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Select the early music events listings for another month: Saturday, November 1, 2003, 5:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents the Terra Nova Consort performing "Renaissance en Provence".
Cost: Tickets are $30, $10 for students. Season subscriptions also available.
Location: the Schwann Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, 8815 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 414-225-3113; e-mail emn@execpc.com.
Sunday, November 2, 2003, 3:00 PM.
The Viola da Gamba Repertoire Class of the Music Institute of Chicago will present an Autumn Recital, featuring works of Senfl, Gibbons, Locke, Holborne, Gabrieli, and more.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: The Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: Call 847-905-1500.
Sunday, November 2, 2003, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents L'Ensemble Portique performing a concert, "Holier Than Thou: Dances and the Divine", featuring performers Lisette Kielson, recorder and flute; Pablo Mahave-Veglia, Baroque and modern cello; and Nathan Wysock, guitar. Works on the program include selections from Morley's First Booke of Consort Lessons, Telemann's Sonata in D minor, Corelli's La Follia, Piazzolla's Histoire du Tango, and the Chicago premiere of wrecked angels by Geoffrey Gordon. (L'Ensemble Portique will perform this concert again in New York on March 14, 2004.)
Cost: Individual tickets are $15. Series subscription 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 Stan Rosenberg at 847-543-1202; call L'Ensemble Portique at 608-287-1006; or visit www.lensembleportique.com.
Sunday, November 2, 2003, 4:00 PM.
The Saint Luke Chamber Orchestra & Bach Choir will perform a Bach cantata (BVW 79).
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke, 1500 W. Belmont, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-472-3383.
Monday, November 3, 2003, 8:00 PM.
Northeastern Illinois University's Jewel Box series will present Urban Baroque performing French and Italian music, including Campra's cantata Enee et Didon. With Craig Trompeter, director, cello; Jeri-Lou Zike, violin; Amy Conn, soprano; Eric Miranda, baritone; and Paul Nicholson, harpsichord. Simulcast as "Live from WFMT" on WFMT Radio at 98.7 FM in the Chicago area.
Cost: $25 for general admission. Series subscription and various discounts also available. (Request more info below.)
Location: the Recital Hall, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-442-INFO; e-mail jewel-box@neiu.edu; or write the University Events Box Office, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625.
Monday, November 3, 2003, 8:00 PM.
The Pro Arte Singers, Jennifer Loux and James Kallembach, Conductors, will perform a Tudor program.
Location: Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
For more info: call 812-855-0427; or e-mail dvillanu@indiana.edu.
Thursday, November 6, 2003, 8:00 PM.
The Symphony Center Presents series will have the Brandenburg Ensemble, Jaime Laredo, conductor and violin, together with Peter Serkin, piano, performing an all-Bach program.
Cost: Ticket prices vary; series subscriptions available.
Location: Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-294-3035; or visit www.cso.org.
Saturday, November 8, 2003, 2:00 PM.
Ars Antigua will perform a concert of chamber music by Haydn, including the String Trio in G Major and the Salomon edition of the "Surprise Symphony" for flute, strings, and pianoforte.
Cost: Admission is free.
Location: Quigley Chapel, Rush at Pearson, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-415-2391.
Sunday, November 9, 2003, 3:00 PM.
Location: the Auditorium of the University of St. Francis, 500 Wilcox Street, Joliet, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-415-2391; or e-mail PBrannon@stfrancis.edu.
Saturday, November 8, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The Rebel (pronounced "Re-BEL") Ensemble for Baroque Music will perform a concert including Biber's Harmonia Artficiosa Ariosa, a trio of sonatas that feature unusual tunings which might have been called a "special effect," if Baroque composers had thought in those terms.
Cost: Single tickets are $12 to $25.
Location: Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 708-445-8955.
Saturday, November 8, 2003, 8:00 PM.
Lon Ellenberger, countertenor, will perform a Northwestern University Student Recital, "Melancholy and Devotion", assisted by Matthew Ganong, organ and harpsichord; Phillip W. Serna, viola da gamba; Jeri-Lou Zike and Martin Davids, violins. Featuring music by Heinrich Schütz, Franz Tunder, Heinrich Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, and J.S. Bach.
View the recital flier. (PDF, 469 KB)
Location: Vail Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road (corner of Sheridan and Chicago), Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail lonellenberger@mindspring.com.
Friday, November 14, 2003, 8:15 PM.
The Western Michigan University Collegium Musicum will perform a concert of French music from the late Medieval to early Baroque periods.
Location: Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU School of Music, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Sunday, November 16, 2003, 7:30 PM.
Music of the Baroque, Nicholas Kraemer, conductor, will perform J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 and Concerto for Violin & Oboe, also works by Handel, Corelli, and Tippett. Featuring Elliott Golub, violin; and Robert Morgan, oboe.
Cost: Tickets are $29 to $46, seniors $22; season subscriptions are also available.
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, November 17, 2003, 8:00 PM.
Location: Old St. Patrick's Church, 700 W. Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The Millar Brass Ensemble, led by Gail Williams, conductor, with organist Thomas Weisflog, will perform an "Evening of Brass", fanfares by Gabrieli and others.
Cost: Tickets are $3.50/$4.50/$6.50.
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-491-5441; or visit the Northwestern University Pick-Staiger Concert Hall website.
Sunday, November 23, 2003, 3:00 PM.
Location: The University of Chicago's Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-702-7059.
Thursday, November 20, 2003, 3:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "The Birth of Song".
Location: Note the special location: At the Chicago Sinai Congregation, 15 W. Delaware Place, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, November 21, 2003, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort presents a concert, "The Birth of Song", with works of exquisite subtlety and emotional variety by the musical visionaries Monteverdi, Peri, and their contemporaries. In a rare Chicago appearance, the Consort welcomes Paul O'Dette, considered to be the world's foremost lutenist, as he accompanies soprano Ellen Hargis in this intimate Italian Baroque recital. Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Read the press release.
Location: the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For ticket prices and more info: call 312-255-3700; visit the Consort website; or e-mail consort@newberry.org.
Saturday, November 22, 2003, 8:00 PM. Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
Sunday, November 23, 2003, 3:00 PM.
Location: Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
Friday, November 21, 2003, 1:00 PM.
The Consulate General of Colombia and the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago present the Colombian early music ensemble Música Cortesana, featuring Armando Fuentes, tenor, theorbo, and lute, and Alvaro Huertas, harpsichord, performing a recital featuring European and Hispano-American composers from the Renaissance and Baroque.
View more recital details here. (DOC, 20 KB)
View a photo of Musica Cortesana here. (JPG, 27 KB)
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-744-6630; or visit www.chicagoculturalcenter.org.
Saturday, November 22, 2003, 7:00 PM.
Cost: $12 general admission, $10 for ILCC members.
Location: The Music Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1014 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-431-1330.
Sunday, November 23, 2003, 3:00 PM.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Assembly Hall, International House at the University of Chicago, 1414 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-923-1196 x24.
Friday, November 21, 2003, 8:30 PM.
The Northwestern University School of Music presents Jennifer Jayne Speer, bassoon, in Student Recital performing works by Telemann, Vivaldi, and Schumann.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Northwestern University's Regenstein Hall of Music, 60 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-491-5441.
Saturday, November 22, 2003, 8:00 PM.
Martin Davids, violin, Randy Manges, harpsichord, and John Mark Rozendaal, viol/cello, will perform a recital of sonatas by Tartini, Senaille, and Francoeur.
Cost: Free (but with suggested $12 donation).
Location: Winnetka Congregational Church, 725 Pine Street, Winnetka, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-441-3400.
Monday, November 24, 2003, 8:00 PM.
The Pro Arte Singers, John Poole, Conductor, will perform Giovanni Gabrieli's Magnificat a 17, O Jesu mi dulcissime, and O Magnum Mysterium; Rutti's O Magnum Mysterium; Britten's A Shepherd's Carol; and Giovanni Gabrieli's Buccinate in Neomenia.
Location: Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
For more info: call 812-855-0427; or e-mail dvillanu@indiana.edu.
Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The Northwestern University Early Music Ensemble, Mary Springfels, director, and Julia Davids, assistant director, will perform a concert.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Northwestern University's Vail Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road (corner of Sheridan and Chicago), Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-491-5441.
Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The Northeastern Illinois University Chorus & Chamber Singers, Michael Melton conductor, will perform a program of German Baroque composers.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, Northeastern Illinois University, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-442-4636.
Sunday, November 30, 2003, 3:00 PM.
Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana presents a Messiah sing-along.
Cost: $5.
Location: First United Methodist Church, 210 West Church Street, Champaign, Illinois.
For more info: call 217-378-6802; write Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana, P.O. Box 6775, Champaign, IL 61825; or e-mail info@baroqueartists.org.
Sunday, November 30, 2003, 3:00 PM.
Richard Graef, flute, and Stephen Alltop, harpsichord, will perform a concert of music by Telemann, Bach, and Blavet.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-744-6630 or 312-346-3278.
Sunday, November 30, 2003, 7:00 PM.
The Chicago Brass Band Players will perform a Holiday Concert with music by Gabrieli, Handel, Bach, Holst, Vaughan Williams, and others.
Cost: Free-will offering.
Location: Palos United Methodist Church, 12101 S Harlem Avenue (121st and Harlem), Palos Hills, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-577-7468; or e-mail Boreifs@aol.com.
Friday, November 21, 2003, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "The Birth of Song".
Location: the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, November 22, 2003, 7:00 PM.
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
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