The concert series highlights diverse voices and musical storytelling across centuries. Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh’s premier Baroque music ensemble, announces its 2025/2026 concert season: a tapestry of early music that traverses time, place, and culture. From iconic works by Beethoven and… Read More ›
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Preview: World Premiere Staging of J.S. Bach’s ‘Marcus Passion’, April 11th at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland
By JESSICA NEU Chatham Baroque and Concert Theatre Works are presenting the world premiere staging of J.S. Bach’s long-lost Markus Passion in Pittsburgh on April 11, 2025, at Carnegie Music Hall. This semi-staged performance, directed by visionary Bill Barclay, brings to life Malcolm Bruno’s groundbreaking reconstruction… Read More ›
Chatham Baroque Presented Twelfth Night Ensemble in ‘Love & Laurels’
Large Assemblage Applauds an Almost Exclusively George Friederic Handel Program By GEORGE B. PAROUS We have said before that Chatham Baroque consistently offers attractive programs, whether they are performing, or, like yesterday afternoon, presenting guest artists. Either way, early and… Read More ›
Chatham Baroque’s 2024-25 Season Announced
Chatham Baroque‘s 2024-25 season will begin with A Garden of Harmony: Austrian and German Music for Strings. Playing September 27-29th, A Garden of Harmony is described as “a concert of vivid soundscapes of the late 17th- century Austrian and German compositions for stringed… Read More ›
Chatham Baroque’s 2024-25 Concert Series Announced
The season includes a World premiere concert and new and returning guest artists. Chatham Baroque + Renaissance & Baroque 2024/2025 Concert Series is a bold and ambitious lineup of Baroque period and early music performances spanning ensemble configurations, eras, and… Read More ›
Chatham Baroque Presents Joy of Bach
The performance celebrates Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday with the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 and Cantata 82 Chatham Baroque presents its annual “Joy of Bach” program on March 15th and 16th. The program, which activates Pittsburgh’s historical Calvary Episcopal Church, celebrates decorated composer Johann Sebastian Bach‘s… Read More ›
Review: Chatham Baroque Hosts Apollo’s Fire, Album Release Concert
Baroque Orchestra’s “Violin Fantasy” a Mesmerizing Program of 17th Century Gems By George B. Parous A very large crowd packed into the Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside yesterday afternoon, Sunday, February 18th, to hear and see Chatham Baroque host a… Read More ›
Chatham Baroque Presents ‘Apollo’s Fire: Violin Fantasy’ February 18th
The performance brings life to composer Heinrich Biber’s imaginative and dramatic Sonatas on the Mysteries of the Rosary. Chatham Baroque welcomes Grammy-award-winning Baroque group Apollo’s Fire for their “Violin Fantasy“ performance. The program, an album release concert, will be held on February 18th, at 4 pm,… Read More ›
Chatham Baroque Completes Weekend “Tour” of Unique, Highly Enjoyable Program
“Through the Wood, Laddie” – Music of Baroque Scotland and Acadia By George B. Parous Yesterday afternoon’s weather posed no hindrance for the very large crowd of music lovers that filled Hicks Memorial Chapel at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. They… Read More ›
Chatham Baroque Presents ‘Alegría: Music of Baroque Spain and The Americas’
Holiday performance features Baroque Christmas music sung in Spanish. Chatham Baroque presents its holiday program, Alegría: Music of Baroque Spain and The Americas, highlighting Baroque music from Spain and Latin America dating back to the 16th and 18th centuries. The performances will take… Read More ›
