May 17, 2026 | 7:00PM
Logan Center Penthouse
Love, War, and Parties
The University of Chicago Early Music Ensemble presents a varied program of music that explores humanity’s most passionate emotions. Enjoy Philippe Verdelot’s madrigals on the trials and tribulations of love; songs of battle by Andrea Gabrieli, celebratory dances from the collection of Marguerite of Austria, and even a Renaissance Dutch pop tune. Performed on recorders, crumhorns, Renaissance strings, voices, and more, this program will have you laughing, weeping, and celebrating humanity’s never-ending feats and foibles.
Free admission
This concert will be livestreamed here on our website and on the Department of Music’s YouTube channel.
Read the program book here.