Events

Early Music Department voice students, accompanied by harpsichord and lute, present the virtuoso embellishments, sharp dissonances and secret arts of the Early Baroque era.

Early Music Department viol students present 16th and 17th century repertoire for viols from Italy, France, and Germany, tracing the path from ornamented madrigals through ricercari, canzoni and fantaisies to early sonatas and suites.

Uccellini - Aria sopra la Bergamesca Corelli - Trio sonata's Op. 1, No. 9 and Op. 2, No. 12 Vivaldi - cello sonata Vivaldi - La Folia Live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series. Broadcast on 98.7 WFMT radio and online at www.wfmt.com

A harpsichord recital out of this world by world acclaimed performers.

Music for two harpsichords by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. bach and W.F. BACH

Enjoy the best of international performers of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music in the medieval city of Galway on the West Coast of Ireland. The title of this year's festival is Sensual - a multisensory musical experience. Music has always appealed to more senses than just hearing.

Last seasonis smash-hit, never-heard-anything-like-it, brought-down-the-house modern premieres of large-scale orchestral music by Fasch just scratched the surface of this visionary maverickis work. Tempesta celebrates his 250th anniversary with a brand-new program of ear-popping modern-day firsts.

Enjoy the best of international performers of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music in the medieval city of Galway on the West Coast of Ireland. The title of this year's festival is Sensual - a multisensory musical experience. Music has always appealed to more senses than just hearing.

The World of Henry VIII: Music from Renaissance England: A free afternoon recital exploring the world of Henry VIII and the stories of his wives through the music of the period: English and French songs and instrumentals, as well as music from other countries.

Brooklyn Baroque ventures forward into the classical period with works by Haydn, Boccherini, C. P. E. Bach, Friedrich Benda, and Franz Xaver Richter.

Last seasonis smash-hit, never-heard-anything-like-it, brought-down-the-house modern premieres of large-scale orchestral music by Fasch just scratched the surface of this visionary maverickis work. Tempesta celebrates his 250th anniversary with a brand-new program of ear-popping modern-day firsts.

May 17, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.- Istanpitta, an early music ensemble performing music from the Sephardic Tradition in a program

Move over Mozart! Bach was way ahead of his time in recognizing the amazing benefits of classical music, especially when combined with coffee. Zimmerman’s Coffeehouse, not a church or recital hall, was the site of Bach’s own chamber music series in Leipzig almost three hundred years ago. Pre-concert lecture at 7:15pm.

Enjoy the best of international performers of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music in the medieval city of Galway on the West Coast of Ireland. The title of this year's festival is Sensual - a multisensory musical experience. Music has always appealed to more senses than just hearing.

A musical panorama of the French Chanson and Air de Cour during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Move over Mozart! Bach was way ahead of his time in recognizing the amazing benefits of classical music, especially when combined with coffee. Zimmerman’s Coffeehouse, not a church or recital hall, was the site of Bach’s own chamber music series in Leipzig almost three hundred years ago. Pre-concert lecture at 7:15pm.

“Music For An Abbey” will feature choral music that spans four centuries of sacred music history. The one unifying factor is that all the music presented demands a large space with an excellent acoustic. For this reason the Master Chorus has selected the Mount Angel Abbey as the venue for this concert.

Sublime songs of sacred passion G.P. da Palestrina A cappella choir Albert Millaire, c.c.c.q., narrator

The resident organist of All Souls' Episcopal Church performs the Annual Anniversary Recital celebrating the Fritts-Richards Baroque pipe organ's 22nd year. Music by Reincken, Froberger, S.S. Wesley, others.

Dir: Craig Trompeter. Purcell's Muse. The Music Institute of Chicago, The Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202.There will be a group play-in Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday classes, as well as a Saturday evening event. Consort sessions will include independent work.

Music of Germany and the Netherlands.

An evening of trios for fortepiano, violin and cello by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven at the Brooklyn Friends Meeting House. The concert starts at 7:30 PM and admission is free.

Dir: Craig Trompeter. Purcell's Muse. The Music Institute of Chicago, The Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202.There will be a group play-in Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday classes, as well as a Saturday evening event. Consort sessions will include independent work.

Music of Germany and the Netherlands.

American Bach Soloists' soprano Julia Earl and alto Katherine McKee present Veni Amica Mea - Baroque Love Duets. The vocalists will be joined by period instrumentalists Katherine Kyme and David Wilson, violins; David Morris, violoncello and lirone; Phebe Craig, harpsichord and Gary Hess,

Music of Germany and the Netherlands.

Concert of Henry Purcellis complete fantasias for viol consort will feature Viola da Gamba Society Third Coast Workshop faculty Wendy Gillespie, Mary Springfels, Craig Trompeter, Brent Wissick with other performers to be announced later.

* Recorder and viol consorts at all levels except beginner * Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque repertory ensembles * Recorder Master class * Large-group playing & singing * Early notation: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced * Historical dance * Madrigal ensemble * English country dancing

* Recorder and viol consorts at all levels except beginner * Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque repertory ensembles * Recorder Master class * Large-group playing & singing * Early notation: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced * Historical dance * Madrigal ensemble * English country dancing

This special series of harpsichord recitals, featuring antique instruments including the 1707 Nicholas Dumont and 1635 Ioannes Ruckers, are performed in the newly renovated Barn at Flintwoods followed by receptions to meet the artists. Reserve early as seating is limited.

The tenth concert of the New Esterh.zy Quartet's Haydn cycle, all 68 quartets in 18 concerts, featuring quartets peddled by Haydn's sometime agent and former leader of the Esterh.zy second fiddles.

This special series of harpsichord recitals, featuring antique instruments including the 1707 Nicholas Dumont and 1635 Ioannes Ruckers, are performed in the newly renovated Barn at Flintwoods followed by receptions to meet the artists. Reserve early as seating is limited.

* Recorder and viol consorts at all levels except beginner * Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque repertory ensembles * Recorder Master class * Large-group playing & singing * Early notation: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced * Historical dance * Madrigal ensemble * English country dancing

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

This special series of harpsichord recitals, featuring antique instruments including the 1707 Nicholas Dumont and 1635 Ioannes Ruckers, are performed in the newly renovated Barn at Flintwoods followed by receptions to meet the artists. Reserve early as seating is limited.

* Recorder and viol consorts at all levels except beginner * Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque repertory ensembles * Recorder Master class * Large-group playing & singing * Early notation: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced * Historical dance * Madrigal ensemble * English country dancing

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

San Francisco's acclaimed Artists' Vocal Ensemble announces the forthcoming single performance of Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610). It has been many years since the Bay area has enjoyed a live performance of this glorious

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

director - Garry Clarke.Flute - Anita ReiderBach - Orchestral Suite No. 2; Vivaldi - Flute concerto The Goldfinch; Albinoni - concerto a cinque op. 2

World premieres by Hanna Levy, William Foster McDaniel, Donald Hagar, David MacDonald; plus selections from J.S.

Lutenist Garald Farnham leads this lively quartet of singers in an hour of secular lute songs and bawdy ballads popular in Elizabethan England. Music by Dowland, Campion, Morley, Rosseter and others.

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

Les plaisirs: Music of the French Baroque.   Take pleasure in beautiful music by Marais, Clerambault, Naudot, and others. This concert will also feature what may well be the world premiere of a burlesque (read: naughty!) cantata by Charles-Hubert Gervais, surintendant de la musique to Philippe d'Orleans, Regent of France.

director - Garry Clarke.Flute - Anita ReiderBach - Orchestral Suite No. 2; Vivaldi - Flute concerto The Goldfinch; Albinoni - concerto a cinque op. 2

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

Vivaldiis Four Seasons with iNew York's world-class early music violinisti Robert Mealy

Keyboard works of Handel

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

Culminating concert of the Historical Harp Conference: Lamento d'Arianna is the only surviving excerpt from Monteverdi's opera Arianna (1608). 2008 is its 400th anniversary! This rendition (solo voice alone with arpa doppia) is both true to performance practice of the period and a rarely heard and beautiful combination. 

Vivaldiis Four Seasons with iNew York's world-class early music violinisti Robert Mealy

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

The Interlochen Early Music Institute focuses on early techniques, articulation, ornamentation/improvisation and ensemble arrangement in medieval and renaissance music. The institute culminates with a participant performance on period instruments. This summer's program will be a pot-pourri of the greatest hits of the Renaissance. The contact person at Interlochen is Kristin Hills.

Portland – Vocal ensemble In Mulieribus will present “Fins Amour,” a concert of Medieval songs of courtly love. Celebrated in the lyric poems of the trouveres and troubadours, courtly love-- the devotion and dedication of a knight to a lady-- emerged in the context of life in the castles and courts of 11th century France.

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

The Interlochen Early Music Institute focuses on early techniques, articulation, ornamentation/improvisation and ensemble arrangement in medieval and renaissance music. The institute culminates with a participant performance on period instruments. This summer's program will be a pot-pourri of the greatest hits of the Renaissance. The contact person at Interlochen is Kristin Hills.

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

The Interlochen Early Music Institute focuses on early techniques, articulation, ornamentation/improvisation and ensemble arrangement in medieval and renaissance music. The institute culminates with a participant performance on period instruments. This summer's program will be a pot-pourri of the greatest hits of the Renaissance. The contact person at Interlochen is Kristin Hills.

A 14-day training programme in instrumental and vocal performance practice. Classes are offered in strings (violin, viola, viola d’amore, cello and bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe and bassoon), harpsichord, lute, guitar and voice.  The Institute also offers a programme for conductors and directors.

The Interlochen Early Music Institute focuses on early techniques, articulation, ornamentation/improvisation and ensemble arrangement in medieval and renaissance music. The institute culminates with a participant performance on period instruments. This summer's program will be a pot-pourri of the greatest hits of the Renaissance. The contact person at Interlochen is Kristin Hills.

director - Garry Clarke.Flute - Anita ReiderBach - Orchestral Suite No. 2; Vivaldi - Flute concerto The Goldfinch; Albinoni - concerto a cinque op. 2

Ryouhei Hirose "Suite for Noble Cats" and other music.