Baroque Band’s Adventures through the Looking-Glass!
2011-12 Subscription Season
Join Baroque Band for a fantastical musical adventure on the other side of the looking-glass.
Emma Kirkby, Soprano“There is nothing like a dame…” especially when that dame happens to be Dame Emma Kirkby, the queen of all musical hearts. An icon in her own lifetime, this astonishing soprano boasts a voice of special purity, simplicity and unparalleled musicianship.
Pergolesi’s Salve Regina, Buxtehude’s Dixit Dominus, excerpts from Paradise Lost by Handel’s protégé John Christopher Smith and Vivaldi’s In Furore Iustissimae Irae.
Wednesday, October 12, 7:30PM – Symphony Center, Grainger Ballroom, Chicago
Friday, October 14, 7:30PM – Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston
Saturday, October 15, 7:30PM – Augustana Lutheran Church
With Jennifer Morsches and Craig Trompeter – cello
Beguiling cellists Jennifer Morsches and Craig Trompeter form a dynamic duo in this program of concertos for two instruments with music by Vivaldi and Porpora.
Baroque Band principal cellist Craig Trompeter is joined by guest performer, London-based American musician Jennifer Morsches. Morsches is the principal cellist of Florilegium and performs, records and tours with the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Academy of Ancient Music, among others.
- Friday, January 6, 7:30PM – Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston
- Saturday, January 7, 7:30PM – Augustana Lutheran Church
- Wednesday, January 11, 7:30PM – Symphony Center, Grainger Ballroom, Chicago
Harry Bicket, Guest Director
Iestyn Davies, Counter-tenor
“Davies’s celebrated timbre – translucent, warm, pure…” BBC Music Magazine
Following a glowing reception for his concerts with Baroque Band in 2011, guest director Harry Bicket returns, accompanied by counter-tenor Iestyn Davies, who will be performing in Rinaldo at Lyric Opera.
Praised as having “one of the most glorious counter-tenor voices in the world today” by the Independent and called “superb” by the New York Times, Iestyn Davies is a rising star on the international music scene. Director Harry Bicket is world-renowned as an opera and concert conductor of distinction. He is the Artistic Director of The English Concert and an accomplished harpsichordist.
- Friday, March 9, 7:30PM – Hyde Park Union Church
- Saturday, March 10, 7:30PM– Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston
- Wednesday, March 14, 7:30PM – Symphony Center, Grainger Ballroom, Chicago
“I hazarded to make heard first all sound together”Jean-Féry Rebel
Baroque Band’s season closes with one of the most strikingly original works of the Baroque repertoire, Rebel’s bold final work, the ballet Les Elemens. Complementing Rebel’s chaotic opening, the program also includes Handel’s grand Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 2 and Telemann’s Ouverture des nations anciens et modernes.
- Friday, June 1, 7:30PM – Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston
- Saturday, June 2, 7:30PM – Augustana Lutheran Church
- Wednesday, June 6, 7:30PM – Symphony Center, Grainger Ballroom, Chicago
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- special reserved seating area
- free ticket exchange to any other venue
- advance program notes via email
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Subscription Prices Regular – $126; Senior – $114; Student – $54
Tweedledee and Tweedledum – January 6, 2012
White Rabbit – March 10, 2012
Mad Hatters Tea Party – June 1, 2012
Music Institute of Chicago. 1490 Chicago Ave. Evanston
Tweedledee and Tweedledum – January 11, 2012
White Rabbit – March 14, 2012
Mad Hatters Tea Party – June 6, 2012
Grainger Ballroom, Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago
Tweedledee and Tweedledum – January 7, 2012
White Rabbit – March 19, 2012**
Mad Hatters Tea Party – June 2, 2012
Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 Woodlawn Ave. Hyde Park
**Hyde Park Union Church
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