Led by Dame Jane Glover, music director since 2002, we are the Midwest’s leading professional chorus and orchestra specializing in 18th-century music.
Chicago, IL
Joined July 2009
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Join us on the Chicago River tonight for our free event baroque.org/watermusic
We have an exciting and busy start to our new season culminating in the inaugural Music of the Baroque award!
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☎️🔥 Find out who hung up on Sir Simon Rattle in part 2 of his conversation with MOB's principal guest conductor, Nicholas Kraemer. (Part 3 drops on Friday!)
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NEW VIDEO: In the first of three interviews, Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer chats with his dear friend Sir Simon Rattle about how they met, their Baroque idols, and more! youtu.be/f3pYypizjfQ
Tune in to @WFMTclassical tonight at 8 PM CDT for this very special 50th anniversary celebration featuring historic performances and great interviews with the people who made Music of the Baroque what it is today.
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We can't wait to welcome our audience back to the concert hall in September! Music Director Dame Jane Glover shares the exciting details of our recently announced 51st season in this special preview video.
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Visit baroque.org for full details
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For the penultimate performance of the season, @MusicofBaroque returns tonight at 8pm to share music by four Baroque masters! to.wfmt.com/3eZOB0L
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In this month's @MusicofBaroque broadcast, hear guest conductor Nicholas Kraemer conduct three of Bach's famed Brandenburg Concertos. On air tonight at 8pm. to.wfmt.com/3eV56tL
A great review of Monday night's performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos from Chicago Classical Review: chicagoclassicalreview.com/2…
The concert will be available on Demand from April 29-May 29. Tickets here: baroque.org/bach
Check out "Baroque Notes" before tonight's livestream of the Brandenburg Concertos @ 7:30 CDT. Explore what we know about the works and what we don't—& what the harpsichord has in common with an electric guitar. Visit baroque.org/bach for tix.
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Check out this fascinating interview from 2009 on @npr with rocker Andrew WK about Bach and the lasting influence of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: tinyurl.com/4vt6bkvd
Join us for Concertos 3, 5, & 6, streamed live from @HarrisTheater on 4/26. Tix: baroque.org/bach
.@IBarnatan + Dame Jane Glover + the Music of the Baroque Orchestra + Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 14 = 1 amazing concert. (Did we mention music of Handel & the North American premiere of Mozart's recently discovered Allegro in D Major?) On Demand til 5/1.
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Tonight at 8 PM CDT on @WFMTclassical, enjoy our March 29 performance featuring @IBarnatan playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 14—plus what we believe to be the North American debut of Mozart's recently unearthed Allegro in D Major!
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We want to hear from you! Do you have a favorite MOB performance, pre-concert ritual, or anecdote you'd like to share? Answer a few questions at baroque.org/mob-memories
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Bach looks pretty good for 336, don't you think? Celebrate in style with our February performance of "Double Trouble--Bach and Vivaldi," featuring the famous "Bach Double" for two violins, On Demand through this Saturday! Details and tix: baroque.org/doubletrouble
Get ready for tonight's performance with "Baroque Notes," our pre-concert lecture series! Program annotator Jennifer More talks about the transition from the Baroque period to the Classical era via works by Handel & Mozart.
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The concert features Handel's Concerto grosso in A Major, op. 6, no. 4 and "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba," plus Mozart's Symphony No. 29 and Piano Concerto No. 14 (with @IBarnatan). Catch it at 7:30 PM CDT or On Demand Apr 1 - May 1. Tix and details: baroque.org/barnatan
Join us tomorrow, March 29, at 7:30 PM CDT for the return of our music director, Dame Jane Glover, and the MOB debut of @IBarnatan with Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 14. Streamed live from @HarrisTheater. Details: baroque.org/barnatan
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First time back on the @HarrisTheater stage for the first time in 13 months with Dame Jane Glover, the @MusicofBaroque Orchestra, and special guest soloist @IBarnatan. Join us online on Monday at 7:30 CST baroque.org/barnatan.
A great piece from the @nytimes about one of Chicago's many ardent arts supporters. We look forward to having audiences in the concert hall again someday soon.
The yearlong performing arts shutdown has hurt artists, arts organizations, and, of course, art lovers. I talked about the loss of culture & community with a 77-year-old Chicagoan whose life revolved around symphony, opera, and theater. This is his story: nyti.ms/3tqcBij
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