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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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