Manchester Baroque
Intimate Notes
Sit back and enjoy the first of this season's 'Intimate Notes' - a perfectly formed chamber concert bringing you closer to the music.

Starting in London with Purcell, a quick whizz to France, Germany and Italy, before heading back to Handel's London; listen out for the different styles these composers gave to their Baroque music.
Performers
Artistic Director and Baroque Violin: Pauline Nobes
Baroque Violin: Brendan Howell
Baroque Cello: James Heathcote
Harpsichord: David Francis
Programme
Trio Sonata No. 6 in G minor, Z. 807 "The Grand Chaconne' from Ten Sonatas in Four Parts - Henry Purcell
Les Cyclopes - Jean-Philippe Rameau
Première récréation de musique, Op.6 - Jean-Marie Leclair
Interval
Suite for two violins, “Gulliver’s Travels,” TWV 40:108 - Georg Philipp Telemann
Cello Sonata in E-flat major, RV 39 - Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata in G minor "The Cat's Fugue", K 30 - Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti
Trio Sonata, HWV 390a in G minor, Op. 2 No. 5 - George Frideric Handel
Sat, 18 November 2023
St Ann's Church, Manchester
7:30pm
£6 / £8.50 / £15 / £25
- ➕1 other performance
Full Event Details
Sit back and enjoy the first of this season's Intimate Notes - a perfectly formed chamber concert bringing you closer to the music, bringing together music from across Baroque Europe to the intimate venue of St. Ann's Church, Manchester.
Starting in London with Purcell, a quick whizz to France, Germany and Italy, before heading back to Handel's London; listen out for the different styles these composers gave to their Baroque music.
Performers
Artistic Director and Baroque Violin: Pauline Nobes
Baroque Violin: Brendan Howell
Baroque Cello: James Heathcote
Harpsichord: David Francis
Programme
Trio Sonata No. 6 in G minor, Z. 807 "The Grand Chaconne' from Ten Sonatas in Four Parts - Henry Purcell
Les Cyclopes - Jean-Philippe Rameau
Première récréation de musique, Op.6 - Jean-Marie Leclair
Interval
Suite for two violins, “Gulliver’s Travels,” TWV 40:108 - Georg Philipp Telemann
Cello Sonata in E-flat major, RV 39 - Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata in G minor "The Cat's Fugue", K 30 - Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti
Trio Sonata, HWV 390a in G minor, Op. 2 No. 5 - George Frideric Handel
Venue Details & Map
Location
St Ann's Church, Manchester
St Anns Place, Manchester, M2 7LP, United Kingdom
Other performances
In addition to the performance listed above, this concert will also be performed as follows:
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