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The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series presents the Flanders Recorder Quartet, with soprano Susan Hamilton, performing a concert, "Darke is my Delight", English music from c. 1600 for soprano and recorders.
Cost: Early Music Series subscriptions (four concerts) $85, $40 for students, or (five concerts) $100, $50 for students; single-event tickets (if available) $30, $11 for students.
Location: Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street (at the corner of University Avenue), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-702-8068; e-mail concert-office@uchicago.edu; or visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/.
Saturday, November 4, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Early Music Now presents the Spiritus Collective performing "Cori Spezzati e Virtuosi", a concert of 17th century festival music from the Basilica of San Marco in Venice. Featuring works by Gabrieli, Castello, and Picchi.
Cost: Tickets are $28-35, $10-17.50 for students. Season subscriptions also available.
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 812 N. Jackson Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 414-225-3113 or 877-546-8742 (877-54music); e-mail info@earlymusicnow.org; or visit www.earlymusicnow.org.
Sunday, November 5, 2006, 10:30 AM.
The Saint Luke Chamber Orchestra and Bach Choir, Mark Bangert, conductor, will perform Bach's cantata, Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe ("You people, extol God's love"), BWV 167.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke, 1500 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-472-3383; or visit www.stlukechicago.org/church/music_bach.shtml.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Ensemble Voltaire, together with the Ronen Ensemble, will perform a concert, "The Golden Chain: Links Through the Centuries", featuring music by Rameau, Handel, Brahms, and Rutkowski.
Cost: $20 general; $15 seniors; $10 students and AFM members.
Location: Frank and Katrina Basile Theater, Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
View the Ensemble Voltaire 2006-2007 season flyer.
For more info: e-mail info@ensemblevoltaire.com; or visit ensemblevoltaire.com/schedule.htm.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Gravitacion will perform a concert, "Queene and Huntresse".
Location: Kaueper Hall, Millikin University, 1184 West Main Street, Decatur, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail mleese@millikin.edu; or visit www.gravitacion.org.
Thursday, October 12, 2006, 12:15 PM.
Thursday, October 26, 2006, 12:15 PM.
Thursday, November 9, 2006, 12:15 PM.
The Baroque Band, in partnership with the Silk Road Theater Project (which is performing a play about Caravaggio through October and November), will present a series of lunchtime chamber concerts featuring music from late 16th and early 17th century Italy. (Note: each concert will have different program content.)
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Pierce Hall, Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W.Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail info@baroqueband.org; or visit www.baroqueband.org/.
Thursday, November 9, 2006, 8:00 PM.
Gravitacion will perform a concert.
Location: McKinley Presbyterian Church, 809 S. Fifth Street, Champaign, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail mleese@millikin.edu; or visit www.gravitacion.org.
Thursday, November 9, 2006, 3:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "Time Stands Still: Reflections of Elizabethan England".
Location: the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, November 10, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Newberry Consort will present a concert, "Time Stands Still: Reflections of Elizabethan England", songs reflecting time and its effect on the Elizabethan psyche as well as instrumental works which explore the interplay of time in music. Performers include Newberry Consort regulars David Douglass, violin; Mary Springfels, viola da gamba; Ellen Hargis, soprano; and guest artists Craig Trompeter, viola da gamba; and Grant Herreid, lute. Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
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 11, 2006, 7:30 PM. Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Location: The University of Chicago's Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street (4th floor), Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, November 12, 2006, 3:00 PM.
Location: Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
Friday, November 10, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Ars Antigua, in collaboration with the Oriana Singers, will perform a concert, "The Music of Monteverdi: Songs of Love and War".
Cost: $8/$5 students, seniors, alumni
Location: Moser Performing Arts Center, University of St. Francis, 500 Wilcox Street, Joliet, Illinois.
For more info: call 800-735-7500; or visit www.stfrancis.edu.
Friday, November 10, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Chamber Choir, Timm Adams, Artistic Director, will perform a concert, "Soli Deo Gloria: The Very Heart of Bach", featuring Bach's Cantata 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stime, and works by composers he influenced, including Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Brahms.
Cost: $18 adult, $15 student
Location: St. Pauls United Church of Christ, 2335 N. Orchard, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-409-6890; e-mail info@chicagochamberchoir.org; or visit www.chicagochamberchoir.org.
Sunday, November 12, 2006, 3:00 PM.
Location: Unity Lutheran Church, 5409 N. Magnolia, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, November 10, 2006, 8:00 PM.
Schola Antiqua, Calvin Bower director, will perform a concert, "Harmonies for the Queen of Heavens", featuring Guillaume Du Fay's last polyphonic mass and his 1463 motet "Ave Regina Caelorum." Mass movements will be interspersed with period plainchant.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-702-7059
Saturday, November 11, 2006, 2:00 PM.
Ars Antigua will perform a concert, "The Music of Monteverdi: Songs of Love and War", a collaboration with the Oriana Singers and the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Cost: Admission is free.
Location: Quigley Chapel, Rush at Pearson, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-415-2391; or e-mail JerryFullerEsq@cs.com.
Saturday, November 11, 2006, 8:00 PM.
The Fermilab Arts Series presents the Rebel Baroque Ensemble performing a concert, "Baroque & Beyond", featuring music by J.S. Bach, Handel, Telemann, Blavet, Quantz, and C.P.E. Bach.
Cost: $21 for single tickets, if available, $10 for ages 18 and under.
Location: Ramsey Auditorium, Wilson Hall, Fermilab, Kirk Road & Pine Street, Batavia, Illinois.
For more info: call 630-840-2787; or e-mail audweb@fnal.gov.
Sunday, November 12, 2006, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents Ars Antigua and the Oriana Singers performing a concert, "Songs of Love and War", from Monteverdi's Eighth Book of Madrigals.
View the concert poster.
View the 2006-2007 season flyer.
Cost: Individual tickets are $15. Series subscription (six concerts) price is $72, or $12 per concert. Children under the age of 16 are free. As always at the Barn, you may BYOB.
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.
Sunday, November 12, 2006, 4:00 PM.
The Saint Luke Recorder Series presents John Langfeld performing a concert, "Baroque and 20th Century Recorder Music", featuring works by Handel, Telemann, and several modern composers.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke, 1500 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-472-3383; or visit www.stlukechicago.org/church/music_chamber.shtml.
Sunday, November 12, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Ars Musica Chicago will present "On a Wing and a Prayer", Soaring Renaissance Choral Music. Featuring the Ars Musica Singers, conducted by Stephen Blackwelder.
Cost: $20, $15 seniors, $5 students. (Seabury & North Shore AGO members free admission.)
Location: Chapel of St. John the Divine at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, 2122 Sheridan Road (at Haven Street), Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-409-7874; e-mail ArsMusicaChicago@aol.com; or visit www.arsmusicachicago.org.
Friday, November 17, 2006, 8:00 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series presents Trio Mediaeval performing "With Crown Alight", a concert of Norwegian song and Medieval carols.
Cost: Early Music Series subscriptions (four concerts) $85, $40 for students, or (five concerts) $100, $50 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/.
Friday, November 17, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Saturday, November 18, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Evelyn Dunbar Early Music Festival presents an opera by Niccolo Piccinni, La buona figliuola (The Good Girl).
Location: Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-491-4819; or e-mail [email protected]
Saturday, November 18, 2006, 8:00 PM.
The Downers Grove Choral Society will perform the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah and Britten's Ceremony of Carols.
Cost: $20; seniors/students, $15
Location: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 5211 Carpenter Street, Downers Grove, Illinois.
For more info: call 630-515-0030; e-mail President@dgcs.org; or visit www.dgcs.org.
Sunday, November 26, 2006, 4:00 PM.
The Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH) will present a "Messiah Sing-along".
Cost: $5. (Season tickets also available.)
Location: McKinley Presbyterian Church, 809 S. Fifth Street, Champaign, Illinois.
For more info: call 217-378-6802; e-mail info@baroqueartists.org; or visit www.baroqueartists.org.
Sunday, November 26, 2006, 7:30 PM.
Midwest Young Artists presents the Midwest Young Artists Early Music Ensemble, Jerry Fuller director; together with Ars Antigua performers Martin Davids and Garry Clarke, violins; Craig Trompeter, violoncello; harpsichord soloist David Schrader; and Jerry Fuller, director and double bass; in a concert of music by Handel and Bach.
Location: First United Methodist Church, 516 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-415-2391.
Monday, November 27, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Music Institute of Chicago's new Early Music Division presents a special concert of early music with works by Bach, Buxtehude, Couperin, Handel, Hotteterre, Morales, Scarlatti, and Vivaldi. Featuring MIC faculty and student performers: Patrick O'Malley, recorder; Garry Clarke, baroque violin; Craig Trompeter, viola da gamba; David Schrader, harpsichord; and the MIC Student Recorder and Gamba Consorts.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: Contact James R. Brown, Early Music Division Head, at 847-905-1500; or visit www.musicinst.com.
Sunday November 5 thru Saturday November 18, 2006.
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.
Thursday November 9 thru Sunday November 12, 2006.
Flanders Recorder Quartet Fall Workshop.
Location: Hampton Bays, New York.
For more info: write Barbara Zotz, Workshop Coordinator, Recorder Society of Long Island, 3 Mara Road, Huntington Station, NY 11746; call 631-421-0039; or e-mail bzotz@optonline.net.
Friday November 17 thru Sunday November 19, 2006.
Texas Toot Fall 2006.
Location: Palestine, Texas.
For more info: write Daniel Johnson, Artistic Director, Texas Toot, PO Box 4328, Austin, TX 78765; call 512-371-0099; e-mail dmj726@aol.com; or visit www.toot.org.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Marais's Viola da Gamba Suite in a. Corelli's Concerto grosso in F, Op 6/9. Biber's Sonata #1 a 8 in C, for 2 trumpets and strings. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Purcell's Suite from Act 4 of The Fairy Queen. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 7:00 PM CST.
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: "Bach Sleeps In on Sundays". Broadcast during the 7:00-8:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 10:00 PM CST.
Bach's Four-Clavier Concerto in a, BWV 1065. Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 2, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Purcell's Suite from The Indian Queen. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 2, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in g, R 332. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 2, 2006, 7:00 PM CST.
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: "Bach Sleeps In on Sundays". Broadcast during the 7:00-8:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 2, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Two-Clavier Concerto #2 in C, BWV 1061; Aria variata alla maniera italiana. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 4, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Anonymous' Troubador song, Calenda Maia. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 4, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Purcell's Suite from Abdelazer. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-Flat, BWV 1051. Broadcast during the 3:00-4:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 5, 2006, 12:00 PM CST.
Bach's Flute Sonata in b, BWV 1030; Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata #208. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 5, 2006, 4:00 PM CST.
Bach's Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat, BWV 998. Broadcast during the 4:00-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 5, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Purcell-Britten's Chacony in g. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 6, 2006, 8:00 AM CST.
Corelli's Trio Sonata in G, Op 1/9. Couperin's Concert Royal #1. Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 6, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Hildegard von Bingen's O Virtus Sapientie. Bach's English Suite #4 in F, Op 58. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G, BWV 1048. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in F, R 286, Per la Solennita di San Lorenzo. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach-Rachmaninoff's Suite from Violin Partita #3 in E, BWV 1006. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 11:05 PM CST.
Couperin-Bazelaire's excerpts from Les gouts reunis, ou nouveaux concerts. Broadcast during the 11:05-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 12, 2006, 4:00 PM CST.
Purcell's Suite from King Arthur. Broadcast during the 4:00-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 12, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #2 in b, BWV 1067. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 17, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Dowland's Lachrimae antiquae. Holborne's Elizabethan Dance Suite. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 18, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Bach's Violin and Oboe Concerto in d, BWV 1060; My Spirit Be Joyful from Cantata #146. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 19, 2006, 4:00 PM CST.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #3 in D, BWV 1068. Broadcast during the 4:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 20, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Taverner's Sanctus-Benedictus from Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F, BWV 1046. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's String Concerto in g, R 157. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Gabrieli's Trumpet Sonata a 6. Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia. Henry VIII's Rose Without A Thorn. Bach's Keyboard Concerto #4 in A, BWV 1055. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
JS Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F, BWV 1047. WF Bach's Sinfonia for Strings in F, F 67. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 23, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Buxtehude's Cantata, Now Thank We All Our God. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 23, 2006, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Cantata #29, Wir danken dir Gott; Nun komm; der Heiden Heiland; Wachet auf. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 25, 2006, 10:00 AM CST.
Leclair's Violin Sonata in C, Op 5/10. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 26, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Bach-Galbraith's Lute Suite in g; Bach's Aria, Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen from Cantata #82. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 27, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Purcell's Fantasia #2 in F, Z 733. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 27, 2006, 1:00 PM CST.
Bach's Prelude & Fugue #18 in g# from book 2 of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Broadcast during the 1:00-2:05 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006, 1:05 PM CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D, BWV 1050. Broadcast during the 1:05-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006, 6:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's Autumn, violin concerto from The Four Seasons. Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Handel's Concerto grosso in C, Alexander's Feast. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 30, 2006, 9:00 AM CST.
Handel's Suite from the operas Florindo and Daphne. Purcell's Te Deum Laudamus in D. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 30, 2006, 1:25 PM CST.
Taverner's motet, O Splendor Gloriae. Broadcast during the 1:25-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 30, 2006, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-Flat, BWV 1051. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 10, 2006, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "Time Stands Still: Reflections of Elizabethan England".
Location: the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, November 11, 2006, 7:00 PM.
Location: The University of Chicago's Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street (4th floor), Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, November 18, 2006, 2:00 PM.
The Evelyn Dunbar Early Music Festival presents "From Novel to Opera: The Genesis of an Eighteenth Century Phenomenon", a scholarly panel discussion on Niccolò Piccinni's eighteenth-century opera "La buona figliuola" ("The Good Girl" or "La Cecchina").
Cost: Free.
Location: Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call Marck Bailey at 847-467-6984.
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