Baroque Band does Handel's Messiah
12/01/2010 19:00, Chicago Cultural Center's Preston Bradley Hall
Baroque Band joins forces with Chicago's "spectacular" and "luminous" Bella Voce singers to bring you Handel's extraordinary masterpiece. This performance is sponsored by Birmingham Sister Cities.
Baroque Band does Chicago Latino Music Festival
11/14/2010 15:00, Chicago Cultural Center's Preston Bradley Hall
Baroque Band explores the rich repertoire of music from 18th-century South America, including modern-day world premieres of two concerti grossi by the Argentinian “Vivaldi” Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726), two church sonatas from the Archivo Musical de Chiquitos in Bolivia, and a concerto grosso by Nicolo Jommelli (1714-1774).
November 8, 2010
Baroque Band, Part II. We continue exploring our collection of recordings by Baroque Band, a Chicago-based period-instrument orchestra. This week we present three pieces: one written by an Italian who became the founder of a French Baroque style, another by a German who turned into the most famous English composer, and the third by a Savoyard of a Scotch descent who lived and composed all over Europe.
Jean Baptiste Lully (or Giovanni Battista di Lulli, as he was originally known) was born in Florence in 1632, the son of a poor miller; 20 years later he became the court composer for the Sun king, Louis XIV and a friend to Molière. Lully created the French Baroque style known as "Classique" and became immensely influential in France and beyond. Here is his Suite from Bourgeois gentilhomme.
George Frideric Handel doesn’t need any introductions. Born in Halle in the auspicious year of 1685, he moved to London in 1710 and become one of England’s and the world’s most celebrated composers. Here is his Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 4.
Georg Muffat was born in Savoy in 1653 when Savoy was an independent Italian duchy (it’s now a French province). Muffat was of Scottish descent but, as far as we know, never visited Scotland. Instead he lived in Paris, Alsace, Vienna, Salzburg and Passau. Muffat was quite influenced by Lully. Here is his Passacaglia.
Lukas Foss - Composer’s Holiday, from Three American Pieces
Eugenia Choi (Violin)
Henry Wong Doe (Piano)
George Frideric Handel - Arm, Arm Ye Brave
Dr. Raymond Feener (Baritone)
Natalia Rivera (Piano)
George Frideric Handel - Lucrezia, a cantata
Alicia Berneche (Soprano)
Jeffrey Panko (Piano)
Inna Faliks, Piano
11/24/2010 12:15, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
Inna Faliks, Piano
Franz Liszt -- Harmonies du soir No. 11 in D-flat Major from Etudes d’exécution transcendante
Robert Schumann -- Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
Franz Liszt -- La campanella No. 3 from Grand Paganini Etudes
Moran Katz, Clarinet
11/17/2010 12:15, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
Moran Katz, Clarinet
Amy J. Yang, Piano
Leonard Bernstein -- Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Edison Denisov -- Sonata for Clarinet Solo
Robert Muczynski -- Time Pieces
George Gershwin -- Allegro ben ritmato e deciso from Three Preludes (arr. James Cohn)
Iberia String Quartet
11/10/2010 12:15, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
Andrés Ortiz, Violin
David Otto Castrillo, Violin
María de los Ángeles Herrero, Viola
Álvaro Llorente, Cello
with Daniel del Pino, Piano
Frederick Chopin -- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 (in an arrangement for piano and string quartet)
Claude Debussy - Le vent dans la plaine
Su Xiaobo (Soprano)
Giorgi Latso (Piano)