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Sunday, September 11, 2005, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents lutenist Richard Stone performing J.S. Bach's Lute Suites.
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.

Monday, September 12, 2005, 12:15 PM.
The Classical Mondays series at the Chicago Cultural Center presents lutenist Richard Stone performing two of J.S. Bach's Lute Suites (BWV 997 & 998).
Cost:  Free admission
Location:  Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-744-6630.

Friday, September 23, 2005, 7:30 PM.
L'Ensemble Portique will perform "Tête-à-Tête ... Plus One: Dialogues for Recorder, Cello and Harpsichord", music by Bach, Boismortier, Merula, Telemann, and Vivaldi.  With Lisette Kielson, recorder; Pablo Mahave-Veglia, Baroque cello; and John Chappell Stowe, harpsichord.
Location:  Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 608-287-1006; or e-mail LKielson@LEnsemblePortique.com.

Sunday, September 25, 2005, 3:00 PM.
Friday, September 30, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Jane Glover, conductor, and Edward Zelnis, chorus director, will perform Mozart's Requiem and other works by the same composer.  Featuring soloists Ellen Hargis, soprano; Christine Abraham, mezzo-soprano; Steven Tharp, tenor; Stephen Morscheck, bass.
Cost:  Visit www.baroque.org/subscribe/ for details.
Location:  Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph (Millennium Park), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque@baroque.org; or visit www.baroque.org.

Sunday, September 25, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Ars Musica Chicago will perform a concert, "September in Paris--Music of the French Baroque", with music by Couperin, Rameau, Francoeur, and Clerambault.  Featuring Martin Davids, Baroque violin; Stephen Alltop, harpsichord; Carol LoVerde, soprano; and Andrew Schultze, bass-baritone.
Cost:  $20, $15 for students & seniors; season series tickets are also available
Location:  De Paul Art Museum (in the Richardson Library), 2350 North Kenmore (at Fullerton), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-425-0867; or visit www.ArsMusicaChicago.org.

Sunday, September 25, 2005, 7:30 PM.
Chicago Chamber Musicians will perform a concert featuring canzonets, madrigals, catches, and glees for brass quartet by various English composers, also works by G. Gabrieli, A. Gabrieli, and other composers.
Cost:  Prices range from $18 to $36, with senior and student discounts available, also series tickets.
Location:  Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-819-5800; or visit www.chicagochambermusic.org.
Monday, September 26, 2005, 7:30 PM.
Location:  DePaul University Concert Hall, 800 West Belden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Thursday, September 29, 2005, 3:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "Crouching Dragon, Hidden Viol: Music for a Chinese Banquet".
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, September 30, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort and Chinese traditional musicians Betti Xiang and Wei Yang present a concert, "Crouching Dragon, Hidden Viol: Music for a Chinese Banquet", an evening of chamber music, Eastern and Western, which might have been heard in the Imperial Chambers of the Forbidden City.  Performers include Newberry Consort regulars Drew Minter, David Schrader, and Mary Springfels, .  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, October 1, 2005, 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 2, 2005, 3:00 PM.
Location:  Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.

Friday, September 30, 2005, 7:30 PM.
Early Music Now presents recorder duo Marion Verbruggen and Clea Galhano performing a concert, "The Art of the French & German Baroque".
Cost:  Tickets are $25-30, $10-15 for students.  Season subscriptions also available.
Location:  Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 414-225-3113; e-mail earlymusicnow@spcglobal.net; or visit earlymusicnow.org.
Saturday, October 1, 2005, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Wisconsin Lutheran College, 8800 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Friday, September 30, 2005, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "Crouching Dragon, Hidden Viol: Music for a Chinese Banquet".
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, October 1, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Location:  The University of Chicago's Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street (4th floor), Chicago, Illinois.

Thursday, September 1, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Four-Keyboard Concerto.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, September 1, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Ricercar à 6 from A Musical Offering; Purcell's Thou Knowest, Lord; Bach's Sleepers Awake from Cantata #140.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Friday, September 2, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Elizabethan Springtime: Morley's Now is the Month of Maying; Anonymous' Joan to the Maypole & Now the Lusty Spring Is Seen.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, September 2, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT.
A special edition of WFMT's Music in Chicago show hosted by Peter Van De Graaff will highlight over a dozen local early music ensembles and presenters in a preview to the upcoming performance season.  The two-hour program features many recordings by local performers and information on their 2005-2006 concert schedules.  Broadcast from 8:00 to 10:00 PM on WFMT Radio, 98.7 FM.  Read more here.

Saturday, September 3, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Music of the Baroque Season Preview: Peter Van De Graaff and guests from MOB preview the 2005-06 35th anniversary season.  Broadcast during the 9:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, September 3, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT.
Lawes' Two-Guitar Suite.  Broadcast during the 4:30-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, September 4, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT.
Bella Voce in its farewell concert performance from April 2005.  Broadcast during the 4:30-5:30 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, September 5, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Sinfonia Concertante in A.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, September 6, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's English Suite #1 in A.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, September 6, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #4; Jacob Heringman plays the Elizabethan Lute: Kemp's Jig (Anon.); Dowland's Tarleton's Riserrectione; Robin (Anon.).  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 7, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
From Handel's The Water Music I: Overture, Adagio, Air, Bourrée, Hornpipe.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 7, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Concerto in C con molti stromenti; Bach-Stokowski's Toccata & Fugue in d, BWV 565.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 7, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Solo Violin Sonata in C, BWV 1005.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, September 8, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite in g.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, September 8, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Partita in b, BWV 831.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, September 9, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT.
Music of the Baroque in an all-Mozart concert from January 2005.  Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, September 10, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT.
Bach's Concerto in D, BWV 1054; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata #147.  Broadcast during the 4:30-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, September 11, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #2.  Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, September 11, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach-Schoenberg's (Organ) Prelude & Fugue in Eb (St. Anne); Bach's Sinfonia from Cantata #29, Herzlich tut mich verlangen; Ich ruf zu dir.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, September 12, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Purcell's Suite from The Indian Queen.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach-Kempff's Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Wachet auf.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Organ Concerto in d; Bach's Weichet nur from Cantata #202.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Holborne's Heart's Ease; The Fairy Round; Heigh Ho Holiday.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT.
Scarlatti's Sonatas, Kk. 9-12; Telemann's Paris Quartet (Concerto Primo) in G.  Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Three-Violin Concerto in F, R. 561; Palestrina's A Solis Ortus Cardine.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Dowland's Lachrimae; Galliard to Lachrimae.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, September 15, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Vivaldi's Oboe & Bassoon Concerto in G, R. 545.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, September 15, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Purcell's Instrumental suite from act 5 of The Fairy Queen.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, September 15, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Dello Joio: Variants on a Medieval Tune (In Dulci Jubilo).  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, September 16, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in E, Spring, from The Four Seasons.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, September 16, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Renaissance Revelry: Campion's The Peaceful Western Wind; Jones' Sweet Philonel; Campion's I care not for these ladies (and courant on the tune); Bartlett's A Pretty Duck There Was; Johnson's Witty Wanton.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-12:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, September 17, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Oboe Concerto in C, R. 447.  Broadcast during the 4:30-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, September 18, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Cantata #10, Meine Seel erhebt den Herren.  Broadcast during the 3:00-4:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, September 19, 2005, 10:05 PM CDT.
Purcell's Suite from act 4 of The Fairy Queen.  Broadcast in the middle of the 10:05-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Monday, September 19, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Four-Piano Concerto in a.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Concerto grosso in A, Op. 6/11.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Bach-Segovia's Three Lute PIeces; Handel's Sing ye to the Lord from Israel in Egypt & See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes from Judas Maccabaeus; Bach's Ein feste Burg.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, September 22, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Flute Sonata in b, BWV 1030; Bach-Howe's Sheep May Safely Graze.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, September 22, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto per la Solennità di San Lorenzo.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, September 22, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Violin & Oboe Concerto in c, BWV 1060.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Friday, September 23, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Bach's (Violin) Sonata #1 in a, BWV 1001.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, September 24, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Locatelli's Concerto grosso in f, Op. 1/8.  Broadcast during the 12:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, September 25, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #2.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, September 26, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
"Luz y Norte", music from the 17th century: Galliardas (Spanish); Zarambeques (Mexican); Chaconas y Marionas (Spanish).  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Monday, September 26, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Purcell's Music for A While.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Corelli's La Folia Variations.  Broadcast in the middle of the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1; Handel's Suite #2 in F.  Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Piffaro playing a suite of Italian Renaissance dances.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, September 29, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach-Webern's Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci from A Musical Offering.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Friday, September 30, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #3.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, September 30, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Harp Concerto.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.


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