Queens of the Baroque

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)