Michele Benuzzi and Stephen Alltop, harpsichord
Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 7:30pm CST
Galvin Recital Hall
Presented in collaboration with the Italian Consulate and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago.
Harpsichordist Michele Benuzzi has given solo and chamber performances throughout Italy, Spain, Japan, and Australia. He founded the chamber ensemble Arcomelo, a group focused on the performance of 17th- and 18th-century music, and has devoted much of his career to recovering music from unedited manuscripts in libraries throughout Europe. Conductor, harpsichordist, and organist Stephen Alltop is music director of Chicago’s Apollo Chorus, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, and the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. An active musician in historic performance practices, Alltop has appeared as harpsichordist and organist with Boston’s Handel and Haydn Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Bach Project, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Music of the Baroque, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, among other ensembles. Together, Benuzzi and Alltop will perform works for both one and two harpsichords. The concert will include the Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C Major, BWV 1061 by J. S. Bach; Four Duetti by C.P.E. Bach; selections by Jean-Philippe Rameau; and the famous Fandango of Luigi Boccherini.
This event is free.
Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall
Address
70 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
About
Located in the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, this 400-seat hall features a 40-foot glass wall offering views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. Undulating walls of Forest Stewardship Council–certified wood, covered with a thin layer of African moabi wood, provide optimal acoustics, and the hall is equipped with state-of-the-art sound and video equipment for recording.