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Select the early music events listings for another month: Saturday, February 25, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Friday, March 3, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Monday, March 6, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Friday, March 10, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Saturday, March 18, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Sunday, March 26, 2006, 2:00 PM.
The Lyric Opera of Chicago, Harry Bicket, conductor, will present Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Featuring David Daniels as Orfeo, Isabel Bayrakdarian as Euridice, and Ofelia Sala as Amor.
Cost: Varies by seating and day of week. Call for more info.
Location: Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive (Madison & Wacker), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-332-2244; or visit www.lyricopera.org.
Friday, March 3, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Northwestern University Early Music Ensemble, Mary Springfels, director and viol, will perform a concert of French Baroque music featuring works by Rameau, Couperin, Marais, and others.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: MAB 109 (Music Activities Building), Northwestern University, on Chicago Avenue just west of Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail dozey616@yahoo.com.
Saturday, March 4, 2006, 5:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents Ex Umbris performing a concert, "Melancholy: Downe in the Dumpes in Elizabethan England".
Cost: Tickets are $25-30, $10-15 for students. Season subscriptions also available.
Location: Helene Zelazo Performing Arts Center, 2419 E. Kenwood Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 877-54music (877-546-8742); e-mail info@earlymusicnow.org; or visit earlymusicnow.org.
Sunday, February 26, 2006, 8:00 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Nicholas Kraemer, conductor, and Edward Zelnis, chorus director, will perform J.S. Bach's St. John Passion. Featured performers will include Paul Agnew, (Evangelist); Christine Brandes, soprano; Matthew White, countertenor; and Thomas Meglioranza, baritone.
Cost: Visit www.baroque.org/subscribe/ for details.
Location: First United Methodist Church, 1630 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque@baroque.org; or visit www.baroque.org.
Monday, February 27, 2006, 8:00 PM.
Location: Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, Illinois.
Sunday, March 5, 2006, 8:00 PM.
Location: St. Pauls Church, 2335 North Orchard Street (near Lincoln & Fullerton), Chicago (Lincoln Park), Illinois.
Sunday, March 5, 2006, 3:00 PM.
The Apollo Chorus of Chicago and Baroque Orchestra, Stephen Alltop, conductor, will perform Bach's B Minor Mass. Featured soloists: Ellen Hargis, soprano; Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano; Alan Bennett, tenor; Jeffrey Strauss, baritone.
Cost: Ticket prices vary; series subscriptions available.
Location: Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-427-5620; or visit www.apollochorus.org/.
Sunday, March 5, 2006, 4:00 PM.
The Saint James Cathedral Cathedral Choir and clergy will present a choral evensong, with music by Purcell.
Location: St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-787-7360; e-mail info@saintjamescathedral.org; or visit www.saintjamescathedral.org/choral2006.asp.
Thursday, March 9, 2006, 3:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "Legends of the Nine Worthies: A Tapestry of Medieval Heroism".
Location: the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, March 10, 2006, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort and Trefoil present a concert, "Legends of the Nine Worthies: A Tapestry of Medieval Heroism", featuring sagas and songs from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Performers include soprano Marcia Young, instrumentalist Mark Rimple, and Newberry Consort regulars Drew Minter, countertenor, David Douglass, strings, and Mary Springfels, strings. 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, March 11, 2006, 8:00 PM. Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Location: The University of Chicago's Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street (4th floor), Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, March 12, 2006, 3:00 PM.
Location: Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
Saturday, March 11, 2006, 2:00 PM.
Ars Antigua will perform some of Mozart's most loved chamber music.
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.
Monday, March 13, 2006, 12:15 PM.
Location: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-744-6630; or e-mail Jerry.Fuller@earlybass.com.
Sunday, March 12, 2006, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents Ars Antigua performing a concert, "Mozart in the Barn".
View the concert poster.
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.
Friday, March 17, 2006, 8:00 PM.
Saturday, March 18, 2006, 8:00 PM.
The Wheaton College Concert Choir and chamber orchestra will perform Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610.
Cost: $5 general admission.
Location: College Church of Wheaton, located at the northwest corner of Washington and College Avenue, Wheaton, Illinois.
For more info: call 630-752-5099; e-mail maggie.rowe@wheaton.edu.
Sunday, March 19, 2006, 11:00 AM.
The Church of the Ascension Choir will perform music of Byrd in a religious service.
Cost: Free.
Location: Church of the Ascension, 1133 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-664-1271.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 7:00 PM.
Members of the Bach Week Festival Orchestra will perform in a Bach birthday celebration, an evening of Baroque dancing led by Mars and Sonna Longden.
Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $5 for children ages 10 to 17.
Location: Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-236-0452; or visit www.bachweek.org/bwf/.
Sunday, March 26, 2006, 4:00 PM.
The Bach Cantata Series at Saint Luke Church, Mark Bangert, director, will present Bach's cantata Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3.
Cost: Free.
Location: Saint Luke Church, 1500 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-472-3383; e-mail stluke@ais.net; or visit www.stlukechicago.org/church/music_bach.shtml.
Friday, March 31, 2006, 8:00 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series presents the Tallis Scholars performing "Mozart's Roots: a cappella music in Germany", including works by Praetorius, Hassler, Schutz, and Bach.
Cost: Series subscriptions (three concerts) $63, $30 for students; single-event tickets (if available) $30, $11 for students.
Location: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-702-8068; e-mail concert-office@uchicago.edu; or visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/.
Friday, March 10, 2006, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "Legends of the Nine Worthies: A Tapestry of Medieval Heroism".
Location: the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, March 11, 2006, 7:00 PM.
Location: The University of Chicago's Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street (4th floor), Chicago, Illinois.
Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Telemann's Sinfonia Melodica. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Bach's Partita in a, BWV 827. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Seven excerpts from Bach's Anna Magdalena Notebook. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Handel's I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from Messiah. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, March 2, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Purcell's Music for a while; Lord, what is man?; If music be the food of love. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, March 2, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Handel's Where Shall I Fly? from Hercules. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, March 2, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Telemann's Oboe Concerto in d. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, March 3, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Vivaldi's Flute Concerto, La Tempesta di Mare. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, March 4, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Partita in Bb, BWV 825. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, March 4, 2006, 4:30 PM CST.
Vivaldi's Flute Concerto, Il Gardellino. Broadcast during the 4:30-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, March 5, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #4; Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, March 6, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Partita in E, BWV 1006; Telemann's Heldenmusik. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, March 6, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Telemann's Recorder & Viola da Gamba Concerto i a. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, March 6, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Concerto in C, BWV 594. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Five dances by Dowland; Bach-Stokowski's Sheep May Safely Graze; Wachet auf; Ein feste Burg. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Susato's excerpts from The Danserye. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach-Webern's Fugue from The Musical Offering; Bach's Partita in D, BWV 828. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Scarlatti's Sonatas Kk. 31-34; Bach-Frost's Little Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, March 9, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #5; duet Wir eilen mit schwachen from Cantata #78. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, March 9, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Handel-Beecham's Divertissement from Love in Bath. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, March 10, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Praetorius' Terpsichore Suite #1. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, March 10, 2006, 8:00 PM CST.
Music of the Baroque presents Mozart's opera The Impresario in concert from earlier in the 2005-2006 season. Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, March 13, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Handel's Concerto grosso in C (Alexander's Feast). Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, March 13, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Toccata, BWV 912; Cantata #147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, March 13, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Purcell's instrumental suite from act 5 of The Fairy Queen. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Telemann's String Concerto in Eb. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Telemann's Orchestra Suite in g (La Changéante). Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Telemann's Flute Concerto in C. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Handel's Coronation anthem, My Heart is Inditing. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Seven ballad tunes by anonymous composers performed on the lute. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach's Toccata, BWV 911; Trio Sonata, BWV 526. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, March 16, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #4. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, March 16, 2006, 10:00 PM CST.
Bach's French Suite #1. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, March 17, 2006, 9:00 PM CST.
Bach's Two-Violin Concerto. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, March 18, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #1. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, March 20, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006, all day.
Most of the day's programming on WFMT is devoted to the music of Bach in celebration of his 321st birthday.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Purcell's Suite from Dioclesian. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Sephardic Music: El Moro de Antequera; Las Estrellas de los Cielos. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, March 23, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's Flute Concerto in g, R. 439. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, March 24, 2006, 10:00 PM CST.
French Renaissance music: Bransles de village; Adieu mes amours; Se j'ay perdu mon amy; Baises moy, ma doulce amye. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, March 25, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Solo Keyboard Concerto in C, BWV 976. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, March 26, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Purcell's Abdelazer Suite; Dowland's If My Complaints Could Passions Move; Morley's It Was A Lover and His Lass; Purcell's If Music Be the Food of Love. Broadcast during the 3:00-4:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, March 26, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's (Viola da Gamba) Sonata #3 in g; Corelli's Concerto grosso in F; Palestrina's Alma Redemptoris Mater. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, March 27, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Vivaldi's Flute Concerto in a, R. 440. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, March 27, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach's Suite in f, BWV 823. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Victoria's O Quam Gloriosum. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 12:00 noon CST.
Handel's So shall the lute and harp awake from Judas Maccabaeus. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Handel's Organ Concerto #14 in A. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV 564; Franceschini's Two-Trumpet Sonata in D. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Nun danket alle Gott; Awake Thou Wintry Earth from Cantata #129; Sleepers Wake. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, March 30, 2006, 10:00 PM CST.
Bach's Partita in b, BWV 831. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, March 31, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Fugue in g, BWV 578. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
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