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Queens of the Baroque
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Featuring Purcell's Suite from 'The Fairy Queen' and Handel's 'The Arrival of The Queen of Sheba', we can't think of a better Baroque night out this June!
'The Fairy Queen' combines enchanting music and spoken dialogue to re-imagine Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' creating a captivating world of fairies, mortals, and mystical transformations.
Often performed during wedding ceremonies, 'The Arrival of The Queen of Sheba' comes from Handel's Opera 'Solomon' capturing the excitement of a lavish state visit of an exotic foreign Queen.
PERFORMERS
Manchester Baroque - performing on period instruments
Pauline Notes - Artistic Director and Solo Violin
Gail Hennessy - Oboe
Sally Holman - Bassoon
PROGRAMME TO INCLUDE:
The Arrival of The Queen of Sheba, from Solomon, HWV 67 - George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Concerto 'Comique' - Michel Corette (1707 - 1795)
Orchestral Suite No. 1, BWV 1066 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Interval
Concerto Polonois - Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767)
Concerto in B flat Major for Oboe and Bassoon - Antonín Reichenaer (1696 - 1730)
Suite from 'The Fairy Queen' - Henry Purcell (1659 -1695)
- 📅Sat 15 June 2024
- 📍Manchester Cathedral
- 🕑7:30pm
- 🎫£10 - £30
Location
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Victoria, Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, M99 1ZW, United Kingdom