Free concerts Fourth Presbyterian Church Chicago.

When: Each Friday of the year at 12:10 p.m., free Noonday concerts. September through June in the Sanctuary or Buchanan Chapel (except when otherwise noted). July and August in the courtyard off Michigan Avenue, by the fountain.

Where: Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E Chestnut St, 312.787.4570

Weekday evening and Sunday afternoon concerts are also offered periodically throughout the year.

Tickets are not required for concerts unless otherwise indicated.

March–June Concert Schedule

March 2019

Saturday, March 2
Bella Voce
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
—Tickets available at www.bellavoce.org—

Friday, March 8
Jeff Brown, piano
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Tuesday, March 12
Chicago Ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano)
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
—Tickets available at www.thechicagoensemble.org or at the door—

Friday, March 15
Tres Belle trio, soprano trio
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Friday, March 22
Thomas Heidenreich, organ
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Friday, March 29
Jackson Borges, organ
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

April 2019

Friday, April 5
Genevieve Thiers, soprano
Katherine Calcamuggio Donner, mezzo-soprano
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Tuesday, April 9
A Concert Honoring the Life of Norman Pellegrini
5:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Friday, April 12
Robin Dinda, organ
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Thursday, April 18
Chancel Choir singing Crucifixus Pro Nobis by Kenneth Leighton
7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Maundy Thursday communion service

Friday, April 19
No Noonday Concert on April 19 (Good Friday)

Friday, April 19
Good Friday Choral Service with the Morning Choir
7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
The Passion According to St. John by Johann Sebastian Bach

Friday, April 26
John W.W. Sherer, organ
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Friday, April 26
Lakeside Singers
7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
—Tickets available at www.lakesidesingers.com—

May 2019

Friday, May 3
Elizabeth Start, cello

Friday, May 3
Apollo Chorus
7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
—Tickets available at www.apollochorus.org—

Friday, May 10
Thom Gouwens, organ
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Friday, May 17
Laura Perkett, soprano and oboe
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Friday, May 17
Fourth Church Choral Society with Tower Brass
7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Performing Gloria by John Rutter
as well as other works for choir, organ, and brass

Saturday, May 18
Bella Voce
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
—Tickets available at www.bellavoce.org—

Friday, May 24
Heinrich Christensen, organ
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Friday, May 31
John W. W. Sherer
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Friday, May 31
Fourth Coast Ensemble
7:00 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Featuring animal-inspired songs by Schubert, Ravel, Tchaickovsky, and others
—Tickets available at www.fourthcoastensemble.org—

June 2019

Tuesday, June 4
Chicago Ensemble (Oboe, two violins, viola, cello, and piano)
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
—Tickets available at www.thechicagoensemble.org or at the door—

Friday, June 7
Jennifer Woodrum, clarinet
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Friday, June 14
Thom Gouwens, organ
12:10 p.m in the Sanctuary

Friday, June 21
Jena Gardner, horn
12:10 p.m in the Sanctuary

Friday, June 28
John W. W. Sherer, organ
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

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The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago was organized on February 12, 1871, through the merger of two older congregations, founded in 1848 and 1855.

The new congregation spent six months refurbishing North Presbyterian’s existing church building on the southeast corner of Wabash and Grand and rededicated the renovated structure on Sunday, October 8, 1871. A few hours later the church burned to the ground in the Chicago Fire.

In February 1874 they dedicated a stone church on the northwest corner of Rush and Superior Streets that they would use for just over forty years.

In 1911 Fourth Church had outgrown its property at Rush and Superior. They purchased a plot of land three blocks north, on what would later become Michigan Avenue, and the cornerstone for a new edifice was laid on September 17, 1912.

The Sanctuary was designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram, the parish buildings around the courtyard by architect Howard Van Doren Shaw, and the stained glass windows by Charles J. Connick. The interior painting and decoration of the Sanctuary was overseen by Frederick Clay Bartlett. The new church was dedicated in 1914.Except for the Water Tower complex which survived the Chicago Fire of 1871, Fourth Church is now the oldest surviving structure on Michigan Avenue north of the river.