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Fri Jun 03, 2011 at 3:14 pm By Bryant Manning Handel’s first oratorio La Resurrezione, written when he was just 23 and premiered in 1708, will be making the rounds in several performances over the next few days. This colorful two-part liturgical drama was written for Easter during the opera ban in Rome, and the [...]

Chicago Classical Review. March 19, 2011 There are times where the combination of artist, repertoire and venue all work together so gloriously that you almost pinch yourself to see if such an epiphany is for real.  Such moments are rare, to be sure, and when they occur, they make the critic’s lot a remarkable joy. [...]

By Michael Cameron Period instrument concerts stir up far less debate now than even a decade ago, and their historically based performance practices continue to percolate into modern instrument ensembles. At this point attention has more productively shifted to the music itself, especially neglected repertoire from the 16th and 17th centuries that rarely appears on [...]

  Baroque Band opened its fourth season Friday night in Hyde Park with a characteristically enterprising lineup of Italian concerti grossi, which featured some well known composers as well as some rarely heard works.   Granted, on paper the prospect of eight Baroque string concertos looked daunting. Yet the works’ brevity and the contrasts of [...]