Handel

 
Edgerton Arts Council
Benefit Concert
featuring The Newberry Consort

Friday, July 11, 7:30 PM
Wartmann Prairie
7356 West Caledonia Road
Edgerton

 

Join us for a magical evening with music by the Newberry Consort, an early music, original instrument chamber ensemble in residence at Chicago's Newberry Library. The Consort draws on the Library's holdings in the music of the 13th through 17th centuries. The program will feature chamber works of the master composer George Frideric Handel. Performers include director David Douglass, viola da gamba, Ellen Hargis, soprano, David Schrader, harpsichord, and the well-known international recorder player from Amsterdam, Marion Verbruggen.

Sponsored by William Wartmann in partnership with the Madison Early Music Festival, this program will take place at 7:30 pm at Wartmann Prairie, located at 7356 Caledonia Road, Edgerton, Wisconsin. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in advance through the Edgerton Chamber of Commerce at (608) 884-4408 or at the door.

Directions to Wartmann Prairie from Madison:

  • Take I-90E toward Janesville/Chicago
  • Take the first Edgerton Exit onto HWY 51 and stay on this through town. You will go through one stoplight.
  • Veer right onto County Road F which is also known as Main Street.
  • Take a right onto Pomeroy Road.
  • At the stop sign, turn left onto County Road H.
  • Take a right onto Caledonia Road. Wartmann Prairie is on the right side of the road.
  • There will be signs along the road to indicate Wartmann Prairie.

For more information, contact the Madison Early Music Festival