Bach, Boyce, Haydn, Mozart, Vanhal & More Featured MOB’s Concerts

Music of the Baroque continues its 2022-2023 Season. Concerts scheduled February through May 2023 are as follows:

“London Calling” Conducted by Nicholas Kraemer

Featuring the Music of the Baroque Orchestra

7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd.(northshorecenter.org)

7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 at the Harris Theater | Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph (harristheaterchicago.org)

Tickets: $25-$100. Visit baroque.org or call 312.551.1414

“When one is tired of London,” said Samuel Johnson, “one is tired of life. Because there is in London all that life can afford.” Principal Guest Conductor and London resident Kraemer returns for this lively program of music with the city as the point of intersection. The concert includes the ensemble’s first performances of music by William Boyce, Symphony No. 5 in D Major; Mozart’s first symphony, written during a stay in London; Handel’s Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major; and one of Haydn’s “London” symphonies, Symphony No. 101 (Clock). Project Inclusion Fellows will be joining the Music of the Baroque Orchestra for these performances. ALSO NOTE: Audience members for these concerts will be among the first to hear of Music of the Baroque's 2023-2024 season.

“The St. Matthew Passion” Conducted by Dame Jane Glover

Featuring guest vocalists Gwilym Bowen, “Evangelist” (tenor); Brandon Cedel, "Christus" (baritone); Yulia Van Doren (soprano); Krisztina Szabó (mezzo-soprano); Paul Appleby (tenor),Roderick Williams (baritone) and the Anima—Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus with the Music of the Baroque Orchestra and Chorus

7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 2, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd.(northshorecenter.org)

7:30 p.m. Monday, April 3 at the Harris Theater | Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph (harristheaterchicago.org)

Tickets: $25-$100. Visit baroque.org or call 312.551.1414

Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” speaks as urgently of compassion and hope today as it did 300 years ago—and when Music of the Baroque first performed it in 1974. One of the greatest creative achievements of all time, Bach wrote his masterpiece for two choruses, two orchestras, children’s chorus, and soloists. In keeping with the vision of the composer, Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Orchestra, two choruses, a children’s chorus and a roster of world-renowned soloists in what is considered by many to be Bach’s crowning achievement. Sponsor: The Negaunee Foundation.

“Circles Of Friends” Conducted by Dame Jane Glover

Featuring Music of the Baroque’s principal players: Gina DiBello (violin); Elizabeth Hagen (viola); Paul Dwyer (cello); Collins Trier (double bass); Anne Bach (oboe) and William Buchman (bassoon) and the Music of the Baroque Orchestra

7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd.(northshorecenter.org)

7:30 p.m. Monday, May 8 at the Harris Theater | Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph (harristheaterchicago.org)

Tickets: $25-$100. Visit baroque.org or call 312.551.1414

Glover leads a program of music written by 18th-century composer friends Vanhal (Symphony in D Minor), Haydn (Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Oboe, Cello, & Bassoon), Dittersdorf (Sinfonia Concertante for Viola & Double Bass) and Mozart (Symphony No. 34 in C Major) performed by modern-day Chicago musician friends, Music of the Baroque’s principal players.