Early Music Events November 2004

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Wednesday, November 3, 2004, 8:00 PM.
The English Concert, with Andrew Manze, conductor and violin, will perform a concert "Best of Baroque", featuring works by Schmelzer, Biber, Vivaldi, and Locatelli.
Cost:  For tickets, call 312-294-3000.
Location:  Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-294-3000; or visit www.cso.org.

Thursday, November 4, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Saturday, November 6, 2004, 7:30 PM.
The DePaul University Opera Theatre, Julian Dawson conductor, will perform Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
Location:  Concert Hall, DePaul University, 800 W. Belden, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-325-7664.

Friday, November 5, 2004, 8:00 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series of the University of Chicago presents Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet, Music Director/Conductor, performing "Summoning Spirit: The Music of Charpentier".
Cost:  Single tickets $30 (students $10), series subscriptions (four concerts) $84 (students $40).
Location:  Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-702-8068; or e-mail concert-office@uchicago.edu.

Saturday, November 6, 2004, 5:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents Hesperus, with soprano Nell Snaidas, performing "The Story of Robin Hood", featuring music from the court of Henry VIII.
Cost:  Tickets are $25, $10 for students.  Season subscriptions also available.
Location:  Helene Zelazo Performing Arts Center, 2419 E. Kenwood Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 414-225-3113; e-mail emn@execpc.com.

Sunday, November 7, 2004, 3:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents Francesco Milioto conducting the concert version of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas.  Featured performers will include Anne-Marie Lewis and Michelle Areyzaga, sopranos; Veronica McHale, contralto; and Bill Murray, baritone.  They will be joined by students from the Chicago College of Performing Arts, and accompanied by string quintet and harpsichord.  Read more here.
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-543-1202.
Saturday, November 20, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Cost:  $15.
Location:  Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, November 21, 2004, 3:00 PM.
Cost:  Individual tickets are $15. Series subscription (four concerts) price is $48, 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.

Monday, November 8, 2004, 8:00 PM.
Music of the Baroque, Nicholas Kraemer, conductor, will perform a concert of works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, and Rameau.  Featuring Karina Gauvin, soprano.
Cost:  Visit the Ticket Information page for more information.
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.
Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 8:00 PM.
Location:  St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 2335 N. Orchard, Chicago, Illinois.

Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 8:00 PM.
The DePaul University Chamber Orchestra and Combined Choirs, Tom Hall conductor, will perform selections from Handel's Messiah.
Location:  Concert Hall, 800 W. Belden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
For more info:  call 773-325-7664

Thursday, November 11, 2004, 3:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "There and Back Again-Transalpine Musical Chairs".
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, November 12, 2004, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort presents a concert, "There and Back Again-Transalpine Musical Chairs", an exploration of the birth of the virtuosic vocal world of bel canto.  Featuring music by Handel, CPE Bach, Hasse, and Jomelli.  Performers include Christine Brandes, soprano; Barbara Weiss, harpsichord; and Mary Springfels.  Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Read the press release.
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, November 13, 2004, 8:00 PM.  Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
Sunday, November 14, 2004, 3:00 PM.
Location:  Chapel of the Unnamed Faithful, Garret Evangelical Theological Seminary, 2121 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.

Friday, November 12, 2004, 8:00 PM.
Trio Settecento, with Rachel Barton Pine, violin, John Mark Rozendaal, violoncello, and David Schrader, harpsichord, will perform a concert of works by Baroque German composers.  The concert opens the Music Institute of Chicago's Baroque Chamber Music Festival.
Cost:  $20 general admission, $15 students and seniors (free for Music Institute students, faculty & staff, and for registered students in the Baroque Festival).
Location:  Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-905-1500 ext. 100.

Saturday, November 13, 2004, 2:00 PM.
Ars Antigua will perform a concert "A Musical Remembrance of Things Past", an exploration of cultural memory though music, featuring music by Vivaldi, Telemann, and Bach.
Cost:  Admission is free.
Location:  Quigley Chapel, Rush at Pearson, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-415-2391.
Sunday, November 21, 2004, 3:00 PM.
Location:  Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Sunday, November 14, 2004, 7:00 PM.
Workshop participants of the Music Institute of Chicago's Baroque Chamber Music Festival will perform a student concert.
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-905-1500 ext. 106.

Friday, November 19, 2004, 7:30 PM.
Patrick O'Malley, recorder, with Mary Ragna Yetter, harpsichord, will perform a recital.
Cost:  Free-will offering.
Location:  Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Avenue, Peoria, Illinois.
For more info:  call 309-676-4609, or 773-293-3138.

Sunday, November 28, 2004, 7:30 PM.
The Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana, Chester L. Alwes, Musical Director, will present a Messiah Sing-along.
Cost:  $5.
Location:  First United Methodist Church, 210 W. Church Street, Champaign, Illinois.
For more info:  call 217-378-6802; or e-mail info@baroqueartists.org.

Sunday October 31 thru Saturday November 13, 2004.
Hidden Valley Institute of the Arts Early Music Elderhostels.
Location:  Carmel Valley, California.
For more info:  write Peter Meckel, General Director, Hidden Valley Institute of the Arts, PO Box 116, Carmel Valley, CA 93924; call 831-659-3115; e-mail hvms@aol.org; visit hiddenvalleymusic.org.

Friday thru Sunday, November 12-14, 2004.
Trio Settecento presents the Ninth Annual Baroque Chamber Music Festival at the Music Institute of Chicago.  Students of all ages are encouraged to participate in a weekend of learning how to stylistically play music of the Baroque Period (c. 1600-1750).  Following an opening concert by Trio Settecento on Friday evening, technique and ensemble classes will be held Saturday afternoon and continue on Sunday.  The festival concludes Sunday evening with a student recital, putting together what has been learned throughout the weekend.
Photos of the November 2004 Music Institute of Chicago Baroque Chamber Music Festival here and here.
View the schedule and registration form here (PDF, 189 KB).
Cost:  $125 for full participants and $75 for auditors (fees include admission to the Trio Settecento concert).
Location:  Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call James Brown at 847-905-1500 ext. 106.

Saturday, November 20, 2004.
Patrick O'Malley will teach a recorder workshop.
Location:  Peoria, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-293-3138.

Friday, November 5, 2004, 8:30 PM CST.
Music of the Baroque performs Haydn's The Creation.  Broadcast during the 8:30-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, November 12, 2004, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "Orpheus in Germany".
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, November 13, 2004, 7:00 PM.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.


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