6696.

Saturday, January 24, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana together with the Prairie Ensemble will present the lighter side of "Baroque" music in the hilarious spoof, P.D.Q. Bach's oratorio The Seasonings.
Location:  Faith United Methodist Church, 1719 S. Prospect Avenue, Champaign, Illinois.
For more info:  call the Prairie Ensemble at 217-355-9077; or visit www.prairieensemble.org for ticket information.

Sunday, January 25, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Jane Glover, Music Director, will perform a concert, "Tragic Heroines", including works by Handel, Haydn, Purcell, and Britten.  Featuring Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano.  With David Schrader, organ.
Cost:  Tickets are $35 to $50, seniors $25; season subscriptions are also available.
Location:  Music and Dance Theater Chicago, 205 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque@baroque.org; or visit www.baroque.org.

Wednesday, January 28, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Red Priest will perform "A Baroque Fantasy".
Cost:  $12-$18.
Location:  Irvin L. Young Auditorium, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 930 West Main Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin.

Thursday, January 15, 2004, 8:00 PM CST.
Music of the Baroque, Nicholas Kraemer conductor, with Elliott Golub, violin, and Robert Morgan, oboe, in a pre-recorded concert of Bach's "Violin & Oboe Concerto", "Brandenburg Concerto #6"; Handel's "Concerto grosso", Op. 6/4; Corelli's "Concerto grosso", Op. 6/2; Corelli-Tippett's Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli.  Broadcast as the "Music in Chicago" program on WFMT Radio.


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