Sunday, February 19, 3PM – Organ Concert, Dr. Anthony Williams
Madonna della Strada Chapel, Loyola University.

Saturday, March 17, 9AM – Organ Crawl
Churches of Rogers Park, Chicago.  Details TBA.

Monday, April 23, 7:30PM – Organ Dedication Concert – Brian Bloye, Organist 
Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church, Chicago.

Monday, May 21, 7:30PM – Members Recital featuring music of Vierne and Widor  
Location TBA.

Sunday, February 5, 3PM – Alice Millar Birthday Concert.  Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston.  Alice Millar Chapel Choir and Soloists, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Eric Budzynski – organist, Stephen Alltop – conductor.  Admission is free.  An offering will be received.  Salve Regina in F Major, D. 223 – Franz Schubert, First Symphony for Organ and Orchestra – Alexandre Guilmant, Mass No. 5 in A-flat,  D. 678 – Franz Schubert.  Schubert’s Mass in A-flat is the most sweeping and grandiose of his six mass settings, with music that seamlessly blends gorgeous passages for solo quartet and chorus.  Schubert’s forward-looking harmonies and arching structures instill this masterwork with majesty and awe.  The simple and heartfelt Salve Regina in F Major for soprano soloist and orchestra begins the concert.  Alexandre Guilmant was a virtuoso of the French Romantic school.  His First Symphony for Organ and Orchestra is powerful, fiery, and full of distinctive colors.

Sunday, February 5, 5:30PM – Organ Recital and Evensong.  Cathryn Wilkinson, organist.  Hear the lovely Walker tracker organ for 30 minutes preceding the service of Evensong, followed by a light dinner.  Program:  Sanctuary, a work commissioned from Gwyneth Walker by the AGO; March on a Theme of Handel by Guilmant, and two chorales from the Klavier-Ubung.  St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 393 N. Main Street, Glen Ellyn (two blocks south of Metra).

Sunday, February 12, 4PM – Choral Evensong.   Andrew Lewis, choirmaster.   Followed by an organ demonstration and recital, Christine Kraemer, organist.  Second program in a series celebrating the 90th anniversary year of Saint Luke's E.M. Skinner organ, Opus 327.  Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston.  For more information call 847-475-3630, or e-mail ckraemer@stlukesevanston.org

Sunday, February 12, 4PM – Choral Evensong: A Service of Sung Prayers and Scripture for a Winter Afternoon.  The Choir of St. Giles, James R. Brown, organist/director of music.  Evening Hymn, Henry Purcell; O nata lux, Morten Lauridsen; Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale), Herbert Howells; All wisdom cometh from the Lord, Philip Moore.  An offering will be received to benefit EASING – Emergency Assistance Serving in Northbrook and Glenview.  www.saint-giles.org.  St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, Illinois.

Sunday, February 26, 4PM – Organ Recital.  Dr. Susan DeKam, organist.  Bethany Lutheran Church, 76 West Crystal Lake Avenue, Crystal Lake, IL 60014.

Wednesday, March 14, 7:30PM – The Stations of the Cross.  Stephan Tharp, organ.  Marcel Dupre’s The Stations of the Cross, Op. 29.  Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston.  Details at www.stephantharp.com

Organ Concert Series – Madonna della Strada Chapel, Loyola University

Third Sunday of the month at 3PM.  Free.  For more information visit luc.edu/chapelorgan on the web.
  

March 18, 2012                        Dr. Dennis Northway, Oak Park, IL.
April 15, 2012               Second Annual Concert presented by Loyola University organ students.
May 20, 2012                Kelly Dobbs-Mickus, Chicago, IL.
June 17, 2012               Summer Celebrity Series: Dr. Craig Cramer, Organist. Notre Dame, Indiana.
July 15, 2012                Summer Celebrity Series: Dr. Edie Johnson, Organist. Knoxville, Tennessee.
August 19, 2012            Summer Celebrity Series: TBA

 

Concerts at Fourth Presbyterian Church

126 East Chestnut Street, Chicago    312-787-4570

Friday, February 10, 7:30PM         St. Olaf Choir in Concert
Friday, February 24, 12:10PM        Noonday Concert.  John W.W. Sherer, organ
Friday, March 4, 7PM                    A Recital of Improvisation.  Aaron David Miller, organ
Sunday, March 18, 2PM                 Chicago Chamber Orchestra, John W.W. Sherer, conductor
Friday, March 30, 12:10PM            Noonday Concert.  John W.W. Sherer, organ
Friday, April 6, 7:30PM                  James Macmillan : Seven Last Words from the Cross.  Fourth Church Morning Choir
                                                            & String Ensemble, John W.W. Sherer, conductor
Sunday, April 15, 7PM                   RMS Titanic Commemoration Concert.  John W.W. Sherer, organ

 

Concerts at St. Chrysostom Episcopal Church

Another wonderful season of music begins this September: organ concerts, organ and brass, a consort of Viols, glorious singing, and more!  Concerts at St. Chrysostom’s are graciously supported by the generosity of parishioners and friends. Your contribution is welcomed at each concert.  Music Website: http://sites.google.com/site/musicatstchrysostoms.  Click to view our new music page on Instant Encore, www.instantencore.com/saintcmusic, for concert announcements and recordings.  Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MusicStChrys.    Or call 312-944-1083 for more information.

St. Chrysostom’s Church – 1424 North Dearborn Parkway, Chicago

Sunday, February 12, 2:30PM – Leipzig, Royal Chapels & Convents   An exquisite afternoon of music for treble voices, strings and organ: Angela Young Smucker, Mezzo-Soprano, sings J. S. Bach’s beautiful cantata for Alto, strings and organ obligato: Cantata 170 Vernügte ruh, beliebste Seelenlust; Handel: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Josefien Stoppenlenburg – Soprano;  we enter the cloistered world of privilege: exquisite music from the Santa Cristini Convent (Bologna) written by Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, a 17th century Italian nun, and glorious music by Couperin and Charpentier written for the Nuns of Port Royal and Longchamp.   Martin Davids & Wendy Benner – Violins, Vannia Philips – Viola, Craig Trompeter – Cello,   Richard Hoskins – Organ.

Sunday, March 11, 2:30PM – Viols & Verse Anthems   A delightful afternoon of Tudor and Restoration music: Verse Anthems sung by  members of the Choir directed by Richard Hoskins, and accompanied by a consort of Viols and strings led by Craig Trompeter.