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Orchestra of the Age of enlightenment
This listing is in the past
St George's Bristol
Great George Street,
Bristol
, South-West, BS1 5RR,
United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Concerto grosso in D major, Op.6 no.1
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Sinfonia for strings in B minor, RV 169 "Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro"
Beamish, Sally (b. 1956)
Spinal Chords
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Concerto Grosso in A major, Op.6 No.11, HWV 329
Performers
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Matthew Truscott
Director, Violin
Juliet Stevenson
Narrator
Map
See Sinfonia for strings in B minor, RV 169 "Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro" in
Hamburg, Germany
Venice, Italy
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Read our review
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: a sense of novel wonder
Edward Whitney, 23rd May
Can you imagine being a concertgoer in the early years of the 18th century, when Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach and Handel were all writing new music and performers were being pushed to find new ways of playing?
****1
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Antonio Vivaldi
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso in A major, Op.6 No.11, HWV 329
Concerto grosso in D major, Op.6 no.1
George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Juliet Stevenson
Matthew Truscott
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sally Beamish
Sinfonia for strings in B minor, RV 169 "Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro"
Spinal Chords
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041