Orchestra of the Age of enlightenment

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The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: a sense of novel wonder

Edward Whitney, 26th 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?

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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 (n. 1956)	Spinal Chords
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Concierto para violín en la menor, BWV1041
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Concerto Grosso in A major, Op.6 No.11, HWV 329

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Matthew Truscott	Dirección musical, Violín
Juliet Stevenson	Narración