Richard Webster

Chicago-Based BACH IN THE CITY Launches From Former Bach Week Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 23, 2024

Richard Webster, former director of Bach Week in Evanston, will present the launch of Bach in the City, with its inaugural concert, featuring works by J.S. Bach and Giovanni Gabrieli. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Saint Paul's Choir School to Present Spring Concert Celebrating Motherhood
by Blair Ingenthron - May 5, 2024

The singers of the Saint Paul's Choir School will present Canticum pro Matre tua: Music for Your Mother on May 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM. Featuring the music from an eclectic mix of composers such as Camille Saint-Saëns, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Anton Bruckner, Benjamin Britten, Franz Schubert, and more, the concert takes place on Mother's Day and centers on the themes of the Virgin Mary, motherhood, and springtime.

BACH WEEK FESTIVAL To Take Final Bow With 50th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 2, 2024

Celebrate the final season of the Evanston-based BACH WEEK FESTIVAL, a beloved Chicago spring tradition since 1974. The 50th anniversary season, running from April 26 to May 5, 2024, will conclude with J. S. Bach's final sacred masterpiece, the Mass in B Minor.

Saint Paul's Choir School Performs Annual 'Christmas in Harvard Square'
by Stephi Wild - Nov 7, 2023

Saint Paul’s Choir School (SPCS) presents “Christmas in Harvard Square,” a concert of festive seasonal Christmas music, on Sundays, December 10 and 17, 3 pm, at St. Paul’s Parish.

50th Annual Bach Week Festival Announces 2023 Dates
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 26, 2023

The Chicago area's 50th annual Bach Week Festival will present five distinctly different Baroque concert programs in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, April 28 to May 14, 2023.

Bach Week Festival's BACHANALIA Is Back: Music And Wine Fundraiser Set For October 8 In Evanston
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 29, 2022

Evanston-based Bach Week Festival's fall Bachanalia, its signature fundraiser featuring pairings of live classical music with specially selected wines, will take place 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston, Illinois.

Chicago Area's 49th Annual Bach Week Festival To Bring Baroque Masterworks To Chicago And Evanston
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 18, 2022

The Chicago area's 49th annual Bach Week Festival will present concerts in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, from April 24 to May 12, 2022.

Chicago's Bach Week Festival Announces 2021 Virtual Concert Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Apr 30, 2021

Chicago's 2021 Bach Week Festival will arrive as a virtual two-concert series of free-to-view webcasts May 16 and 21 featuring instrumental and vocal music of the festival's namesake, German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, plus a work by Bach contemporary Georg Philipp Telemann, in prerecorded and livestreamed performances.

Bach Week Festival's March 21 Virtual Benefit To Celebrate Composer's Birthday
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 11, 2021

Free-to-view webcast, 'Happy Birthday, Bach, to offer livestreamed performances of Baroque chamber music.

Bach Week Festival's October 18 Virtual 'Bachanalia' Benefit To Pair Classical Music and Wines Online
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2020

Evanston, Illinois-based Bach Week Festival's 2020 Bachanalia, its fourth annual fall fundraiser featuring pairings of classical music with wines selected for the occasion by an advanced sommelier, will take place this season as a free, prerecorded online video presentation premiering at 3 p.m. (CDT) on Sunday, October 18, via Facebook and YouTube. Links will be posted on the festival's website, bachweek.org.

Chicago's Bach Week Festival Unveils 2020 Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 15, 2020

The Chicago area's 47th annual Bach Week Festival has announced details of its 2020 season of concerts in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, May 1 to May 30, 2020, including the Baroque music festival's first mainstage period-instrument program and its first concert in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, among other events.

The Dryden Ensemble Presents Bach Organ Recital
by Julie Musbach - Oct 4, 2019

The Dryden Ensemble will present organist Jacob Street in an all-Bach organ recital entitled a?oeBach and the Art of Dancea?? on Friday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Miller Chapel, located on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer Street, Princeton, New Jersey.

Bach Week Festival Announces 2019 Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2019

The Chicago area's Bach Week Festival has announced its 46th annual concert programs, with performances in Evanston and Chicago April 26 to May 3, 2019, featuring several Johann Sebastian Bach works never before heard at the festival; the return of pianist Sergei Babayan, praised by The New York Times for his 'consummate technique and insight'; and a first-time collaboration with gifted pre-college musicians of the Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago.

Jennifer Koh, Time For Three, Lionel Hampton Tribute Among Presentations At Nichols Concert Hall
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 13, 2018

The Music Institute of Chicago announces the 2018-19 season of its Faculty and Guest Artist Series, featuring classical, jazz, and multi-genre artists; holiday programming for families; and a collaboration with the Bach Week Festival. All concerts take place at the historic Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in downtown Evanston.

45th Annual BACH WEEK Festival To Open This Week In Evanston
by BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2018

The 45th annual Bach Week Festival, with concerts April 27 and 29 in Evanston, Ill., and May 4 in Chicago, will feature new twists on presenting music by the event's namesake, German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

45th Annual BACH WEEK Festival To Open 4/27 In Evanston
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 17, 2018

The 45th annual Bach Week Festival, with concerts April 27 and 29 in Evanston, Ill., and May 4 in Chicago, will feature new twists on presenting music by the event's namesake, German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

44th Annual BACH WEEK FESTIVAL to Feature Artist Debuts and More
by BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2017

The Chicago area's 44th annual Bach Week Festival, opening April 28 in Evanston, Ill., will feature festival debuts of local and visiting artists of international stature in concerts devoted to the music of the festival's namesake, German Baroque composer J. S. Bach.

Boston Marathon Documentary Play FINISH LINE Opens This Week
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2017

Presented by the Boch Center in association with Boston Theater Company, the world premiere of Finish Line: A Documentary Play About the 2013 Boston Marathon opens this week at the Shubert Theatre.

Music Institute of Chicago Welcomes Pianist Sergei Babayan in Bach Week Festival, 5/5
by Christina Mancuso - Mar 7, 2017

The Music Institute of Chicago welcomes back celebrated pianist Sergei Babayan, in a co-presentation as part of the 44th annual Bach Week festival, May 5 at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

Music Institute Presents Sergei Babayan, Louis Armstrong Legacy Concert, and More in 16-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - Sep 24, 2016

The Music Institute of Chicago announces the 2016-17 season of its Faculty and Guest Artist Series, showcasing noteworthy keyboard artists, illustrious alumni, and the legacy of Louis Armstrong. All but one of the concerts take place at the historic Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in downtown Evanston. In March, the Music Institute presents one special performance at its partner venue, Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut Street in downtown Chicago.