Music of the Baroque Announces 2022-23 Season

At the March 20 concert at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Music of the Baroque (MOB) today announced plans for the 2022-23 season, the ensemble’s 52nd. The season marks the 20th anniversary of the appointments of Music Director Dame Jane Glover and Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer. The lineup also includes spectacular guest artists such as renowned countertenor Reginald Mobley, pianist Gabriela Montero and guest conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley. Music of the Baroque will also continue its participation in Project Inclusion.

For the 2022-23 Season MOB Music Director Dame Jane Glover will conduct two major dramatic works, including the season opener, Handel’s Jephtha (Sept. 18-19), and Bach’s Passion According to St. Matthew (April 2-3). In January, she will conduct Montero Plays Mozart, featuring renowned classical pianist Gabriela Montero in her MOB debut. Glover rounds out the season with Circle of Friends (May 7-8), showcasing six of the ensemble’s extraordinary musicians as soloists.

Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer conducts Reginald Mobley Sings (Nov. 20-21) featuring countertenor Mobley, last seen with Music of the Baroque in 2019, in a program of works by Bach, Croft, Handel and Purcell. He returns for London Calling (Feb. 26-27), a lively program of music with the city as the point of intersection. The concert includes the ensemble’s first performances of music by Boyce; Mozart’s first symphony, which was written during a stay in London; Handel’s first Water Music Suite; and Haydn’s Clock Symphony.

Music of the Baroque’s new chorus director will direct the annual Holiday Brass & Choral Concerts (Dec. 15-18). The ensemble expects to make this appointment in the spring of 2022.

Music of the Baroque’s 2022-23 season opens on Sept. 18, 2022 and runs through May 8, 2023. Seven of the programs will be performed at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in downtown Chicago and the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. The annual Holiday Brass & Choral Concerts occur at Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest, St. Michael Church in Old Town, Saints Faith, Hope, & Charity Catholic Church in Winnetka and Alice Millar Chapel in Evanston.

Subscriptions for MOB's 2022-23 concert season are currently on sale and may be purchased at baroque.org or by calling (312) 551-1414. Single tickets will go on sale in August.

Programs, dates, times, locations and artists are subject to change. For more information, including a complete list of the 2022-2023 season programing, visit baroque.org.