Continuo Connect — Concert // Manchester Baroque: Intimate Notes

This 'Intimate Notes' concert showcases our historical instruments at their very best. With a selection of solo pieces and works for small groups of musicians, you will really hear the timbres and textures of each instrument.

If you've never heard historical instruments before, this is a great introduction to the different sounds of the instruments as well as some of the great composers of the Baroque era.

PERFORMERS

• Artistic Director and Baroque Violin: Pauline Nobes

• Baroque Flute: Martyn Shaw

• Baroque Cello/Viola da Gamba: David Hatcher

• Harpsichord: David Francis

PROGRAMME

• Trio Sonata arr. from Organ Sonata No.5 in C major, BWV 529 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

• Sonatae unarum fidium, Sonata no. 6 in A Major - Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620-1623 – 1680)

• Sonata in D for Viola da Gamba, BuxWV 268 - Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637 – 9 May 1707)

• Trio Sonata in D minor, Op.1 No.1 from 12 Sonatas for Diverse Instruments - Gottfried Finger (ca.1660 - 1730)

Interval

• Musick in Two Parts - Gottfried Finger

• Ricecare à 3 from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 - Johann Sebastian Bach

• Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 - Johann Sebastian Bach

• Trio Sonata, HWV 390a in G minor, Op. 2 No. 5 - George Frideric Handel