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Mostly Music at Northeastern Illinois University will present L'Ensemble Portique performing "The Suite Sonata: the Intellect, the Abstract & the Fanciful", a concert exploring the form, development and inspiration of the Baroque sonata. With Lisette Kielson, recorder; Pablo Mahave-Veglia, Baroque cello; and Andrew Paul Fredel, harpsichord.
Location: The Quadrangle Club of Chicago, 1155 E. 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 608-287-1006; or e-mail LKielson@LEnsemblePortique.com.
Saturday, January 14, 2006, 2:00 PM.
Ars Antigua will perform a semi-staged version of Mozart's first opera, Bastien and Bastienne, written when Mozart was just twelve years old.
Cost: Admission is free.
Location: Quigley Chapel, Rush at Pearson, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-415-2391; or e-mail Jerry.Fuller@earlybass.com.
Sunday, January 15, 2006, 11:00 AM.
The Church of the Ascension Choir, Thomas Wikman, Choirmaster, will perform in a religious service music of Orlando di Lasso, including Missa Bel Amfitrit in Altera, Jubilate Deo, and Ave Verum Corpus.
Cost: Free.
Location: Church of the Ascension, 1133 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-664-1271; or visit www.ascensionchicago.org.
Friday, January 20, 2006, 12:00 noon.
Mark Eldred, tenor, and Saori Chiba, piano, to perform a recital of works by A. Scarlatti, Bononcini, Handel, and Mozart.
Location: Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-787-4570; or visit www.fourthchurch.org/music.html.
Friday, January 20, 2006, 8:00 PM.
Red Priest will perform a concert featuring music by Telemann, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, and other Baroque composers.
Cost: $24 general, $22 seniors and $10 students.
Location: Schwan Concert Hall, Center for Arts and Performance, Wisconsin Lutheran College, 8815 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 414-443-8802; or visit wlc.edu/arts.
Thursday, January 26, 2006, 3:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "The English Sparrows: A Diaspora of Musicians".
Location: the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, January 27, 2006, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort and Parthenia present a concert, "The English Sparrows: A Diaspora of Musicians", featuring works by Dowland, Simpson, Brade, and Phillips. Performers include Newberry Consort regulars Ellen Hargis soprano, David Douglass, violin, and Mary Springfels, viola da gamba . Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Cost: Ticket prices vary by section and venue, also by time of performance. A ten-percent discount is available for seniors and Newberry Library Associates, and students receive a fifty-percent discount on tickets. 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 28, 2006, 8:00 PM. Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Location: The University of Chicago's Bond Chapel, 1050 E. 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, January 29, 2006, 3:00 PM.
Location: Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
Friday, January 27, 2006, 8:00 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Jane Glover, conductor, will perform a concert, "Happy Birthday, Mozart!", with one-act operas by Mozart and Salieri. Featured performers will include Simon Callow, narrator and director, and Sarah Gartshore, Jane Archibald, Frank Kelley, James Maddelena, and Keith Phares.
Cost: Visit www.baroque.org/subscribe/ for details.
Location: Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph (Millennium Park), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque@baroque.org; or visit www.baroque.org.
Sunday, January 29, 2006, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents the Callipygian Players performing a concert, "A Musical Feast".
View the 2005-2006 season flyer and poster.
Cost: Individual tickets are $15. Series subscription (six concerts) 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 847-543-1202; or e-mail bcbarn@prairiecrossing.com.
Sunday, January 29, 2006, 3:00 PM.
The Comic Intermezzo will perform Mozart's opera Bastien and Bastienne, written when the composer was only 12 years old.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-744-6630.
Friday, January 27, 2006, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "The English Sparrows: A Diaspora of Musicians".
Location: the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, January 28, 2006, 7:00 PM.
Location: The University of Chicago's Bond Chapel, 1050 E. 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, January 1, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's (Lute) Suite in e, BWV 996. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 2, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Two-Harpsichord Concerto in c, BWV 1060; Fugue in g; Sinfonia-Arioso from Cantata #156; Variations on Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 2, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Ferrabosco's The Spanish Pavan; Johnson's Greensleeves; Sellinger's Rounde. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 2, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Cantata #65, Sie werden aus Saba. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, January 3, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Purcell's Chaconne; Williams' Sonata In Imitation of Birds. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, January 3, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto in E, BWV 1053; Handel's Organ Concerto in Bb, Op. 7/3. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, January 4, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Italian Concerto. Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, January 4, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's Oboe Concerto in a, R. 461. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, January 4, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Praetorius' Terpsichore Suite #2. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, January 5, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in g, Summer, from The Four Seasons. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, January 5, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #6. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Friday, January 6, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Cantata #110, Unser Mund sei voll Lachens. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, January 7, 2006, 4:30 PM CST.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto #4 in A. Broadcast during the 4:30-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, January 8, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 9, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 9, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach's Four Duets, BWV 802/5. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #2. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, January 12, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Bach's Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen from Cantata #127; Sheep May Safely Graze; Wir danken dir, Gott. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, January 12, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Bach-D'Albert's Passacaglia & Fugue in c; Baroque Guitar: Bach's (Lute) Prelude in d & Fugue in A; Weiss' Passacaille & Fantasie. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, January 12, 2006, 10:00 PM CST.
D. Scarlatti's Sonatas Kk. 210-212; A. Scarlatti's Il Giardino di Rose. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, January 13, 2006, 10:00 PM CST.
Purcell's Suite from The Fairy Queen. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, January 14, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Playford's From The English Dancing Master: Sheperd's Holiday; Confess His Tune; An Italian Rant; Stanes Morris. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, January 15, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 16, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Morley's It Was A Lover and His Lass; Purcell's Fairest Isle. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Vivaldi's Chamber Concerto, R. 95 (La Pastorella). Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Vivaldi's Two-Mandolin Concerto, R. 532. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Bach's (Violin) Partita #3. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Telemann's Suite (Bergerie, Postillion, Badinage) from Tafelmusik. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Handel's Flute Sonata in e; He Shall Feed His Flock/Come unto Him from Messiah. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Sammartini's Recorder Concerto in F. Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-12:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, January 21, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto #5 in f. Broadcast during the 12:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, January 22, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna; Monteverdi-Fink's Monteverdiana; Purcell's Suite from Dioclesian. Broadcast during the 3:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 23, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto in F, BWV 1057. Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 23, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Landini's Abbanda di virtu; Non arà ma' pietà; La bionda treccia; Cara mia donna. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in C, R. 183. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in E, Spring, from The Four Seasons. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Corelli's Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6/7. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Four-Keyboard Concerto. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Dowland's Lute songs: My Thoughts Are Winged with Hopes; Awake, Sweet Love; Sorrow, Stay; Fine Knacks for Ladies; Bach's Orchestra Suite #1. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, January 26, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Corelli-Geminiani's Concerto grosso in d, La Follia. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, January 26, 2006, 10:00 PM CST.
Dowland's Five Dances. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, January 28, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's (Lute) Concerto in D. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, January 29, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #4. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, January 29, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Byrd's Rowland; Gipseis Round. Broadcast during the 3:00-4:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 30, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Pergolesi's Flute Concerto; Handel's V'adoro, pupille from Julius Caesar. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 30, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach's Oboe d'Amore Concerto in A, BWV 1055. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, January 30, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Viola da Gamba Sonata #2 in D. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
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