La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista, Haymarket Opera
Mar
22
7:30 PM19:30

La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista, Haymarket Opera

Ms. Knutson Berka appears as Salome in Haymarket’s presentation of Maria Margherita Grimani’s 1715 Oratorio, La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista. At the feast of Herod, the beautiful princess Salome requests the head of John the Baptist as a punishment for insulting her mother Herodias. Haymarket’s virtuosic vocal and instrumental soloists bring Grimani’s feverish tale of bloodthirsty revenge to life in the work’s modern premiere. 

Gannon Concert Hall
Holtschneider Performance Center at DePaul University
2330 N. Halsted Ave., Chicago, IL 60614

More Information Available at: https://www.haymarketopera.org/grimani

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Mar
19
7:00 PM19:00

Just Bach at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Music at Historic Trinity welcomes Just Bach as part of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s inaugural Bach Festival on March 19, 2024 at 7 PM. Performing in this all Bach program will be:

Kristin Knutson Berka, soprano

Ryne Cherry, baritone

Sean Kleve, harpsichord

Charlie Rasmussen, cello and viola da gamba

1046 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, WI. Suggested donation of $20 accepted at the door.

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Jan
17
12:00 PM12:00

Just Bach Concert Series

Concert Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV6sCobJLgs&t=40s

Ms. Knutson Berka is delighted to return to Madison’s “Just Bach” concert series in this program featuring:

BWV 671, from Clavierübung III: “Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist”

BWV 202.3: Phoebus eilt mit Schnellen Pferden

BWV 61.5: Öffne, dich mein ganzes Herze

BWV 51.3: Höchster, mache deine Güte

BWV 207.5 Den soll mein Lorbeer schützend decken

Chorale: BWV 155.5: Ob sichs anließ, als wollt er nich

Kristin Knutson Berka, soprano

Ryne Cherry, baritone

Charlie Rasmussen, cello

Mark Brampton Smith, organ

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Nov
25
7:00 PM19:00

Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble

Ms. Knutson Berka appears with the Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble in a program featuring works by Georg Philipp Telemann, Arcangelo Corelli, Claudio Monteverdi, Barbara Strozzi, Tommaso Giordani, Sieur de Saint Colombe, and J.S. Bach.

Saturday, November 25 at 7:30 PM

Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church
1833 Regent Street, Madison

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Canterbury Concert Series with New Milwaukee Consort
Feb
26
5:00 PM17:00

Canterbury Concert Series with New Milwaukee Consort

The New Milwaukee Consort travels to Dixon, IL as special guests of the Canterbury Concert Series. This short program will feature music from two manuscripts compiled near the shores of Lake Como in Northern Italy—one an early 17th-century collection of lute music and the other a late 17th-century collection of unique early cello works, including some beautiful arias with cello obbligato. Also on the program will be excursions to France and England with virtuosic viol works by Antoine Forqueray and Marin Marais, and an aria from Handel’s hit opera, Rinaldo.

Tickets available at the door

Sunday, February, 26, 2023, 5PM-6PM

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 221 West 3rd Street, Dixon, IL

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Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble, Madison, WI
Feb
18
7:30 PM19:30

Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble, Madison, WI

The Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble presents works by Giovanni Felice Sances, G.F. Handel, and Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Antonio Vivaldi at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Madison.

Sigrun Franzen - harpsichord
Eric Miller - viola da gamba
Kristin Knutson - soprano and Baroque guitar
Anton TenWolde - baroque cello
Max Yount - harpsichord

Tickets are available only at the door: $20, students $10

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Beer and Baroque with New Milwaukee Consort and Early Music Now
Jan
12
7:00 PM19:00

Beer and Baroque with New Milwaukee Consort and Early Music Now

Thursday, January 12, 2023

  • 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Join us for Beer and Baroque, sponsored by Early Music Now, at Gathering Place Brewing Company (811 E. Vienna Ave., 53212) on Thursday, January 12th, at 7:00pm.

In this short program, we’ll play music from two manuscripts compiled near the shores of Lake Como in Northern Italy—one an early 17th-century collection of lute music and the other a late 17th-century collection of unique early cello works, including some beautiful arias with cello obbligato. We’ll also throw in some exciting and virtuosic French viol pieces and one of Handel’s greatest hits!

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New Milwaukee Consort at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Nov
30
12:15 PM12:15

New Milwaukee Consort at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Wednesday, November 30, 12:15-12:45, free admission

The New Milwaukee Consort presents a 30-minute program of Italian Baroque gems. Join this adventurous trio as they explore the late 17th century “Como Manuscript” featuring works by Francesco Ballarotti, Paolo Magni, and Angelo Maria Fioré. Also presented will be seldom heard lute works and the Milwaukee premiere of an Italian cantata by 17th century nun, Isabella Leonarda.

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Being Alive: A Sondheim Review
Nov
6
4:00 PM16:00

Being Alive: A Sondheim Review

Tim Rebers and Hazzan Jeremy Stein present an ensemble cast of Milwaukee’s top theatre artists in a celebration of the life and music of Stephen Sondheim. Featuring music from Into the Woods, Follies, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, Marry Me A Little, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid, 6880 N. Green Bay Avenue, Milwaukee, WI

Streaming tickets also available.

https://www.cbintmilwaukee.org/events/annual-fundraiser-sondheim-revue/

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Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble
Feb
26
7:30 PM19:30

Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble

Join the Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble for an evening of Strozzi, Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Marais, Gabrieli, and Geminiani. Saturday February 26 at 7:30 PM, St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Madison
Tickets at the door only: $20 ($10 students)

Sigrun Franzen - harpsichord
Kristin Knutson - soprano, baroque guitar
Charlie Rasmussen - baroque cello, viola da gamba
Anton TenWolde  - baroque cello

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New Milwaukee Consort: St. Matthias Episcopal
Feb
6
3:00 PM15:00

New Milwaukee Consort: St. Matthias Episcopal

Warm your spirits with the New Milwaukee Consort in a program of fiery dances and passionate songs from the French and Italian Baroque, featuring soprano, lute, viola da gamba, Baroque cello, and Baroque guitar. This concert is a fundraising event for the music department of St. Matthias, 111 E. Main Street, Waukesha, WI. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online through https://stmatthiasepiscopalchurch.ticketleap.com/

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New Milwaukee Consort: First Fridays Concert Series
Feb
4
5:00 PM17:00

New Milwaukee Consort: First Fridays Concert Series

Warm your spirits with the New Milwaukee Consort in a program of fiery dances and passionate songs from the French and Italian Baroque, featuring soprano, lute, viola da gamba, Baroque cello, and Baroque guitar. This concert is part of a free concert series through Grace Lutheran Church, 1209 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI. For more information, please visit https://www.gracedowntown.org/upcoming-events/first-fridays/

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New Milwaukee Consort: Beer and Baroque at Black Husky Brewing
Jul
27
7:30 PM19:30

New Milwaukee Consort: Beer and Baroque at Black Husky Brewing

Join Tim, Kristin, and Charlie at Black Husky Brewing for a brief pop up concert of rollicking Baroque tunes. This free event will be a celebration of Black Husky’s fine beer paired with music by Marin Marais, Tarquinio Merula, Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Antoine Forqueray, Claudio Monteverdi, G. F. Handel and more. 909 East Locust Street, Milwaukee, WI. 6:30 PM - 7:15 PM.

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You're Just in Love: Duets for Soprano and Tenor
Feb
6
7:00 PM19:00

You're Just in Love: Duets for Soprano and Tenor

The Colla Voce Concert Series presents You’re Just in Love: Duets for Soprano and Tenor, featuring Kristin Knutson and Tim Rebers, in collaboration with pianist Maggie Rebers. This live streamed event tells the joys and foibles of love through lenses offered by Robert Schumann, Paolo Tosti, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein and Amy Beach. More information available through https://www.facebook.com/CollaVoceConcertSeries/

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New Milwaukee Consort: The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Dec
2
12:15 PM12:15

New Milwaukee Consort: The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Join the New Milwaukee Consort as they present a vivifying, 30-minute, program of Baroque music in Milwaukee’s Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. The trio will perform a mix of instrumental and vocal music featuring works by Barbara Strozzi, Jacquet de la Guerre, Joan Ambrosio Dalza, and Antoine Forqueray. This lunchtime concert will begin at 12:15 and end by 12:45. Though a free will offering is taken, there is no charge to attend the concert. St. John Cathedral 812 N. Jackson St. Milwaukee, WI 53202.

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Primavera with the New Milwaukee Consort / United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay
Mar
7
6:00 PM18:00

Primavera with the New Milwaukee Consort / United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay

Primavera: Songs of Rebirth, Renewal, and Springtime with The New Milwaukee Consort, EXTENDED PROGRAM

Tickets available: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4508442

Join the players and singers of Milwaukee’s newest early music ensemble as they explore works by Monteverdi, Landini, Luzzaschi, Marais, de la Guerre and more. Kristin Knutson, Soprano and Baroque Guitar, Tim Sterner Miller, Lute, Charlie Rasmussen, Baroque Cello, Viola da Gamba, with guest artist Katie Koester, Soprano

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