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2022/23

August 28, 4:45-6 pm
Josefien & Charlotte Stoppelenburg and Stephen Alltop perform in the Lutheran Museum in Amsterdam
Geelvinck Muziek Festival 
Read the review in Operamagazine here

Friday, September 9
11:30 am and 3:30 pm
Kellogg School of Management
'Leadership in Music'
Mozart; Exsultate Jubilate
Lecture with Stephen Alltop
(Private event)


Saturday, September 17, 2022, 7:00 pm
Lexington Bach Festival
Rejoice!
Josefien Stoppelenburg, Soprano
Festival Orchestra, John Thomas Dodson, Conductor
Saturday, September 17, 2022, 7:00 pm
Pre-Concert Talk at 6:15 pm
Festival Orchestra, John Thomas Dodson, Conductor
St. Denis Catholic Church, Lexington
Ave Maria Parish
Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165
Johann Sebastian Bach/Dodson: Ricercar a 3 from The Musical Offering
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 291 (Paris)

Sunday Afternoon, September 18, 2022, 4:30 pm
Lexington Bach Festival
Vocal Fireworks
Josefien Stoppelenburg, Soprano
Festival Orchestra, John Thomas Dodson, Conductor 
Sunday Afternoon, September 18, 2022, 4:30 pm
Pre-Concert Talk at 3:45 pm
St. Denis Catholic Church, Lexington
Ave Maria Parish
William Boyce: Symphony No. 5 in D Major
Handel: Ritorno, o cara from Rodelinda, HWV 19
Handel: Tornami a vagheggiar from Alcina, HWV 34
Handel: Da tempeste il legno infranto from Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
Handel: Che sento?...Se Pietá di me non senti from Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
Vivaldi: Allegro from In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626
J.S. Bach/Dodson: Ricercare a 6 from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385 (Haffner)
J.S. Bach/Dodson: Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit, BWV 668


Saturday October 8 from 5:30-7:30
Nichols Concert Hall
1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois
Bachanalia Bach Week Festival 50th Anniversary Benefit
Josefien Stoppelenburg-soprano
Ryan Belongie -countertenor
Stephen Alltop-harpsichord
Works by J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Monteverdi and Jacquet de la Guerre

Tuesday October 25
Pritzker Pavilion  Leadership in Music (Private Event)
Stephen Alltop & Music of The Baroque
Mozart-Exsultate Jubilate

Saturday October 29, 5:30- 10:00 pm
Rembrandt Chamber Musicians
Josefien Stoppelenburg and Stephen Alltop perform on the annual Benefit
Details TBA 

November 4, from 7:30-8:30 pm
Czech center Museum, Houston, Texas
Harmonia Stellarum
Mario Aschauer, conductor
Josefien Stoppelenburg (soprano) and Mario Aschauer (harpsichord) present virtuosic fireworks by Giovanni Bononcini, Josef Antonin Stepan, and George Frederic Handel

November 5, from 7:30-8:30 pm
Harmonia Stellarum
Mario Aschauer, conductor
Gaertner Performing Arts Center, Houston, Texas
Tales of Icarus and Apollo
Josefien Stoppelenburg (soprano) and Mario Aschauer (harpsichord) present virtuosic fireworks by Giovanni Bononcini, Josef Antonin Stepan, and George Frederic Handel

November 6 at 4:00 pm
Byron Colby Barn, Grayslake, Illinois
Ensemble Black Tulip
Josefien Stoppelenburg-Soprano
Joel Spears, lute and theorbo
Philip Serna, viola da gamba
Mirja Lorenz, recorders
'Court, Convent and Stage'
Details TBA

November 11 at 7:30 pm
St James Cathedral, Chicago
Camerata Chicago
Drostan Hall, conductor

Handel, Messiah

November 12 at 3:00 pm
Wheaton College Church
Camerata Chicago
Drostan Hall, conductor

November 13, at 3:00 pm
New Covenant Church, Naperville
Camerata Chicago
Drostan Hall, conductor

Monday November 14, at 8:00 pm
Ensemble Black Tulip performs in Chicago's classical radio station 'Live from WFMT' 98.7
Josefien Stoppelenburg-Soprano
Joel Spears, lute and theorbo
Philip Serna, viola da gamba
Mirja Lorenz, recorders

December 2 from 7:30-9:00 pm
Holiday Baroque
Epiphany
201 S Ashland Ave 

Rembrandt Chamber Musicians
A cherished annual tradition, Rembrandt’s Holiday Baroque returns to Evanston and is coming to Chicago as well! That’s right—we’re performing it twice! Featuring works of Monteverdi with a few surprise “gifts” along the way, Holiday Baroque will capture the spirit of the season.
TELEMANN: Concerto for 2 violins in G Major
PURCELL: Evening Hymn
Nicola MATTEIS: Diverse bizzarie
HANDEL: Organ Concerto in F Major, op. 4, no. 5
BACH: “Non sa che sia dolore”, BWV 209
Guest Artists: Brandon Acker, theorbo; Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano; Stephen Alltop, harpsichord and organ

December 3 at 7:00 pm
Chicago Community Chorus
Handel Messiah
Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano soloist
Details TBA


December 4 from 3:00-4:30 pm
Alice Milar Chapel
Rembrandt Chamber Musicians
A cherished annual tradition, Rembrandt’s Holiday Baroque returns to Evanston and is coming to Chicago as well! That’s right—we’re performing it twice! Featuring works of Monteverdi with a few surprise “gifts” along the way, Holiday Baroque will capture the spirit of the season.TELEMANN: Concerto for 2 violins in G MajorPURCELL: Evening HymnNicola MATTEIS: Diverse bizzarieHANDEL: Organ Concerto in F Major, op. 4, no. 5BACH: “Non sa che sia dolore”, BWV 209Guest Artists: Brandon Acker, theorbo; Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano; Stephen Alltop, harpsichord and organ.

December 10
Charlotte & Josefien Stoppelenburg
Tubbingen (Germany)
Details TBA

December 11
Slot Zuylen, Oud-Zuilen
Ensemble Brothers and Sisters
Josefien Stoppelenburg-sopraan
Charlotte Stoppelenburg-alt
Martijn Blaak-piano
Details TBA
Stefan Blaak-piano

December 16 at 7:30 pm
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Handel, 'Messiah by Candlelight'
Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano soloist
 
2023:
 
Josefien Stoppelenburg-soprano
Mario Aschauer-fortepiano
Manami Mizumoto-baroque violin
 
January 30:
FROM CHINA WITH LOVE
Musical Chinoiseries in 17th-and 18th-century Europe
Ars Lyrica
Rienzi Museum
 
January 31:
HAYDN AND HIS CZECH COLLEAGUES
Music by Leopold Koželuh, Josef Antonín Stepán, and Joseph Haydn
Harmonia Stellarum
Czech Museum
 

February 7, 21, 28

Josefien performs at Stephen Alltop's lectures for Northwestern University Alumnae Continuing Education Series.

Arizona Bach Festival:

 

 

March 12

Magnificent Magnificats

Chorus and Orchestra Concert

Conducted by Scott Youngs

Sunday, March 12, 3:00 p.m.

All Saints’ Episcopal Church

6300 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012

The song of Mary in the Gospel of Luke has been the high point in the evening prayer of the Western church for millennia. Musical settings number in the thousands, but you will be treated to the most magnificent expressions from the Baroque. You will experience the operatic lyricism of Caldara, the kinetic energy of Vivaldi, and the sublime interpretation of Bach.

 

March 14

Heroines of the Baroque:

Vocal Recital by Josefien Stoppelenburg

Stephen Alltop, Harpsichord

Tuesday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.

(Pre-concert Lecture 6:30)

Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church, Scottsdale

6715 North Mockingbird Lane, Paradise Valley

Tickets: $30 advance purchase / $35 at the door

March 19

5:30 pm

Bach Week Evanston

Recital with Stephen Alltop

Presbyterian Homes, Evanston

March 21

Bach Birthday Concert

Guarneri Hall

Chicago area stars Stephen Alltop, harpsichord and Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano (profiled here by David Sckolnick) will be joined by Maria Tachouet, flute, Charlene Kluegel and Brandi Berry Benson, violin, Catherine Brubaker, viola, and Calum Drummond Cook, cello, for an all-Bach program in honor of Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday. 

PROGRAM

Sinfonia to Cantata No. 196
“Ich ende behände mein irdiches Leben” (Cantata 57, Selig ist der Mann)
Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1039
Sonata for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028
Cantata No. 209 “Non sa che sia dolore” 

March 31

J.S. Bach -St Matthew Passion

The Netherlands

Staged St Matthew Passion

Grote Kerk Veere

5:30 pm

April 10

Melisma Bootcamp

Bach Week Choir Evanston

April 12

Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Mario Aschauer-harpsichord

Manami Mizumoto-violin

Arias by Handel and Hasse

Private concert

 

April 16

Winnetka Congregational Church

Works by Mozart, Hendrik Andriessen and Monteverdi

with Stephen Alltop-organ

April 22

Online Masterclass 

Vanke Meisha Academy China

April 29

St Louis Bach Society

St Matthew Passion

Led by Music Director and Conductor, A. Dennis Sparger, The Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra will be joined by the Missouri Baptist University Chamber Singers.

The concert features an internationally recognized cast of Baroque soloists which include Steven Soph as the Evangelist, Stephen Morscheck as Jesus, soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg, mezzo soprano Meg Bragle, tenor ​Dann Coakwell, and baritone ​Alexander Dobson. Presented in collaboration with Missouri Baptist University Choral Department.

 

May 5

6:00 pm

The Journey Home

Children's Opera by Joe Francavilla

Montessori Countryside School

May 6

7:30 pm

Schubert Miriam's Song of Triumph

Michael Teolis Singers

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

June 7

5:00 pm Emmanuel Church, Boston

Boston Early Music Festival

With the Newberry Consort

The Juan de Lienas Vespers

The life of Mexican composer Juan de Lienas is shrouded in mystery. What little we know of the Baroque master comes from envious remarks scrawled by others in the margins of his surviving manuscripts, masterpieces that are exhilaratingly original and technically demanding. Written for the Convento de la Encarnación in the center of Mexico City, this Vespers service has been painstakingly reconstructed and edited by Guest Director Ellen Hargis. The Newberry Consort  and Artistic Director Liza Malamut return to BEMF with an all-female ensemble of nine voices, two trombones, dulcian, viol, and organ to transport us to the 17th-century convent where this sumptuous music was first heard.

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