Hear 'The Four Loves' performance at the Byron Colby Barn
Celebrate the enduring and diverse aspects of love with Ensemble SDG's "The Four Loves" performance at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at the Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake.
Ensemble SDG, which features Edith Hines on violin, John Chappell Stowe on organ and harpsichord and guest artist Anna Steinhoff on viola da gamba, celebrates the diverse aspects of love as inspired by C.S. Lewis's classic book "The Four Loves."
Familial affection, friendship, romance, and divine love will be reflected in music by German and French Baroque composers, including Johann Philipp Krieger, Johann Krieger, J.S. Bach, François Couperin, and Heinrich Biber.
Ensemble SDG performs music spanning the entire Baroque period, with a particular focus on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. SDG stands for Soli Deo Gloria - "to God alone the glory" - and was the epigraph used by J.S. Bach at the end of many of his sacred works. Ensemble SDG chose the name not only because it represents Bach but also because it represents their approach to music and life.
Edith Hines is a freelance violinist based in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition to Ensemble SDG she performs with Ensemble Musical Offering, Bach Collegium Fort Wayne, and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. Hines holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
John Chappell Stowe is professor of organ and harpsichord at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also codirects the Collegium Musicum. Stowe holds degrees from Southern Methodist University and Eastman School of Music. In his appearances throughout the United States as a solo organist, Stowe's recital repertoire includes a variety of literature extending from 1550 to the present day.
Anna Steinhoff is the principal cellist of Chicago's period instrument orchestra, Baroque Band, and has performed with ensembles such as the Haymarket Opera Company, Newberry Consort, Second City Musick, Callipygian Players, Music of the Baroque, Chicago Opera Theater, and Madison Bach Musicians.
She is a founding member of Wayward Sisters, who won first prize in the 2011 Early Music America competition. Anna completed degrees in cello performance from the Oberlin Conservatory and Northwestern University.
This performance is part of the Early Music Series, featuring renowned musicians performing music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
Concert admission is $18 for adults and is available at the door only via cash or check (no credit cards). To inspire early appreciation for the arts, children younger than 16 are admitted free to all Early Music Series performances.
The Byron Colby Barn is at 1561 Jones Point Road in Grayslake, inside the Prairie Crossing conservation community. Audience members are welcome to bring a bottle of wine to share with friends.
For more information about the Early Music Series, visit www.libertyprairie.org/earlymusic.
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