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Join us for our 2008 Festival!
- Saturday, February 16, 7:30 pm, "Music Fit for a Queen"
- Tuesday, February 19, 7:30 pm, "The 'Viol' Difficulties of Love"--
Music for Soprano and Dueling Violins
- Sunday, February 24, 3 pm, Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
Our top-quality performances are made possible by musicians who love Handel and audience members who
share their passion. Led by Dr. Dennis Northway, our Artistic Director, the Handel
Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus are comprised of professionals from some of Chicago’s top performing
ensembles committed to our organization and our mission.
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With its potent blend of works you love and music that will
surprise you, Handel Week Festival offers a new perspective on one of the
most popular figures in music history. Learn more about this phenomenally gifted
composer and about 18th-century life in general at our fascinating pre-concert
lectures, complete with sherry. Dr. Dennis Northway offers insights into the music, the
history and the process of music-making that will enhance your concert experience.
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The Handel Week Festival is a celebration of one of history's greatest composers – and we
like to celebrate! Each concert ends with a complimentary reception, giving you a
chance to talk to the musicians, congratulate the conductor, meet other music lovers or
simply refresh yourself before the trip home. We think of ourselves as a family, and we
want you to become part of it. Join us for one of our finest seasons yet!
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Our festival concerts feature:
- Music in one of the most acoustically perfect venues in the area
- Free pre-concert lectures and post-concert receptions with the artists
- Free lighted parking in adjacent lot
- Free admission for children & teens between the ages of 8-18
Congratulations to this year's winners of the Wells Choral Scholarship: Cassandra Coglianese, a student at Riverside Brookfield High School, and James Marelli, a student at Hinsdale South High School. Cassandra and James will join the Handel Week Festival Chorus and Orchestra for rehearsals and the performance of Handel’s exquisite Anthem for the Funeral of Queen Caroline on Saturday, February 16, 2008.
Applications for the 2009 Scholarship will be available soon. For more information on the scholarship, click here.
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Congratulations! to our Artistic Director
Dennis Northway, along with Stephen Schnurr,
for the publication of Pipe Organs of Chicago,
published by Chauncey Park Press.
Copies are $50 (+$5 shipping).
Email denden1958@runbox.com for ordering information.
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About Us:
The Handel Week Festival is an annual week long festival to celebrate the music of
George Frederic Handel (1685-1759). The Festival is held in the spring of each year
at Grace Episcopal Church, in Oak Park Illinois. It was begun in 2000, patterned
after the highly sucessful Bach Week Festival in Evanston. Founders Dr. Dennis E.
Northway and Charles Chauncey Wells believed that the works of this great master
would be as enthusiastically received as Bach Week's more than 28 years of success.
Handel Week Festival is a production of Handel Week Incorporated, an Illinois non-profit
corporation devoted to popularizing and promoting the music of Handel. It encourages
musicians and various media venues to play his works and supports activities pertaining
to Handel both in Chicagoland and throughout the world. Handel Week Incorporated is a
not-for-profit corporation under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Contributions are tax deductable to the extent permitted by law.
Please support our generous sponsors
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