Early Music Events May 2005

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Friday, April 29, 2005, 7:30 PM.
L'Ensemble Portique will perform "La Burrasca The Storm", a concert of Baroque and contemporary music featuring works by Vivaldi, Simonetti, and others.
Location:  First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  call 608-287-1006; or e-mail LKielson@LEnsemblePortique.com.
Saturday, April 30, 2005, 5:00 PM.
Location:  Calvary Presbyterian Church, 628 N. 10th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Sunday, May 1, 2005, 3:00 PM.
Location:  Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago Street, Madison, Wisconsin.

Sunday, May 1, 2005, 7:30 PM.
The Bach Week Festival will present a concert of works by J.S. Bach and W.F. Bach.  Joining the Bach Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus will be featured performers Stefan Hersh, violin; David Schrader, harpsichord; Emily Lodine, mezzo soprano; Douglas Anderson, bass; Dawn Gingrich, violin; Louise Dixon, flute; Judith Kulb, oboe; and Daniel Gingrich, French horn.
Cost:  For ticket info and orders, call 847-236-0452; e-mail tickets@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/bwf/tickets.php.
Location:  Nichols Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  write Bach Week Festival, P.O. Box 1832, Evanston, IL 60204-1832; e-mail info@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/.

Friday, May 6, 2005, 7:30 PM.
The Bach Week Festival will present a concert of works by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Schein, Mendelssohn, and Villa-Lobos.  Joining the Bach Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus will be featured performer Lewis Kirk, bassoon.
Cost:  For ticket info and orders, call 847-236-0452; e-mail tickets@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/bwf/tickets.php.
Location:  Nichols Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  write Bach Week Festival, P.O. Box 1832, Evanston, IL 60204-1832; e-mail info@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/.

Friday, May 6, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series of the University of Chicago presents the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, performing "Eine Kleine Alte Musik", including works by Vivaldi, Veracini, Geminiani, and Bach.
Cost:  Single tickets $30 (students $10), series subscriptions (four concerts) $84 (students $40).
Location:  Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street (at the corner of University Avenue), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-702-8068; or e-mail concert-office@uchicago.edu.

Friday, May 6, 2005, 10:30 PM.
The Bach Week Festival will present a Candlelight Concert of music by J.S. Bach featuring Anita Miller Rieder, Baroque flute; and Alison Attar, Baroque harp.
Cost:  For ticket info and orders, call 847-236-0452; e-mail tickets@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/bwf/tickets.php.
Location:  Nichols Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  write Bach Week Festival, P.O. Box 1832, Evanston, IL 60204-1832; e-mail info@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/.

Saturday, May 7, 2005, 5:00 PM.
Chamber Music ensembles coached by Patrick O'Malley will perform Medieval and Baroque compositions at the Music Institute of Chicago's Chamber Music Department Recital.
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  Visit www.musicinst.org.

Sunday, May 8, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Schola Antiqua of Chicago, Calvin M. Bower, Director, will perform "Murder in the Cathedral: Music for St. Thomas Becket", an all-vocal concert of plainchant and early polyphonic music that was written to honor the legendary career of this extraordinary English figure.
Cost:  Donation: $10 adult/$5 student and senior.
Location:  St. Gertrude Church, 1420 W. Granville, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail [email protected]

Sunday, May 8, 2005, 7:30 PM.
The Bach Week Festival will present of music by J.S. Bach and Telemann.  Joining the Bach Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus will be featured performers Blair Milton and Mathias Tacke, violins; Patrice Michaels, soprano; Michael Henoch, oboe; David Schrader, Stephen Alltop, Richard Webster, harpsichords.
Cost:  For ticket info and orders, call 847-236-0452; e-mail tickets@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/bwf/tickets.php.
Location:  Nichols Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  write Bach Week Festival, P.O. Box 1832, Evanston, IL 60204-1832; e-mail info@bachweek.org; or visit www.bachweek.org/.

Sunday, May 15, 2005, 10:30 AM.
The Church of St. Luke Chamber Orchestra and Bach Choir, Mark P. Bangert, director, will perform Bach's Cantata BWV 11, Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen.
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Luke, 1500 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-472-3383; or e-mail stluke@ais.net

Sunday, May 15, 2005, 4:00 PM.
Haydn by the Lake will perform a concert of works by Henry and Daniel Purcell, Blow, Lawes, Greene, and others.  Featuring Mark Crayton, countertenor; James Janssen, harpsichord; and Laura Handler, cello.
Location:  St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 2120 Lincoln, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-869-9560.

Sunday, May 15, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Musica Maris will perform the complete Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts of Jean-Phillipe Rameau.
Cost:  $15, $5 for Trinity Church members.
Location:  Trinity Mansion, 643 W. 31st Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail cptrompet@yahoo.com.
Monday, May 16, 2005, 8:00 PM.
Also broadcast live on WFMT Radio.
Cost:  $20, $10 seniors/students, free for NEIU students and faculty.
Location:  The Recital Hall, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

Thursday, May 19, 2005, 3:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort in Open Rehearsal for "The Musicians of Venus and Mercury".
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, May 20, 2005, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort and the wind ensemble Ciaramella present a concert, "The Musicians of Venus and Mercury", instrumental music from 15th-century Ferrara.  Performers include instrumentalists David Douglass, Debra Nagy, Craig Trompeter, Mary Springfels, and others.  Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Read the press release.
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, May 21, 2005, 8:00 PM.  Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
Sunday, May 22, 2005, 3:00 PM.
Location:  Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, Illinois.

Sunday, May 22, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Ars Musica Chicago, Philip Morehead, guest conductor, will perform John Blow's opera "Venus and Adonis".
Cost:  Individual concert ticket is $15 ($12 for students and seniors); four-concert series is $40.
Location:  Student Center Theater, Depaul University, 2250 N. Sheffield, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-409-7874; or e-mail contact@arsmusicachicago.org.

Sunday, May 22, 2005, 7:00 PM.
The Northwestern University Early Music Ensemble, Stephen Alltop, conductor, will perform Handel's Solomon.
Location:  Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-491-5441 or 847-467-4000.

Sunday, May 22, 2005, 7:30 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Daniel Beckwith, conductor, will perform Handel's Israel in Egypt.  Featuring Ellen Hargis, soprano; Amy Conn, soprano; Emily Lodine, mezzo-soprano; Steven Tharp, tenor; Douglas Anderson, baritone; and Peter Van De Graaff, bass-baritone.
Cost:  Visit the Ticket Information page for more information.
Location:  First United Methodist Church, 1630 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque@baroque.org; or visit www.baroque.org.
Monday, May 23, 2005, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, Chicago, Illinois.

Friday May 20 thru Monday May 30, 2005.
Bloomington Early Music Festival.
Location:  Bloomington, Indiana.
For more info:  write Martha Perry, Managing Director, Early Music Associates, PO Box 734, Bloomington, IN 47402 USA; call 812-331-1263; e-mail office@blemf.org; visit www.blemf.org.

Friday May 20 thru Sunday May 22, 2005.
Marin Headlands Recorder Workshop.
Location:  Marin Headlands (near San Francisco), California.
For more info:  call 510-526-7861; e-mail susanvrichardson@yahoo.com.

Friday May 20 thru Sunday May 22, 2005.
Denver ARS "Springtime in the Rockies VI".
Location:  Denver, Colorado.
For more info:  write Gerrie Fisk, Workshop Director, Denver Chapter American Recorder Society, 3074 S. Steele Street, Denver CO 80210 USA; call 303-759-4420; visit www.denverrecorder.org.

Friday May 20 thru Sunday May 22, 2005.
San Diego Early Music Society Annual Workshop.
Location:  Mt. Palomar, San Diego County, California.
For more info:  write Lynn Lipetzky, Workshop Coordinator, SDEMS, 1367 S. Grade Road, Alpine, CA 91901; call 619-445-3695; e-mail lynnlipetzky@sbcglobal.net; visit www.sdems.org.

Sunday May 29 thru Saturday June 4, 2005.
Texas Toot, Summer Edition.
Location:  Austin, Texas.
For more info:  write Daniel Johnson, PO Box 4328, Austin, TX 78765-4328; call 512-371-0099; e-mail info@toot.org; visit www.toot.org.

Sunday, May 1, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT.
The University of Chicago Presents the Les Talens Lyriques concert from the 2003-2004 season.  Broadcast during the 3:30-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 2, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Purcell's Suite from The Fairy Queen.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 2, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Preludes & Fugues nos. 13-16 from The Well-Tempered Clavier.  Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 2, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT.
W.F. Bach's Flute Concerto in D.  Broadcast during the 4:00-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 2, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Concerto a due cori #3 in F.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Prelude & Fugue in c# from The Well-Tempered Clavier.  Broadcast during the 12:00-2:05 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Organ Concerto in d, Op. 7/4; Bach's Weichet nur from Cantata #202 (Wedding).  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT.
Purcell's The Gordian Knot Untied Suite.  Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Dowland's Lachrimae; Galliard to Lachrimae.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Renaissance Springtime:  Woodycock; Jouissance vous donnerai.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Scarlatti's Sonatas Kk. 5-8; 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, May 4, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT.
Byrd's Mass in Four Voices.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin & Two-Cello Concerto in C, R. 561; Palestrina's Motet, Pange Lingua.  Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, May 5, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Water Music Suite in D/G.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, May 5, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #1.  Broadcast during the 5:00-6:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, May 5, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, May 6, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Vivaldi's Viola d'Amore & Lute Concerto in d, R. 540.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, May 6, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Suite #3 in C, BWV 1009.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, May 7, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #5.  Broadcast during the 4:30-5:25 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, May 8, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Purcell's Chaconne from King Arthur; Bach's Chaconne.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 9, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Purcell's Suite from act 4 of The Fairy Queen.  Broadcast in the middle of the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 9, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Guitar Concerto in A, R. 82.  Broadcast during the 4:00-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 10, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Italian Concerto.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 10, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Concerto grosso in g, Op. 6/6.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 10, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Praetorius' Terpsichore Suite #2.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 11, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Four Duets.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 11, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT.
Telemann's Paris Quartet (Concerto Secondo) in D.  Broadcast during the 1:00-2:15 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, May 12, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
London Early Music Consort:  Greensleeves to a Ground (anonymous); Williams' sonata In Imitation of Birds.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, May 12, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Harpsichord Concerto #2 in E; Handel's Organ Concerto, op. 7/2.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Friday, May 13, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT.
Music of the Baroque performing music of Bach in a concert last March.  Broadcast during the 8:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, May 13, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's String Concerto in D, R. 121.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, May 15, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Monteverdi's Laetatus Sum from Vespers of the Blessed Virgin.  Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, May 15, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Mass in G, BWV 236.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 16, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #5; Aus tiefer Not Schrei ich zu dir.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 16, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in g, R. 319.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 16, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Harp Concerto.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 16, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT.
Musica Maris will perform the complete Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts of Jean-Phillipe Rameau.  Broadcast live on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 16, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Scarlatti's Sonatas Kk. 162 & 474.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 17, 2005, 12:05 PM CDT.
Rameau's Overture, Menuet en Rondeau, Sarabande, Gavottes 1-2, Passepieds 1-2 from Daphnis et Aeglé.  Broadcast during the 12:05-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 17, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Two-Violin Concerto in Bb from La Cetra; Bach's Cello Suite #6.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Suite #5 in E.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT.
Gluck's Che farò senza Euridice from Orfeo ed Euridice.  Broadcast during the 1:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, May 19, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in g, Summer, from The Four Seasons.  Broadcast during the 12:00-2:15 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, May 21, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT.
From the Middle Ages:  La scesa de' pastori dal monte; Dum pater familias.  Broadcast during the 5:30-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 23, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach-Stokowski's Passacaglia & Fugue in c; Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2.  Broadcast during the 12:00-2:05 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 23, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Traditional:  Bransles de village; Il était une Cendrillon.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Flute Concerto in e (after Cantata #35).  Broadcast during the 12:00-2:05 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Rameau's Gavotte; Le Rappel des Oiseaux; Les Sauvages.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in Bb, R. 583.  Broadcast toward the beginning of the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT.
Praetorius' Terpsichore Suite #1.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Scarlatti's Sonatas Kk. 39-42.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto #1 in d.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039; Palestrina's Missa Sine Nomine.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, May 26, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Purcell's Dance for the Followers of Night & Chaconne from The Fairy Queen.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, May 29, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's French Suite #2.  Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, May 29, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT.
Couperin's La Sultanne.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, May 30, 2005, 12:00 noon CDT.
Vivaldi's (Four-Violin & Cello) Concerto in b; Bach-Stokowski's Arioso; Wachet auf; Komm, süsser Tod.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Two-Violin Concerto.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT.
Handel's Organ Concerto in Bb, Op. 7/1; I know that my Redeemer liveth from Messiah.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, May 20, 2005, 7:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will give a pre-concert lecture for "The Musicians of Venus and Mercury".
Location:  the Newberry Library Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, May 21, 2005, 7:00 PM.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.


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