Early Music Events October 2007

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Thursday, October 4, 2007, 2:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "Shakespeare's Songbook".
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, October 5, 2007, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will present a concert, "Shakespeare's Songbook", art songs, ballads, and dance tunes from Shakespeare's plays.  With Consort regulars David Douglass, Director, violin, and viola da gamba; Paul O'Dette, lute, cittern, and theorbo; Ellen Hargis, soprano; and William Hite, tenor. Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
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:  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, October 6, 2007, 8:00 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, October 7, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Location:  Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 711 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 7:30 PM.
The Baroque Band, Garry Clarke, Artistic Director, will perform a concert, "Bach! The Brandenburg Project", with music by J.S. Bach and Biber.
Cost:  $30; $27 senior, $15 student.
Location:  Grainger Ballroom, Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-235-2368; e-mail info@baroqueband.org; or visit www.baroqueband.org.
Thursday, October 11, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
Friday, October 12, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

Friday, October 12, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Sunday, October 14, 2007, 3:00 PM.
The Madison Bach Musicians, Trevor Stephenson, Artistic Director, will perform a concert of cantatas and chamber music by Bach and others.  Pre-concert lecture 45 minutes before the concert.
Cost:  $25, $20 students/seniors.  $5 discount when purchased in advance.
Location:  St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 1833 Regent Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 608-238-6092; or visit madisonbachmusicians.org.

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents the Metropolis Quartet performing a concert, "Mozart and His Circle".
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, October 14, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Simple Gifts Series of Glenview Community Church presents the Chicago Early Music Consort performing "The Lowest Trees Have Tops", instrumental and vocal music by Dowland.
Cost:  $10 requested donation at the door.
Location:  Glenview Community Church, 1000 Elm Street (corner of Glenview Road and Elm), Glenview, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-296-4829; or e-mail cemconsort@comcast.net.

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 6:30 PM.
The Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH) will present "BACHtoberfest XII", Beer, Brats & Baroque!
Location:  Urbana Golf & Country Club, 100 E. Country Club Road, Urbana, Illinois.
For more info:  call 217-378-6802; e-mail info@baroqueartists.org; or visit www.baroqueartists.org.

Friday, October 19, 2007, 7:30 PM.
Early Music Now presents The King's Noyse performing a concert, "Festival España", The Musical Salads of Mateo Flecha.
Cost:  Tickets are $28-38, $10-$19 for students.  Season and partial-season subscriptions also available.
Location:  Helene Zelazo Performing Arts Center, 2419 E. Kenwood Boulevard, 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.

Friday, October 19, 2007, 8:00 PM.
Cantate Chicago, Anne Heider guest conductor, will perform a concert of early American music from North, Central, and South America.
Cost:  $15.
Location:  Immanuel Lutheran Church, 616 Lake, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-252-4613; or visit www.cantatechicago.org.
Sunday, October 21, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Location:  Luther Memorial Church, 2500 W. Wilson, Chicago, Illinois.

Sunday, October 21, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest, Jay Friedman, conductor, will perform a recorder concerto by Vivaldi, the Bach Brandenburg Concerto #2, and Beethoven's Symphony #3.  Featured soloists:  Amy Pikler, recorder; Charles Pikler, violin; Debbie Barford, oboe; Dale Kerner, trumpet.
Cost:  $20, $15 seniors and college students.  Students high school age and under admitted free.
Location:  First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  call 708-218-2648; e-mail gail@jayfriedman.net; or visit www.symphonyoprf.com/.

Sunday, October 21, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Saint Luke Bach Cantata Series presents Bach's Cantata Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz ("Why do you distress yourself, my heart?").
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.

Sunday, October 28, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Ars Antigua, Jerry Fuller, Director, will perform a concert, "Douceur et Douleur: Sweet and Sorrowful Music from 18th-Century France and Germany", with works by Bach, Couperin, Marais, and Sainte-Colombe.
Location:  Petty Auditorium, Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton Street, Skokie, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 847-673-7774.

Sunday, October 28, 2007, 3:00 PM.
Bach and Beyond will perform Bach's cantata Ein Feste Burg.
Location:  Wilmette Lutheran Church, 521 7th Street, Wilmette, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-315-6395; or e-mail scott@bachandbeyond.org.

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.

Saturday October 13, 2007.
Winds of Southern Wisconsin Recorder Workshop, with Lisette Kielson.
Location:  Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 309-828-1724; or e-mail LKielson@LEnsemblePortique.com.

Sunday, October 28, 2007, 4:00 PM.
The Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Vespers presents Bach's Cantata #192 Nun danket alle Gott ("Now thank we all our God").
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/.

Monday, October 1, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Avison's Concerto grosso #10 in D after Scarlatti.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, October 1, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto #4 in A, BWV 1055.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Monday, October 1, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT.
Purcell's Abdelazer Suite.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, October 1, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Violin Partita #3 in E, BWV 1006.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, October 4, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Summer.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, October 7, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Three-Keyboard Concerto #2 in C, BWV 1064.  Broadcast during the 3:00-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, October 7, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT.
Tallis' e Lucis Ante Terminum.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, October 8, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, October 8, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Telemann's Recorder and Viola da Gamba Concerto in a.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Monday, October 8, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT.
Live from WFMT: Craig Trompeter, viola da gamba, and David Schrader, harpsichord, perform the Bach gamba sonatas.  Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Cantata #82, Ich habe genug; Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D, BWV 1050.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT.
Stanley's String Concerto in B-Flat, Op 2/6.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F.  Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Water Music Suite #3 in G.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT.
Lute Encores: Frogg Galliard; Lachrimae Pavin; Pavane et Sauterelle; Bransle de Poictou.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, October 11, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Victoria's Salve Regina.  Bach's Solo Violin Sonata #1 in g, BWV 1001.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, October 12, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT.
Music in Chicago: Music of the Baroque in a 2006-07 season concert: Purcell's King Arthur.  Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto #6 in F, BWV 1057.  Broadcast during the 3:00-4:30 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, October 15, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Rameau's Daphnis et Aeglé: Overture, Menuet en Rondeau, Sarabande, 2 Gavottes, 2 Passepieds.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Purcell's Overture in D.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT.
Couperin's La Superbe, ou la Forqueray.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Arne's Overture #3 in G.  Avison's Concerto grosso #9 in C, after Scarlatti.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT.
Purcell's The Gordian Knot Untied Suite; If music be the food of love; Fairest isle.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, October 18, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Overture in B-Flat.  Perotin's Viderunt omnes.  Bach's Keyboard Partita #3 in a.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, October 19, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d, BWV 565.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, October 20, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT.
Renaissance Dances: Bransles de Villages; La Scesa de' Pastori dal Monte.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, October 20, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Winter; Corelli's Variations in d on La Follia, Op 5/12.  Broadcast during the 4:30-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Partita #3 in a, BWV 827.  Telemann's Heldenmusik.  Handel's Coronation anthem, The King Shall Rejoice.  Bach's A Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Trio Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Alfonso X's Cantigas de Santa Maria nos. 10 & 353.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Cantata #202, Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (Wedding).  Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #4 in D, BWV 1069.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, October 25, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Scarlatti's Il Giardino di Rose.  W.F. Bach's Sinfonia for Strings in F, F 67.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, October 25, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Purcell's Dioclesian instrumental suite.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, October 25, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Harpsichord Suite #4 in e; Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, October 27, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F, BWV 1047.  Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, October 28, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Solo Violin Sonata #2 in a, BWV 1003.  Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, October 29, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Telemann's Overture in D.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT.
Boyce's Overture #1 in D.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Aria variata alla maniera italiana.  Italian Renaissance Madrigals & Dances.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Harpsichord Suite #5 in E.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT.
Tartini's Violin Sonata in g, Devil's Trill.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, October 5, 2007, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "Shakespeare's Songbook".
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, October 6, 2007, 7:00 PM.
Location:  The University of Chicago's Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street (4th floor), Chicago, Illinois.


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