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Select the early music events listings for another month: Friday, January 7, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort presents a special benefit performance, Lettera Amorosa, a recital of 17th-century Italian songs. Performers include Drew Minter, Mark Rimple, and Mary Springfels.
Cost: This is a special benefit concert to support the Newberry Consort. Visit the Ordering Tickets page for details.
Location: the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-255-3700; visit the Consort website; or e-mail consort@newberry.org.
Saturday, January 8, 2005, 2:00 PM.
Ars Antigua, together with Ensemble Voltaire, will perform a concert "Vive la difference!", exploring the differences of the French and Italian national styles of composition and performance during the 17th and 18th centuries, and featuring music by Leclair, Lonati, Couperin, Hotteterre, and Locatelli.
Cost: Admission is free.
Location: Quigley Chapel, Rush at Pearson, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-415-2391.
Saturday, January 8, 2005, 7:30 PM.
The Heritage Chorale will perform "Baroque and Beyond", seasonal gems from the early Baroque repertoire, featuring the music of Charpentier, Monteverdi, Schein, Buxtehude, and Dering, plus an eclectic, contemporary selection of holiday and winter-theme music.
Cost: $15 adult, $12 senior, students free; call 708-848-9066 for tickets.
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 708-848-9066.
Sunday, January 9, 2005, 3:00 PM.
Location: St. Bernardine Catholic Church, 7246 Harrison Street, Forest Park, Illinois.
Sunday, January 9, 2005, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents Ars Antigua together with Ensemble Voltaire performing a concert, "Vive la difference", featuring music by Lonati, Hotteterre, Leclair, and others. 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.
Sunday, January 9, 2005, 4:00 PM.
Mark Bangert will conduct orchestra, chorus, and soloists, including Andrea Holliday, soprano, in a benefit concert for the Lutheran School of Theology, "Bach for the Sem", featuring works by Bach, Handel, Schütz, Taverner, and others.
Cost: $13 adults; $6 students/seniors (at the door: $15 and $8).
Location: Lutheran Church of Saint Luke, 1500 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-256-0712.
Sunday, January 9, 2005, 4:00 PM.
Fox Fehling, violin; Lyon Leifer, flute; Craig Trompeter, cello; and David Schrader, harpsichord; will perform Bach's "A Musical Offering", BWV 1079, and other works.
Location: Quadrangle Club, University of Chicago, 1155 E. 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-442-4978.
Sunday, January 9, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Ars Musica Chicago, Stephen Blackwelder, guest conductor, will perform "We Three Kings - Music for the Epiphany", brilliant, moving, and exciting Spanish and Mexican music celebrating the Feast of the Three Kings. Featuring guest Baroque cellist Dr. Paul Laird, the world's leading expert on Spanish villancicos.
Cost: Individual concert ticket is $15 ($12 for students and seniors); four-concert series is $40.
Location: St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1010 W. Webster Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-409-7874; or e-mail contact@arsmusicachicago.org.
Sunday, January 9, 2005, 7:30 PM.
The Mozart Sinfonia, Diana Kodner, conductor, with cellist William Cernota and chorus will perform works by Vivaldi, Corelli, and Haydn.
Location: Sacred Heart Church, 1077 Tower, Winnetka, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-492-0495.
Sunday, January 16, 2005, 4:30 PM.
The Queen of All Saints Choir and Orchestra will perform a concert of works by Bach and Vivaldi.
Location: 6280 N. Sauganash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
For more info: call 773-736-6060.
Monday, January 24, 2005, 7:30 PM.
Music of the Baroque, Jane Glover, conductor, will perform a concert, "Mozart's Genius". Featuring piano soloist Imogen Cooper.
Cost: Visit the Ticket Information page for more information.
Location: Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque@baroque.org; or visit www.baroque.org.
Friday, January 28, 2005, 6:30 PM.
Patrick O'Malley, recorder, with Music Institute of Chicago faculty members Emily Abraham, flute; Anne Duggan and Genie Wie, violins; Sarah Montzka, viola; Blake Brasch, cello; Jesse McQuarters, bass; and David Schrader, harpsichord, will perform an all-Telemann concert, featuring the Concerto in E Minor for recorder, flute, strings, and basso continuo, the Fantasia for Solo Harpsichord, and selections from Klingende Geographie.
Cost: Tickets available at the door or by subscription. Free to MIC students and Northwestern students with valid ID. $15 General, $10 Students and Seniors.
Location: Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-293-3138.
Monday, January 31, 2005, 7:30 PM.
The Bach Babes will perform a concert, "Venice", featuring works by Rigatti, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Zipoli, and Cimarosa.
Cost: $20 adults, $15 seniors; series subscriptions also available.
Location: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2618 N. Hackett Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 414-352-5804; or e-mail fledermaus@starmax.com
Friday, January 14, 2005, 8:00 PM CST.
Music of the Baroque in concert November 2004, performing Haydn's The Creation. Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
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