A commitment to musical excellence
Keaton Payne is a lyric baritone captivating audiences in Chicago, IL
Upcoming Performances
Holiday Brass and Choral Concerts
Dec. 19th-22nd, Dec. 27th
Music of the Baroque Presents: Inspiring music in some of Chicago’s most beautiful spaces. The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Brass Ensemble traverse through time from the medieval age to the present with ethereal chant, majestic works for brass, and some of the best choral music ever written. Andrew Megill conducts music by Gabrieli, Praetorius, and much more.
Handel’s Theodora
Mar. 2nd-3rd, Mar. 7th
Music of the Baroque Presents: In celebration of Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer’s 80th birthday, a world-renowned cast of soloists—Sherezade Panthaki, Iestyn Davies, Allyson McHardy, David Portillo, and Jonathan Woody—join the Chorus and Orchestra for one of Handel’s great dramatic masterpieces: the story of the virtuous martyr Theodora and her Roman protector Didymus.
Celestial Voices
May 11th-12th, May 16th
Music of the Baroque Presents: From the beginning, Music of the Baroque’s roots can be traced to choral music performed in churches. Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer highlights the Chorus’s incredible range of talent in music from the Renaissance to the Baroque, from the shimmering sounds of Palestrina and Byrd to the high energy of Bach’s “Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied”.
Recordings
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Chanson à boire, Don Quichotte à Dulcinée – Maurice Ravel
Mache dich, mein Herze rein, St. Matthew Passion – J.S. Bach
Honor and Arms, Samson – George Frideric Handel
Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Dichterliebe – Robert Schumann
Warm die Lüfte, 4 Songs – Alban Berg
Past Performances
The Marriage of Figaro
The Harbingers – Crean/Leonard
The Consul – Gian Carlo Menotti
Yeast Nation – Hollmann/Kotis
Buried Alive – Myers/Long
“Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man’s faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.”
Giacomo Puccini
20th Century Italian Composer