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Dance of the Month

Catherine Turocy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:13:40 -0800

Start: Feb 4 2012

End: Feb 4 2012

Learn the dances of the Baroque period with musicians, actors and more! Break the barrier of tedium and discover a portal to the 18th Century.

Come and join us for this class or take the whole series of classes and learn the dance forms used by Bach and Mozart in their dance suites.

Istanpitta Early Music Ensemble Concert

Istanpitta — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:21:33 -0700

Start: Feb 4 2012 - 8:00pm

End: Feb 4 2012 - 10:00pm

3rd Annual Chicago Bass Festival at Ravinia

Midwest Young Artists — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:58:36 -0700

Start: Feb 5 2012 - 8:00am

Mark Your calendars for Feb. 5, 2012 and don't miss out on the one and only annual Chicago Bass Festival!

Europa Galante: New Faces and Old: Music of Brioschi, Haydn, Scaccia, Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel

Boston Early Music Festival, Inc. — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:35:20 -0800

Start: Feb 5 2012 - 4:30pm

End: Feb 5 2012 - 6:30pm

Grammy-nominated orchestra Europa Galante is in high demand across the globe with appearances in the most prestigious venues and festivals, including their October 2005 début with BEMF. They have dazzled audiences with their fiery passion and eminently stylish playing. They return to the BEMF stage in a program showcasing beloved

Columbia Baroque Soloists Concert: "The Magical World of Versailles"

Jean Hein — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:35:49 -0800

Start: Feb 10 2012 - 7:00pm

"The Magical World of Versailles" features music from the court of King Louis XIV of France. We welcome guest artists Mary Hostetler Hoyt, Baroque Violin and Daniel Cole Bass to perform the elegant music of Couperin, Marais, Telemann, Froberger, Monteclair and Rebel. Join us for Concert Conversations at 7 p.m. and the Concert beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The Magical World of Versailles

Columbia Baroque Soloists — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:21:10 -0800

Start: Feb 10 2012 - 7:30pm

End: Feb 10 2012 - 9:00pm

Richard Egar, harpsichord: The Harpsichord’s Golden Century

Boston Early Music Festival, Inc. — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:38:52 -0800

Start: Feb 10 2012 - 8:00pm

End: Feb 10 2012 - 10:00pm

Richard Egarr, Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music, takes center stage for a thrilling recital highlighting music for solo harpsichord from the 17th century. Always an exhilarating and engaging performer, Egarr promises to deliver brilliant and eloquent interpretations of these gorgeous works by Couperin, Blow, Froberger, and Purcell.

"Aux plaisirs, aux delices" French Music for Viols

Long and Away — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:17:18 -0800

Start: Feb 11 2012 - 4:00pm

Long & Away presents a delightful afternoon of 17th-century French music for viols, voice and lutes.

Daniel Taylor and The Theatre of Early Music perform Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Early Music Guild of Seattle — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:00:29 -0800

Start: Feb 11 2012 - 8:00pm

End: Feb 11 2012 - 10:00pm

Honoring the genius of Henry Purcell, this semi-staged baroque opera production of Dido and Aeneas is based on a story from the fourth book of Virgil’s Aeneid of the legendary Queen of Carthage and the Trojan refugee Aeneas. When Aeneas and his crew are

A Valentine's Day Celebration: Love Music of the Renaissane

Jody Miller — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:29:18 -0800

Start: Feb 11 2012 - 8:00pm

End: Feb 11 2012 - 10:00pm

A Valentine's Day Celebration: Love Music of the Renaissance. In keeping with the Valentine's Day theme, music depicting both mutual and unrequited love will be paired with renaissance music that was peppered with symbolism for less appropriate signs of affection! Lauda Musicam of Atlanta is a 50-member instrumental ensemble of recorders, viols,

Soulmization

Sonoma Bach — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:28:15 -0800

Start: Feb 11 2012 - 8:00pm

End: Feb 11 2012 - 10:00pm

The Monteverdi Consort performs spiritual music in which the solfège syllables—ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la—play a structural and often symbolic role. Including the Missa La sol fa re mi (Josquin Desprez); an Ut re mi fa sol la compilation mass, with movements by Burton, Brumel, Morales, Palestrina, Roussel; and a pair of Josquin motets.

A Renaissance Valentine

Miller Theatre — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:52:51 -0800

Start: Feb 12 2012 - 3:00pm

End: Feb 12 2012 - 5:00pm

On the heels of their extraordinarily successful CD Tudor City, New York Polyphony follows up last year’s Miller debut with this unique exploration of love and its many forms. Lauded for their rich sound and impeccable tuning, the all-male quartet pairs lusty Italian madrigals

Farallon Recorder Quartet

Letitia W. Berlin — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:48:12 -0800

Start: Feb 12 2012 - 3:00pm

End: Feb 12 2012 - 5:00pm

The Morning Star - music from Northern Europe

Soulmization

Sonoma Bach — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:31:17 -0800

Start: Feb 12 2012 - 4:00pm

End: Feb 12 2012 - 6:00pm

Haydn & Mozart: Masters of Invention

Music Before 1800, Inc. — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:20:11 -0700

Start: Feb 12 2012 - 4:00pm

End: Feb 12 2012 - 6:00pm

The London Haydn Quartet and Eric Hoeprich play Haydn quartets from Op. 20 and 33, and Mozart’s famous Clarinet Quintet KV 581. While Haydn is credited with “inventing” the string quartet, Mozart was the first to write for clarinet and string quartet.

amarcord : ''Music from the St. Thomas Boys Choir Library''

San Diego Early Music Society — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:20:13 -0700

Start: Feb 12 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 12 2012 - 9:00pm

Founded in 1992 by former members of the St.

The Game of Love

The Boston Camerata — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:58:08 -0800

Start: Feb 12 2012 - 8:00pm

Doing it the French Way with Azéma and the Camerata. This program focuses on the lighter and lustier side of the Middle Ages, far from monastic cloisters and cathedral vaults, with songs and poems dealing with

earthly & divine : sacred and secular love

Kateri Chambers — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:24:56 -0700

Start: Feb 14 2012 - 6:00pm

End: Feb 14 2012 - 7:00pm

Music by J. S. Bach, Delalande, Handel, and Rameau.

Seicento Baroque Ensemble: From Lament to Light

Linda Lunbeck — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:23:13 -0800

Start: Feb 17 2012 - 7:30pm

End: Feb 19 2012 - 2:00pm

From Lament to Light: Music at the Time of Death includes Biber's Requiem ex F, Schutz' Musikalische Exequien and Kuhnau's cantata Gott, sei mir gnadig nach deiner Gute. Three performances: 2/17 (Boulder at 7:30, Grace Lutheran, limited seating), 2/18 (Denver at 7:30, Bethany Lutheran), 2/19 (Estes Park at 2:00, Stanley Hotel Concert Hall, present

Handel's Apollo e Dafne

The Buxtehude Consort — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:47:06 -0800

Start: Feb 17 2012 - 8:00pm

End: Feb 17 2012 - 10:00pm

Especially for Valentine's day, The Buxtehude Consort is presenting a mythological tale of unrequited love, Handel's Apollo e Dafne. Sung by baritone John Fowler and soprano Clara Rottsolk, accompanied by an instrumental ensemble featuring leading Baroque musicians playing period instruments.

Instrumental music by Telemann rounds out the program.