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Thursday, April 30, 2009, 2:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "Arcadia Revisited".
Cost: Free admission (to the Open Rehearsal only).
Location: the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, May 1, 2009, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will present a concert, "Arcadia Revisited", A Garden of Earthly Delights, with music by Henry and William Lawes, Lanier, Wilson, and Henry Purcell.
With David Douglass, Director, violin, viola, and viol; and
Consort regular Ellen Hargis, soprano;
and special guest instrumentalists:
Grant Herreid, lute and guitar;
Shira Kammen, violin, viola, and viol;
Craig Trompeter, viol, bass violin.
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Cost: Ticket prices vary by section and venue, also by time of performance. Multi-concert and full-season 10% and 20% discounts are available. Visit the Ordering Tickets page for details.
Location: St. Chrysostom's Church, 1424 N. Dearborn Pkwy, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-255-3610; visit the Consort website; or e-mail consort @ newberry.org.
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Location: Khorsabad Gallery, Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, May 3, 2009, 3:00 PM.
Location: Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
Friday, May 1, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Hopkinson Smith will perform a recital of works for lute.
Location: Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-491-5441; visit this site.
Sunday, May 3, 2009, 7:30 PM.
The Northwestern Baroque Music Ensemble, Stephen Alltop, conductor, will perform a concert of works by Telemann.
Location: Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-491-5441; visit this site.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 12:20 PM.
Thomas Wikman, organist, will perform a concert of works by Frescobaldi, Pachelbel, and others.
Cost: Free.
Location: Augustana Chapel at the Lutheran School of Theology, 1100 East 55th Street (55th and University), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Visit this site.
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Lauren Challinor, tenor viol, and the Naperville North High School Orchestra will perform a viola da gamba concerto by Telemann.
Location: Naperville North High School Auditorium, 899 North Mill Street, Naperville, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail Phillip.Serna @ valpo.edu.
Saturday, May 9, 2009, 3:00 PM.
L'Ensemble Portique will perform a concert, "Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures: Music of Boismortier". With Lisette Kielson, recorder; Garry Clarke, violin; Craig Trompeter, viola da gamba & cello; and David Schrader, harpsichord.
Cost: Suggested $10 donation. Children free.
Location: St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Logan Square, 2649 N. Francisco Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail LKielson @ LEnsemblePortique.com; visit this site; visit this site.
Saturday, May 9, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Early Music Now presents the Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble, with the Milwaukee Choral Artists, performing a concert, "Sanctuary: A Cathedral Concert".
Cost: Tickets are $28-$32, $10-$16 for students. Season and partial-season subscriptions also available.
Location: St. Josaphat Basilica, 801 W. Lincoln Avenue (2333 South 6th Street), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 414-225-3113 or 877-546-8742 (877-54music); e-mail info @ earlymusicnow.org; or visit this site.
Saturday, May 16, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Schola Antiqua of Chicago, Michael Alan Anderson, Director, will sing an all-vocal program of fifteenth-century music, "Praying by Number: Proportion and Measurement in Fifteenth-century Music", with works by Obrecht, Dunstaple, and Josquin des Prez.
Cost: $15 general, $5 students/seniors (free for University of Chicago students).
Location: Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call Ursula Pawlowski at 773-955-5887; e-mail info @ lumenchristi.org; visit this site.
Saturday, May 16, 2009, 4:00 PM.
Sunday, May 17, 2009, 4:00 PM.
Ensemble Musical Offering will perform a concert, "The Vivaldi Project, Part I: Viva Vivaldi!". Featured soloist: Clea Galhano, recorder.
Cost: $35.
Location: All Saints' Cathedral, 818 East Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info: Call 414-839-6195; e-mail parsleypr @ yahoo.com; or visit this site.
Sunday, May 17, 2009, 3:00 PM.
The Saint Cecilia Consort will perform a concert of Medieval and Renaissance music for recorders.
Cost: Free.
Location: Chiesa Nuova, 230 South Laflin Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail afredel @ yahoo.com; or visit this site.
Sunday, May 17, 2009, 4:00 PM.
The Choir and Orchestra of Saint Clement, Randall Swanson, conductor, will perform "A Handel & Haydn Celebration!".
Location: St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Place, Chicago, illinois.
For more info: Call 773-281-0371; or visit this site.
Sunday, May 17, 2009, 7:00 PM.
The Northwestern University Alice Millar Spring Festival presents the Northwestern Baroque Music Ensemble, Alice Millar Chapel Choir and soloists, Stephen Alltop, conductor, performing Telemann's Der Tag des Gerichts.
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-491-5441; visit this site.
Sunday, May 17, 2009, 7:30 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Nicholas Kraemer, conductor, will perform a concert, "Musical Fireworks", with works by Handel and Haydn.
A free pre-concert lecture presented by Jim Kendros begins at 6:30 PM in the church chapel.
Cost: $60, $45, $38. Visit this site for series subscription 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 this site.
Monday, May 18, 2009, 7:30 PM.
A free pre-concert lecture presented by Jim Kendros begins at 6:00 PM in the Chicago Cultural Center (Randolph Cafe, north entrance).
Cost: $75, $60, $45, $38, $30. Visit this site for series subscription details.
Location: Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph (Millennium Park), Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, May 23, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Roger Goodman will perform a faculty recital of works for harpsichord.
Location: DePaul Concert Hall, DePaul University, 800 W. Belden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: visit this site.
Sunday, May 24, 2009, 3:00 PM.
Pianist Angela Hewitt will perform Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Cost: Varies by date and seating; visit this site for details.
Location: Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Call 312-294-3000; or visit this site.
Sunday, May 24, 2009, 7:30 PM.
The Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH) will perform a concert of Handel's chamber music.
Location: Sinai Temple, 3104 Windsor Road, Champaign, Illinois.
For more info: call 217-378-6802; e-mail info @ baroqueartists.org; or visit this site.
Sunday, May 24, 2009, 7:30 PM.
The Viola da Gamba Society Third Coast Annual Memorial Day Weekend Workshop faculty concert.
Cost: $20, $15 students. Free for workshop participants.
Location: Nichols Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail phillip @ phillipwserna.com; or visit this site.
Sunday, May 31, 2009, 4:00 PM.
The Saint Luke Bach Cantata Series presents Bach's Cantata #68, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt ("In this way God loved the world").
Cost: Free.
Location: Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke, 1500 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-472-3383; or visit this site.
Friday May 15 thru Sunday May 17, 2009.
Galway Early Music Festival.
Location: Galway, Ireland.
For more info:
write Maura O'Croinin, Galway Early Music, Cahewrfurvaus, Craughwell, Co Galway, Ireland;
call 353 87 9305506.
Friday May 15 thru Monday May 25, 2009.
Bloomington Early Music Festival.
Location: Bloomington, Indiana.
For more info:
write Bloomington Early Music Festival, PO Box 734, Bloomington, IN 47402 USA;
call 812-331-1263;
or visit this site.
Friday May 29 thru Monday June 1, 2009.
Tage Alter Musik Regensburg.
Location: Regensburg, Germany.
For more info:
visit this site.
Saturday May 2 thru Monday May 4, 2009.
Winds and Waves 2009.
Location: Otis, Oregon.
For more info:
write Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, 56605 Sitka Drive, PO Box 65, Otis, OR 97368
call 541-994-5485;
e-mail info @ sitkacenter.org;
or visit this site.
Saturday, May 9, 2009, 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon.
Early Music Now presents the Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble, with the Milwaukee Choral Artists, in a workshop for high school and college women's choruses.
Cost: $5 per student, $10 for adults. Limited seating. Reservations by May 4.
Location: St. John's on the Lake, 1840 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 414-225-3113; e-mail info @ earlymusicnow.org; or visit this site.
Thursday May 14 thru Monday May 18, 2009.
Early Music in Motion Double Reed Workshop, Robert Wiemken, Director. Shawms and dulcians.
Read the workshop flyer.
Cost: $200 tuition, $94 room & board.
Location: Columbus, Indiana.
For more info:
write Juan Carlos Arango, e-mail jarango @ indiana.edu;
call 812-597-0504;
visit this site.
Friday May 15 thru Sunday May 17, 2009.
East Bay Recorder Society Marin Headlands Workshop.
Location: Sausalito, California.
For more info:
write Anna Lisa Kronman, The East Bay Recorder Society (ARS), PO Box 370069, Montara, CA 94037;
call 925-258-9442;
or e-mail annalisakronman @ gmail.com;
visit this site.
Viola da Gamba Society Third Coast Annual Memorial Day Weekend Workshop
Friday thru Sunday, May 22-24, 2009.
The Viola da Gamba Society Third Coast annual workshop for intermediate to advanced players. Features a top-notch workshop faculty both local and from around the country.
Location: Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:
write Russell Wagner, VdGS 3rd Coast Treasurer, The Viola da Gamba Society Third Coast, Chicago Celloworks, 1406 Greenleaf Street, Evanston, IL 60202;
call 847-475-5110;
e-mail russell @ chicagocelloworks.com;
visit this site.
Friday May 22 thru Monday May 25, 2009.
Amherst Early Music Spring Weekend Workshop.
Location: Hopewell Junction, New York.
For more info:
write Marilyn Boenau, Director, Amherst Early Music, 47 Prentiss Street, Watertown, MA 02472 USA;
call 617-744-1324;
e-mail info @ amherstearlymusic.org;
or visit this site.
Saturday May 23, 2009.
Crowns, Castles, Paupers and Poverty.
Location: Leicester, United Kingdom.
For more info:
write Festival Office, Leicester Early Music Festival, 126 Shanklin Drive, Leicester, LE2 3QB UK;
call 0116 2709984;
e-mail mail @ earlymusicleicester.co.uk;
visit this site.
Monday May 25 thru Friday June 12, 2009.
New Brunswick Early Music Festival.
Location: Saint Andrews-By-The-Sea, New Brunswick.
For more info:
write Daniel Carberg, Saint Andrews Summer Arts Council and Millikin University, 1184 W. Main Street, Decatur, IL 62522;
call 217-352-3045;
e-mail dcarberg @ millikin.edu.
Sunday, May 17, 2009, 4:00 PM.
The Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Vespers presents Bach's Cantata #34, O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe ("O Everlasting Fire, O Source of Love"). Prelude at 3:45 PM.
Cost: Free.
Location: Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, Illinois.
For more info: Call 708-366-6900; e-mail info @ graceriverforest.org; or visit this site.
Friday, May 1, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT.
Rameau-Godowsky's Dance Suite: Sarabande & Rigaudon. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 4:30 PM CDT.
Bach's Cantata #29, Wir danken dir, Gott: Sinfonia. Bach-Siloti's Prelude in b. Broadcast during the 4:30-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, May 3, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Baroque Improvisations: Canarios; Canon in D. Scarlatti-Tommasini's The Good-Humored Ladies: Suite. Purcell's Chacone in g; Ground from Ye Tuneful Muses; Anthem, O Sing Unto the Lord. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, May 4, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT.
Corelli's Concerto grosso in c, Op. 6/3. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, May 4, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach-Busoni's Violin Partita #2 in d, BWV 1004. Bach's Cantata #209, Non sa che sia dolore; Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV 989. Broadcast during the 1:00-2:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, May 4, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT.
Tartini's Violin Sonata in g, Devil's Trill. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Johann Ludwig Bach's Motet, Unsere Trübsal. Bach's Violin and Oboe Concerto in c, BWV 1060; Orchestra Suite #3 in D, BWV 1068: Air on the G String. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT.
Telemann's Oboe d'Amore Concerto in G. Bach's Cantata #97, In allen meinen Taten. Broadcast during the 1:00-2:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in c, BWV 582. Bach-Mozart's Four Preludes and Fugues After Bach, K 405. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Friday, May 8, 2009, 8:00 PM CST.
Music of the Baroque in a concert performance of Bach's Mass in B Minor. Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, May 10, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT.
Telemann's Flute Suite in Eb. Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, May 11, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Solo Violin Sonata #1 in g, BWV 1001; Three-Clavier Concerto #2 in C, BWV 1064; Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in Eb (D), BWV 998. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Mass in b, BWV 232. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080. Broadcast during the 1:00-2:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, May 14, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Four Duets, BWV 802-5. Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, May 14, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G, BWV 1049. Weiss' Lute Suite in d. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, May 18, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT.
Rameau's Les Indes galantes. Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, May 18, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Cantata #34, O ewiges Feuer. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, May 18, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT.
Corelli's Variations in d on La Follia. Broadcast during the 3:00-4:00 "Music with George Preston" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, May 18, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Live from WFMT presents the Chicago Early Music Consort performing "Music for a While", beguiling 17th-century English songs. Broadcast live on WFMT Radio, 98.7 FM; also streaming at this site.
For more info: call 847-296-4829; or e-mail info @ ChicagoEarlyMusicConsort.org; or visit this site.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's French Suite #5 in G, BWV 816. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Cantata #203, Amore traditore. Broadcast during the 1:00-2:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, May 21, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT.
Telemann's Two-Trumpet Concerto in Eb. Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, May 21, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Sanctify Us; Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen; Alle Menschen müssen sterben; Cello Suite #2 in d, BWV 1008. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, May 25, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D, BWV 1050. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, May 25, 2009, 1:45 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Op 8/1-4. Broadcast during the 1:45-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Cantata #106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste ("Actus Tragicus"). Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT.
Susato's The Danserye. Broadcast during the 10:00-11:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Lute Suite in g (a), BWV 995. Broadcast during the 1:00-2:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Two-Part Inventions. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Friday, May 1, 2009, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "Arcadia Revisited".
Location: St. Chrysostom's Church, 1424 N. Dearborn Pkwy, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Location: Khorsabad Gallery, Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street Chicago, Illinois.
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