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Select the early music events listings for another month here: Saturday, October 27, 2007, 1:30 PM.
Rockefeller Chapel and the Chicago Humanities Festival presents Modern Minstrelsy, the Home Street Recorder Ensemble, and Pullman Morris and Sword Dance Ensemble performing "Noyes Fludde", A Reconstruction of the Chester Mystery Play by Andrew Schultze. Featuring Lawrence McCauley as Noah and Jillian Jocson as his wife.
Cost: $5 pre-order, or $6 at the door.
Location: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Call Andrew Schultze at 773-774-5706; or visit rockefeller.uchicago.edu.
Saturday, November 10, 2007, 2:30 PM.
Location: Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, November 2, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series presents Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie, conductor, with soprano soloist Karina Gauvin, performing the Vivaldi and Pergolesi Stabat Maters.
Cost: Early Music Series subscriptions (three concerts) $63, $12 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 3, 2007, 7:30 PM.
REBEL will perform a concert, "Irregular Pearls: Music from European Courts & Chambers", with works by Pandolfi-Mealli, Biber, Telemann, Vivaldi, Purcell, and Bach.
Cost: Visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19146 for more information.
Location: Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 708-445-8955; e-mail concerts@utrf.org; or visit www.unitytemple-utrf.org/concert_series.html.
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 8:00 PM.
The Chicago Chorale, Bruce Tammen, conductor, will perform motets by Bach and Purcell, among other works.
Cost: $20, $12 students.
Location: Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail info@chicagochorale.org, or visit www.chicagochorale.org/schedule.html.
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 2:00 PM.
The VOX 3 Vocal Collective will perform a concert, "Here I Stand, Music of the Reformation", with works by Walther, Herman, Hassler, Praetorius, Schütz, and J.S. Bach.
Read the concert press release.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1218 W. Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-968-7143; e-mail azawada1980@yahoo.com; or visit www.vox3.org.
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Callipygian Players, Martin Davids, Director, will perform a concert, "Buxtehude, Biber and Beyond", with music by Germanic composers from the Baroque Era.
Cost: General Admission $20, Student/Senior $15.
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, 700 North Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, Illinois.
For more info: Call 847-674-3204; e-mail director@calplayers.org; or visit www.calplayers.org.
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 10:30 AM.
The Saint Luke Bach Cantata Series presents Bach's Cantata Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde ("Glad time of the New Covenant").
Cost: Free.
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 6, 2007, 12:20 PM.
Thomas Wikman will perform a recital of music by Bach and Zipoli.
Location: Augustana Chapel at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 East 55th Street (55th and University), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail tomwikman@yahoo.com; or visit www.ThomasWikman.org.
Friday, November 9, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Ars Antigua, Jerry Fuller, Director, will perform a concert of music by Vivaldi.
Location: Moser Performing Arts Center, University of St. Francis, 500 Wilcox Street, Joliet, Illinois.
For more info: E-mail pbrannon@stfrancis.edu.
Saturday, November 10, 2007, 1:00 PM.
This concert will be held in collaboration with the Chicago Humanities Festival and the Instituto Italiano di Cultura.
Location: Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, November 11, 2007, 2:30 PM.
The Chicago Humanities Festival will present Ars Musica Chicago performing a concert "Water in Sound and Symbol", with works by Maudit, Guerrero, Campion, Rossi, and Palestrina, and supplemented by selected readings.
Location: Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Call 312-661-1028; e-mail ArsMusicaChicago@aol.com; or visit www.arsmusicachicago.org.
Sunday, November 11, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents Ars Antigua performing a concert, "Vivaldi's Four Seasons".
View the 2007-2008 season flyer.
Cost: Individual tickets are $15. Series subscription (seven concerts) price is $84, 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 11, 2007, 7:00 PM.
The Northwestern University Baroque Music Ensemble, Stephen Alltop, conductor, will perform a concert, "Glories of the Italian Baroque", with music by Scarlatti, Strozzi, Castello, Merula, Uccellini, and Corelli. Featuring soloists Ellen Hargis, soprano; and David Douglass, baroque violin.
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-491-5441; or visit www.music.northwestern.edu/calendar/.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 8:15 PM.
The Western Michigan University Collegium Musicum will perform its Fall concert with vocal and instrumental music from Spain.
Location: Dalton Center Recital Hall, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
For more info: call 269-387-4667; or visit www.wmich.edu/music/ensembles/som_ensem_collegium-musicum.html.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Kraemer, conductor, will perform works by Handel, Telemann, and Haydn. Featured soloist: Christopher Martin, trumpet.
Cost: Varies by date and seating; visit www.cso.org/ for details.
Location: Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Call 312-294-3000; or 630/752-5010 (for the Wheaton performance); or visit www.cso.org/.
Friday, November 16, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Cost: Visit www.wheaton.edu/TicketOffice/index.html for the Wheaton performance.
Location: Edman Memorial Chapel, Wheaton College, Washington and Franklin, Wheaton, Illinois.
Friday, November 16, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Baroque Band, together with the Rockefeller Chapel Choir, will perform Haydn's Maria Theresa Mass.
Location: Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-235-2368; e-mail info@baroqueband.org; or visit www.baroqueband.org.
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 7:00 PM.
The Elgin Choral Union and Janus Ensemble, Andrew Lewis, Director, will perform Handel's Messiah.
Cost: $23, $18 seniors, $15 student, $5 children under 10 (with adult admission).
Location: Blizzard Theater, Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-622-0300; or visit www.elginchoralunion.org/concerts.htm.
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 5:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents Ensemble La Rota performing a concert, "Heu, Fortuna Subdula", French Secular Music Before Machaut.
Cost: Tickets are $28-38, $10-$19 for students. Season and partial-season subscriptions also available.
Location: All Saints' Cathedral, 818 East Juneau Avenue, 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 18, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Location: Luther Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin.
Sunday, November 18, 2007, 3:00 PM.
The Downers Grove Choral Society will perform Vivaldi's Gloria and Rutter's Magnificat. Featuring soloist Andrea Holliday, soprano.
Cost: $20, seniors/students $15.
Location: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 5211 Carpenter Street, Downers Grove, Illinois.
For more info: call 630-513-0030; e-mail President@DGCS.org; or visit www.dgcs.org.
Sunday, November 18, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Oak Park Concert Chorale will perform a concert featuring Vivaldi's Gloria, also with works by Victoria, Schein, and other contemporary composers.
Cost: $15 general admission; $10 seniors/students; children age 5 or younger free.
Location: St. John Lutheran Church, 305 Circle Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois.
For more info: Call 708-383-4742; e-mail info@OakParkConcertChorale.org; or visit www.oakparkconcertchorale.org.
Sunday, November 18, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Saint Luke Recorder Series presents John Langfeld, recorder, performing a concert, "Recorder Music of the 18th & 20th Centuries", with music by Loeillet, Bigaglia, and Vivaldi, as well as other contemporary composers. Also with instrumentalists Jason J. Moy, harpsichord; Naomi Bensdorf, oboe; Phoebe Peterson, bassoon; Richard Yea, cello.
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 18, 2007, 6:00 PM.
The Midwest Young Artists Early Music Ensemble will perform in a concert, "Old & New Dreams: Part 1".
Cost: $12, $5 students and seniors.
Location: First United Methodist Church, 1630 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: Visit mya.org/events/cat7.php and mya.org/events/?e=26.
Sunday, November 25, 2007, 3:00 PM.
The Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH) will present a "Messiah Sing-along".
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.
Friday, November 30, 2007, 8:00 PM.
The University of Chicago Chorus & Orchestra, James Kallenbach conductor, will perform Handel's Messiah.
Cost: Tickets at the door or call 773-702-9075; $30/$20, $10/$5 students.
Location: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-702-9075.
Friday, November 2, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Sunday, November 11, 2007, 1:00 PM.
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Saturday, November 24, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Saturday, December 1, 2007, 6:30 PM.
The Lyric Opera of Chicago, Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor, David McVicar, director; will present Handel's opera Julius Caesar. Featuring David Daniels as Caesar; Danielle de Niese as Cleopatra; Maite Beaumont as Sesto; Patricia Bardon as Cornelia; Christophe Dumaux as Ptolemy; Wayne Tigges as Achilla; Gerald Thompson as Nireno.
Cost: Varies by seating and day of week. Call for more info.
Location: Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive (Madison & Wacker), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-332-2244; or visit www.lyricopera.org.
Thursday, November 29, 2007, 2:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "Journey to Bethlehem".
Location: St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Place, Chicago, illinois.
Friday, November 30, 2007, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will present a concert, "Journey to Bethlehem: 17th Century German Music for Advent and Christmas".
With David Douglass, Director and violin; William Porter, organ; the Newberry Consort Singers: Ellen Hargis, soprano; Julia Bentley, alto; Harold Brock, tenor; Jeffery Strauss, bass; also the "loud" band The Whole Noyse, playing cornetto, sackbut, dulcian, recorder, and other string instruments.
Read the Newberry Consort 2007-2008 season brochure (PDF, 1920 KB).
Cost: Ticket prices vary by section and venue, also by time of performance. A multi-concert ten-percent discount is available. Visit the Ordering Tickets page for details.
Location: St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Place, Chicago, illinois.
For more info: call 312-255-3700; visit the Consort website; or e-mail consort@newberry.org.
Saturday, December 1, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Location: St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Place, Chicago, illinois.
Sunday, December 2, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
Sunday November 4 thru Saturday November 17, 2007.
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.
Friday November 9 thru Saturday November 10, 2007.
St. Louis Recorder Society Masterclass and Recorder Workshop, with Lisette Kielson.
Location: St. Louis, Missouri.
For more info: call 309-828-1724; or e-mail LKielson@LEnsemblePortique.com.
Friday November 16 thru Sunday November 18, 2007.
Fall Texas Toot 2007.
Location: Palestine, Texas.
For more info: write Joyce Henry, Rio Grande Chapter, American Recorder Society, 4460 Falcon Drive, Las Cruces, NM 88011 USA; call 505-522-4178; e-mail nmrecorders1@juno.com.
Sunday, November 18, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Vespers presents Bach's Cantata #55 Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht ("O wretched man, O slave to sin").
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 www.graceriverforest.org/church/info/music/cantata.html.
Thursday, November 1, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Marais's Suite Le Labyrinthe. Albinoni's String Sonata (a cinque) in g. Biber's Battaglia Sonata. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 1, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Pachelbel's Canon in D. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 2, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT.
The Bucksbaum Family Lyric Opera Broadcasts--Live from the Civic Opera House: Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents Handel's Julius Caesar. Featuring soloists: David Daniels (Caesar); Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra); Maite Beaumont (Sesto); Patricia Bardon (Cornelia); Christophe Dumaux (Ptolemy); Wayne Tigges (Achilla); Gerald Thompson (Nireno). With the Lyric Opera & Chorus, Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor. Broadcast live during the 6:15-11:15 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 5:00 PM CST.
Tartini's Sonata Pastorale in A. Broadcast during the 5:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 11:00 PM CST.
Sephardic Song, Las Estrellas de los Cielos. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 5, 2007, 9:00 AM CST.
Corelli's Sonata da camera in g. Couperin's Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 5, 2007, 10:00 AM CST.
Hildegard of Bingen's O Virtus Sapientie. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Peter Van De Graaff" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 5, 2007, 11:00 PM CST.
Dufaut's Lute Suite in a. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 10:00 AM CST.
Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Peter Van De Graaff" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in g, R 317 (Op 12/1). Bach's Magnificat in D, BWV 243. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 11, 2007, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971. Corelli's Concerto grosso in c, Op 6/3. Broadcast during the 3:00-3:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 16, 2007, 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 17, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Orient-Occident: Danse de l'âme; La Manfredina; Laili Djân. Broadcast during the 12:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 4:30 PM CST.
Handel's Concerto grosso in G, Op 3/3. Broadcast during the 4:30-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 18, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Two-Part Inventions nos. 1-7. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 9:00 AM CST.
Biber's Six-Trumpet Sonata in C. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Partita #1 in Bb, BWV 825. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 6:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's String Concerto in G, R 151, Alla rustica. Broadcast during the 6:00-6:50 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Oboe Concerto in Eb, BWV 1053. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Music with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007, 9:00 AM CST.
Gabrieli's Canzon #16. Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia. Henry VIII's Suite, Rose without a Thorn. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007, 1:00 PM CST.
Bach's Orchestra Suie #1 in C, BWV 1066. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 22, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Sinfonia, Wir danken dir, Gott; Nun danket alle Gott; Awake Thou Wintry Earth; Sleepers Wake. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 24, 2007, 10:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons; Violin Concerto #3 in F, R 293. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 24, 2007, 4:30 PM CST.
Praetorius's Terpsichore: Courante, Gavotte, La Bourrée, Ballet des Sorciers. Bach's Orchestra Suite #2 in b, BWV 1067. Broadcast during the 4:30-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 25, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Buxtehude's Cantata, Nun danket alle Gott, Now Thank We All Our God. Bach's My Spirit Be Joyful. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 25, 2007, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach-Busoni's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564. Broadcast during the 3:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 26, 2007, 9:00 AM CST.
Purcell's Fantasia #2 in F, Z 733. Bach's Violin Concerto #1 in a, BWV 1041. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 26, 2007, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Triple Concerto in a, BWV 1044. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Music with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Partita #1 in Bb, BWV 825. Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 10:15 PM CST.
Bach's Violin Partita #2 in d, BWV 1004. Broadcast during the 10:15-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 1:00 PM CST.
Couperin's Concerts dans le goôt théatral; Divertissement #5, Les Plaisirs de l'ille enchantée. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto #2 in E, BWV 1053. Broadcast during the 6:00-8:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 29, 2007, 9:00 AM CST.
Handel's Suite from the operas Florindo and Daphne. Purcell's Fantasia #2 in F, Z 733. Tallis' Spem in alium. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 30, 2007, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #3 in D, BWV 1068. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
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Select the early music events listings for another month here: Saturday, October 27, 2007, 1:30 PM.
Rockefeller Chapel and the Chicago Humanities Festival presents Modern Minstrelsy, the Home Street Recorder Ensemble, and Pullman Morris and Sword Dance Ensemble performing "Noyes Fludde", A Reconstruction of the Chester Mystery Play by Andrew Schultze. Featuring Lawrence McCauley as Noah and Jillian Jocson as his wife.
Cost: $5 pre-order, or $6 at the door.
Location: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Call Andrew Schultze at 773-774-5706; or visit rockefeller.uchicago.edu.
Saturday, November 10, 2007, 2:30 PM.
Location: Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, November 2, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series presents Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie, conductor, with soprano soloist Karina Gauvin, performing the Vivaldi and Pergolesi Stabat Maters.
Cost: Early Music Series subscriptions (three concerts) $63, $12 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 3, 2007, 7:30 PM.
REBEL will perform a concert, "Irregular Pearls: Music from European Courts & Chambers", with works by Pandolfi-Mealli, Biber, Telemann, Vivaldi, Purcell, and Bach.
Cost: Visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19146 for more information.
Location: Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 708-445-8955; e-mail concerts@utrf.org; or visit www.unitytemple-utrf.org/concert_series.html.
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 8:00 PM.
The Chicago Chorale, Bruce Tammen, conductor, will perform motets by Bach and Purcell, among other works.
Cost: $20, $12 students.
Location: Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail info@chicagochorale.org, or visit www.chicagochorale.org/schedule.html.
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 2:00 PM.
The VOX 3 Vocal Collective will perform a concert, "Here I Stand, Music of the Reformation", with works by Walther, Herman, Hassler, Praetorius, Schütz, and J.S. Bach.
Read the concert press release.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1218 W. Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-968-7143; e-mail azawada1980@yahoo.com; or visit www.vox3.org.
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Callipygian Players, Martin Davids, Director, will perform a concert, "Buxtehude, Biber and Beyond", with music by Germanic composers from the Baroque Era.
Cost: General Admission $20, Student/Senior $15.
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, 700 North Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, Illinois.
For more info: Call 847-674-3204; e-mail director@calplayers.org; or visit www.calplayers.org.
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 10:30 AM.
The Saint Luke Bach Cantata Series presents Bach's Cantata Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde ("Glad time of the New Covenant").
Cost: Free.
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 6, 2007, 12:20 PM.
Thomas Wikman will perform a recital of music by Bach and Zipoli.
Location: Augustana Chapel at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 East 55th Street (55th and University), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail tomwikman@yahoo.com; or visit www.ThomasWikman.org.
Friday, November 9, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Ars Antigua, Jerry Fuller, Director, will perform a concert of music by Vivaldi.
Location: Moser Performing Arts Center, University of St. Francis, 500 Wilcox Street, Joliet, Illinois.
For more info: E-mail pbrannon@stfrancis.edu.
Saturday, November 10, 2007, 1:00 PM.
This concert will be held in collaboration with the Chicago Humanities Festival and the Instituto Italiano di Cultura.
Location: Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, November 11, 2007, 2:30 PM.
The Chicago Humanities Festival will present Ars Musica Chicago performing a concert "Water in Sound and Symbol", with works by Maudit, Guerrero, Campion, Rossi, and Palestrina, and supplemented by selected readings.
Location: Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Call 312-661-1028; e-mail ArsMusicaChicago@aol.com; or visit www.arsmusicachicago.org.
Sunday, November 11, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents Ars Antigua performing a concert, "Vivaldi's Four Seasons".
View the 2007-2008 season flyer.
Cost: Individual tickets are $15. Series subscription (seven concerts) price is $84, 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 11, 2007, 7:00 PM.
The Northwestern University Baroque Music Ensemble, Stephen Alltop, conductor, will perform a concert, "Glories of the Italian Baroque", with music by Scarlatti, Strozzi, Castello, Merula, Uccellini, and Corelli. Featuring soloists Ellen Hargis, soprano; and David Douglass, baroque violin.
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-491-5441; or visit www.music.northwestern.edu/calendar/.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 8:15 PM.
The Western Michigan University Collegium Musicum will perform its Fall concert with vocal and instrumental music from Spain.
Location: Dalton Center Recital Hall, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
For more info: call 269-387-4667; or visit www.wmich.edu/music/ensembles/som_ensem_collegium-musicum.html.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Kraemer, conductor, will perform works by Handel, Telemann, and Haydn. Featured soloist: Christopher Martin, trumpet.
Cost: Varies by date and seating; visit www.cso.org/ for details.
Location: Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: Call 312-294-3000; or 630/752-5010 (for the Wheaton performance); or visit www.cso.org/.
Friday, November 16, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Cost: Visit www.wheaton.edu/TicketOffice/index.html for the Wheaton performance.
Location: Edman Memorial Chapel, Wheaton College, Washington and Franklin, Wheaton, Illinois.
Friday, November 16, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Baroque Band, together with the Rockefeller Chapel Choir, will perform Haydn's Maria Theresa Mass.
Location: Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-235-2368; e-mail info@baroqueband.org; or visit www.baroqueband.org.
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 7:00 PM.
The Elgin Choral Union and Janus Ensemble, Andrew Lewis, Director, will perform Handel's Messiah.
Cost: $23, $18 seniors, $15 student, $5 children under 10 (with adult admission).
Location: Blizzard Theater, Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-622-0300; or visit www.elginchoralunion.org/concerts.htm.
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 5:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents Ensemble La Rota performing a concert, "Heu, Fortuna Subdula", French Secular Music Before Machaut.
Cost: Tickets are $28-38, $10-$19 for students. Season and partial-season subscriptions also available.
Location: All Saints' Cathedral, 818 East Juneau Avenue, 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 18, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Location: Luther Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin.
Sunday, November 18, 2007, 3:00 PM.
The Downers Grove Choral Society will perform Vivaldi's Gloria and Rutter's Magnificat. Featuring soloist Andrea Holliday, soprano.
Cost: $20, seniors/students $15.
Location: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 5211 Carpenter Street, Downers Grove, Illinois.
For more info: call 630-513-0030; e-mail President@DGCS.org; or visit www.dgcs.org.
Sunday, November 18, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Oak Park Concert Chorale will perform a concert featuring Vivaldi's Gloria, also with works by Victoria, Schein, and other contemporary composers.
Cost: $15 general admission; $10 seniors/students; children age 5 or younger free.
Location: St. John Lutheran Church, 305 Circle Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois.
For more info: Call 708-383-4742; e-mail info@OakParkConcertChorale.org; or visit www.oakparkconcertchorale.org.
Sunday, November 18, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Saint Luke Recorder Series presents John Langfeld, recorder, performing a concert, "Recorder Music of the 18th & 20th Centuries", with music by Loeillet, Bigaglia, and Vivaldi, as well as other contemporary composers. Also with instrumentalists Jason J. Moy, harpsichord; Naomi Bensdorf, oboe; Phoebe Peterson, bassoon; Richard Yea, cello.
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 18, 2007, 6:00 PM.
The Midwest Young Artists Early Music Ensemble will perform in a concert, "Old & New Dreams: Part 1".
Cost: $12, $5 students and seniors.
Location: First United Methodist Church, 1630 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: Visit mya.org/events/cat7.php and mya.org/events/?e=26.
Sunday, November 25, 2007, 3:00 PM.
The Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH) will present a "Messiah Sing-along".
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.
Friday, November 30, 2007, 8:00 PM.
The University of Chicago Chorus & Orchestra, James Kallenbach conductor, will perform Handel's Messiah.
Cost: Tickets at the door or call 773-702-9075; $30/$20, $10/$5 students.
Location: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 773-702-9075.
Friday, November 2, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Sunday, November 11, 2007, 1:00 PM.
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Saturday, November 24, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Saturday, December 1, 2007, 6:30 PM.
The Lyric Opera of Chicago, Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor, David McVicar, director; will present Handel's opera Julius Caesar. Featuring David Daniels as Caesar; Danielle de Niese as Cleopatra; Maite Beaumont as Sesto; Patricia Bardon as Cornelia; Christophe Dumaux as Ptolemy; Wayne Tigges as Achilla; Gerald Thompson as Nireno.
Cost: Varies by seating and day of week. Call for more info.
Location: Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive (Madison & Wacker), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-332-2244; or visit www.lyricopera.org.
Thursday, November 29, 2007, 2:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "Journey to Bethlehem".
Location: St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Place, Chicago, illinois.
Friday, November 30, 2007, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will present a concert, "Journey to Bethlehem: 17th Century German Music for Advent and Christmas".
With David Douglass, Director and violin; William Porter, organ; the Newberry Consort Singers: Ellen Hargis, soprano; Julia Bentley, alto; Harold Brock, tenor; Jeffery Strauss, bass; also the "loud" band The Whole Noyse, playing cornetto, sackbut, dulcian, recorder, and other string instruments.
Read the Newberry Consort 2007-2008 season brochure (PDF, 1920 KB).
Cost: Ticket prices vary by section and venue, also by time of performance. A multi-concert ten-percent discount is available. Visit the Ordering Tickets page for details.
Location: St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Place, Chicago, illinois.
For more info: call 312-255-3700; visit the Consort website; or e-mail consort@newberry.org.
Saturday, December 1, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Location: St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Place, Chicago, illinois.
Sunday, December 2, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
Sunday November 4 thru Saturday November 17, 2007.
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.
Friday November 9 thru Saturday November 10, 2007.
St. Louis Recorder Society Masterclass and Recorder Workshop, with Lisette Kielson.
Location: St. Louis, Missouri.
For more info: call 309-828-1724; or e-mail LKielson@LEnsemblePortique.com.
Friday November 16 thru Sunday November 18, 2007.
Fall Texas Toot 2007.
Location: Palestine, Texas.
For more info: write Joyce Henry, Rio Grande Chapter, American Recorder Society, 4460 Falcon Drive, Las Cruces, NM 88011 USA; call 505-522-4178; e-mail nmrecorders1@juno.com.
Sunday, November 18, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Vespers presents Bach's Cantata #55 Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht ("O wretched man, O slave to sin").
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 www.graceriverforest.org/church/info/music/cantata.html.
Thursday, November 1, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Marais's Suite Le Labyrinthe. Albinoni's String Sonata (a cinque) in g. Biber's Battaglia Sonata. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 1, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Pachelbel's Canon in D. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 2, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT.
The Bucksbaum Family Lyric Opera Broadcasts--Live from the Civic Opera House: Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents Handel's Julius Caesar. Featuring soloists: David Daniels (Caesar); Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra); Maite Beaumont (Sesto); Patricia Bardon (Cornelia); Christophe Dumaux (Ptolemy); Wayne Tigges (Achilla); Gerald Thompson (Nireno). With the Lyric Opera & Chorus, Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor. Broadcast live during the 6:15-11:15 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 5:00 PM CST.
Tartini's Sonata Pastorale in A. Broadcast during the 5:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 11:00 PM CST.
Sephardic Song, Las Estrellas de los Cielos. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 5, 2007, 9:00 AM CST.
Corelli's Sonata da camera in g. Couperin's Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 5, 2007, 10:00 AM CST.
Hildegard of Bingen's O Virtus Sapientie. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Peter Van De Graaff" program on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 5, 2007, 11:00 PM CST.
Dufaut's Lute Suite in a. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 10:00 AM CST.
Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks. Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Peter Van De Graaff" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in g, R 317 (Op 12/1). Bach's Magnificat in D, BWV 243. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 11, 2007, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971. Corelli's Concerto grosso in c, Op 6/3. Broadcast during the 3:00-3:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 16, 2007, 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 17, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Orient-Occident: Danse de l'âme; La Manfredina; Laili Djân. Broadcast during the 12:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 4:30 PM CST.
Handel's Concerto grosso in G, Op 3/3. Broadcast during the 4:30-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 18, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Two-Part Inventions nos. 1-7. Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 9:00 AM CST.
Biber's Six-Trumpet Sonata in C. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Partita #1 in Bb, BWV 825. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 6:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's String Concerto in G, R 151, Alla rustica. Broadcast during the 6:00-6:50 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Oboe Concerto in Eb, BWV 1053. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Music with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007, 9:00 AM CST.
Gabrieli's Canzon #16. Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia. Henry VIII's Suite, Rose without a Thorn. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007, 1:00 PM CST.
Bach's Orchestra Suie #1 in C, BWV 1066. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 22, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Sinfonia, Wir danken dir, Gott; Nun danket alle Gott; Awake Thou Wintry Earth; Sleepers Wake. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 24, 2007, 10:00 PM CST.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons; Violin Concerto #3 in F, R 293. Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Saturday, November 24, 2007, 4:30 PM CST.
Praetorius's Terpsichore: Courante, Gavotte, La Bourrée, Ballet des Sorciers. Bach's Orchestra Suite #2 in b, BWV 1067. Broadcast during the 4:30-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 25, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Buxtehude's Cantata, Nun danket alle Gott, Now Thank We All Our God. Bach's My Spirit Be Joyful. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Sunday, November 25, 2007, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach-Busoni's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564. Broadcast during the 3:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 26, 2007, 9:00 AM CST.
Purcell's Fantasia #2 in F, Z 733. Bach's Violin Concerto #1 in a, BWV 1041. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Monday, November 26, 2007, 3:00 PM CST.
Bach's Triple Concerto in a, BWV 1044. Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Music with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 12:00 noon CST.
Bach's Partita #1 in Bb, BWV 825. Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks. Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 10:15 PM CST.
Bach's Violin Partita #2 in d, BWV 1004. Broadcast during the 10:15-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 1:00 PM CST.
Couperin's Concerts dans le goôt théatral; Divertissement #5, Les Plaisirs de l'ille enchantée. Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 6:00 PM CST.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto #2 in E, BWV 1053. Broadcast during the 6:00-8:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Thursday, November 29, 2007, 9:00 AM CST.
Handel's Suite from the operas Florindo and Daphne. Purcell's Fantasia #2 in F, Z 733. Tallis' Spem in alium. Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
Friday, November 30, 2007, 11:00 PM CST.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #3 in D, BWV 1068. Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.
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