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This summer and fall, Music of the Baroque is going virtual! Below is the full schedule of events. All broadcasts will be on 98.7/WFMT, and interviews and presentations will be added on the days specified below. For up-to-date information, join our email list
AUGUST 19, 2020 8:00 PM: Handel and the Royals
AUGUST 21, 2020: A conversation with Nicholas Kraemer Pt 1/2
MOB’s Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer, in conversation with Executive Director Declan McGovern about his career in music. Music excerpts include MOB performances of Bach’s St. John Passion, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, and Handel’s Dixit Dominus.
AUGUST 26, 2020 8:00 PM: Monteverdi's Vespers
AUGUST 28, 2020 7:00 PM: A conversation with Nicholas Kraemer Pt 2/2
Enjoy the final installment of a two-part interview with Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer. This week, learn how Chicago musicians differ from their London colleagues, what makes Nicholas's approach to Messiah and the Brandenburg Concertos special, and what he misses about Chicago.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 8:00 PM: Imogen Cooper Plays Mozart
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 7:00 PM: A conversation with John Eliot Gardiner and Jane Glover Pt 1/3
Carl Grapentine interviews the internationally renowned Baroque specialist John Eliot Gardiner about his book on Bach (Music in the Castle of Heaven), and Music Director Jane Glover about her book on Handel (Handel in London).
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 8:00 PM: Mendelssohn's Elijah
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 7:00 PM: A conversation with John Eliot Gardiner and Jane Glover Pt 2/3
Enjoy the second installment of a three-part interview with Music Director Jane Glover, esteemed conductor and Bach scholar John Eliot Gardiner, and radio personality Carl Grapentine. Topics under discussion this week include their favorite works by Bach and Handel, unique insights into the composers' personalities, and much more.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 8:00 PM: The Grand Tour with Carl Grapentine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 7:00 PM: A conversation with John Eliot Gardiner and Jane Glover Pt 3/3
The final installment of a three-part interview with Music Director Jane Glover, esteemed conductor and Bach scholar John Eliot Gardiner, and radio personality Carl Grapentine. Topics under discussion this week include why Bach didn't compose operas, why each wrote their respective book, and the surprises about Bach and Handel they uncovered along the way.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 8:00 PM: The Family Bach
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 7:00 PM: Jane Glover on Bach's Mass in B Minor (new recording release)
Music Director Jane Glover previews the first in a series of four new recordings of the great choral works by JS Bach: his monumental Mass in B Minor, recorded at the start of the 2019-20 season, now available for purchase. Digital download coming soon!
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 8:00 PM: Pulpit & Playhouse
October 7, 2020 8:00 PM: War and Peace
October 9, 2020 7:00 PM: Handel's Coronation Anthems
Music Director Jane Glover introduces Handel’s Coronation Anthems Nos. 1, 4, and 3, filmed at the start of the 2018-19 season.
October 14, 2020 8:00 PM: Telemann's Day of Judgment
October 16, 2020 7:00 PM: Mozart's Requiem
Music Director Jane Glover introduces Mozart's Requiem, filmed at the start of the 2018-19 season.
October 23, 2020 7:00 PM: Baroque Beautiful—An At-Home Gala
October 30, 2020 7:00 PM: Handel—Composer and Businessman
Jane Glover, author of Handel in London, talks to Declan McGovern about George Frideric Handel, the German composer who made London his home, befriending royalty, and excelling as an impresario and businessman and the most outstanding composer of his day.