Friday, October 20, 2023, 7:30pm

   Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 31st St., Oak Brook

Saturday, October 21, 2023, 8:00pm

   Swift Hall, University of Chicago, 1025 E. 58th St., Chicago

Sunday, October 22, 2023, 3:00pm 

   Indian Boundary Park, 2500 W. Lunt Ave, Chicago

Join us for a celebration of English Renaissance composer William Byrd in the four hundredth year following his death. Journey through Byrd's outstanding corpus with Schola Antiqua, as we survey his musical contributions to the Catholic recusant community, highlighting themes of trial and deliverance. Actor Jeff Parker will also read dramatic texts of Jesuit priest Robert Southwell, whom Byrd met in 1586. The program further includes some of the most prized music for keyboard known to that point, composed by Byrd. Guest harpsichordist Jason Moy (DePaul University), a specialist in Renaissance and Baroque keyboard music, joins Schola Antiqua to present this splendid music. Composer Nicolas Chuaqui also will contribute a commissioned work for the quatercentenary.

Admission: Pay-what-you-wish