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Sunday, November 6, 2005, 2:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents the Ivory Consort performing a concert, "Music in the Land of Three Faiths".
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, November 6, 2005, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents a performance of the Monteverdi madrigal Il Ballo delle Ingrate.
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, November 11, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series presents The English Concert, Andrew Manze, violin/leader, performing a concert "Baroque Untamed", including works by Pachelbel, Purcell, Biber, 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/.
Saturday, November 12, 2005, 2:00 PM.
Ars Antigua will perform a concert of Mozart's music, "Home and Away", comparing and contrasting works he composed at home and while away from home.
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.
Sunday, November 13, 2005, 3:00 PM.
The Chicago Cultural Center will present a Sunday Salon Series concert by The Comic Intermezzo performing a fully staged comic opera. Phillip Serna, viola da gamba, and David Schrader, harpsichord, will also perform works by Byrd, Hume, Picchi, Sarri, and Sweelinck.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-744-6630; or visit www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Northwestern University Early Music Ensemble, Mary Springfels, director and viol, with guest artist David Douglass, violin, will perform a concert "Saporetti: a little feast of Italian Baroque and Renaissance Music".
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Regenstein Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail maryspring@sbcglobal.net.
Friday, November 18, 2005, 7:30 PM.
"Concert for Compassion: An Early Music Concert for Disaster Relief". Performers will include: Ken Perlow, Phillip W. Serna, Mary Springfels, Craig Trompeter, and Russell Wagner, viols; and Jerry Fuller, violone. Featuring music by Gibbons, Jenkins, Holborne, and others.
View the concert program and poster.
Location: Grace Fellowship Church, 7S201 South River Road, Naperville, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail Phillip Serna at [email protected].
Sunday, November 27, 2005, 6:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort Dance Band, with David Douglass leading, will present a special benefit event, "Playford's Delight: A Dance for the Newberry Consort". Gene Murrow, one of the great American experts in English country dance, will guide the participating dancers.
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.
Sunday November 6 thru Saturday November 19, 2005.
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.com; visit hiddenvalleymusic.org.
Sunday, November 13, 2005, 12:00 noon - 6:00 PM.
The Saint Louis Recorder Society will present Clea Galhano conducting its Recorder Workshop 2005, Music Mosaic: The Art of the Recorder Ensemble from Renaissance to Brazilian Swing.
Location: University of Missouri-St. Louis, School of Music Building, 8100 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri.
For more info: contact Dottie Davis at 314-966-2169; or e-mail dottiedavis@yahoo.com.
Tuesday, November 1, 2005, 9:00 AM CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #6. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 1, 2005, 10:00 AM CST.
Marais' La Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 1, 2005, 3:00 PM CST.
Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice; Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in Bb, R. 583. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 11, 2005, 9:00 AM CST.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto #1 in d. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 13, 2005, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Cantata #82, Ich habe genug. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 14, 2005, 9:00 AM CST.
Handel's Violin & Continuo Sonata in A, Op. 1/14; Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 14, 2005, 10:00 AM CST.
Traditional: Bransles de village; Il était une Cendrillon. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 14, 2005, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Violin Concerto #2. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005, 9:00 AM CST.
French Renaissance: Bransle de l'Officiel; Marche des Rois. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005, 1:00 PM CST.
Purcell's Fantasy: Three Parts on A Ground. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005, 6:00 PM CST.
Handel's He Shall Feed His Flock/Come unto Him from Messiah. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 17, 2005, 10:00 AM CST.
Purcell's Suite from Dioclesian. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 17, 2005, 10:00 PM CST.
Bach's Opening aria, Weichet nur, from Cantata #202 (Wedding); WF Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in e. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 18, 2005, 9:00 AM CST.
Bach's Two-Violin Concerto, BWV 1043. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 18, 2005, 10:00 AM CST.
Holborne's Elizabethan Dance Suite; Bach's Orchestra Suite #2. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 19, 2005, 4:30 PM CST.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto in E, BWV 1053; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. Broadcast during the 4:30-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 20, 2005, 6:00 AM CST.
Sacred music by Monteverdi, Charpentier, and others. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 20, 2005, 3:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's Four-Violin Concerto in Bb, R. 553; Purcell's Suite from act one of The Fairy Queen. Broadcast in the middle of the 3:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 21, 2005, 9:00 AM CST.
Vivaldi's Violin, Two-Oboe, Two-Horn & Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 569. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 21, 2005, 10:00 AM CST.
Handel's Keyboard Suite #3 in d. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 21, 2005, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Cantata #167, Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe; Gluck's Che farò senza Euridice from Orfeo ed Euridice. Broadcast during the 12:00-4:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005, 9:00 AM CST.
Purcell's If music be the food of love. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2; WF Bach's Sinfonia for Strings in F; Handel's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005, 10:00 AM CST.
Handel's Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson. Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005, 9:00 PM CST.
JC Bach's Flute & Oboe Quintet in C, Op. 11/1. Broadcast during the 9:00-11:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 24, 2005, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Cantata #29, Wir danken dir, Gott; Bach-Kempff's Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Wachet auf. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 24, 2005, 3:00 PM CST.
Praetorius' Courante, Gavotte, La Bourrée, Ballet des Sorciers from Terpsichore; Bach's Nun danket alle Gott. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 24, 2005, 10:00 PM CST.
Bach's Cantata #30, Freue dich, erlöste Schar. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 26, 2005, 12:30 PM CST.
Lyric Opera Preview: Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice. Broadcast during the 12:30-2:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 26, 2005, 4:30 PM CST.
Handel's Concerto grosso in c, Op. 6/8. Broadcast during the 4:30-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 6:00 PM CST.
Gluck-Kreisler's Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 10:00 AM CST.
Lully-D'Anglebert's Keyboard transcriptions: Ouverture de la Mascarade; Les Songes agréables; Gigue. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 1:00 PM CST.
Bach-Stokowski's Toccata & Fugue, BWV 565. Broadcast during the 1:00-2:15 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 3:00 PM CST.
Handel's Concerto in Bb for double winds, orchestra & organ. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach's Two-Keyboard Concerto in C, BWV 1061. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 1, 2005, 11:00 AM.
Jory Vinikour, harpsichordist/pianist, will hold a seminar, "Addressing the Baroque Dilemma: Harpsichord v. Piano", exploring the art of performing music originally written for the delicate harpsichord on today's modern piano, and touching on repertoire by Bach, Scarlatti, Couperin, Rameau, Duphly, and others.
Cost: Admission is free.
Location: The University of Chicago's Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street (4th floor), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: visit music.uchicago.edu/?cal.
Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 7:30 PM.
Midwest Young Artists will present Erica Bucholz, Brian Dickie, David Schrader, and Jerry Fuller giving a lecture and performance, "Baroque and Beyond", an in-depth look into Baroque music.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: MYA Center, Midwest Young Artists, 878 Lyster Road, Highwood, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-926-9898; or visit www.mya.org.
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