This concert will be a celebration of concertos of the Baroque period from throughout Europe, featuring old and new favourites for oboe, strings and harpsichord. The programme will include JS Bach’s Third Brandenburg Concerto and his Concerto for Oboe and Strings as well as works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Sammartini and two Concertos Comiques by Michel Corrette.

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Tickets for concerts at St Ann’s Church are priced from £5 to £20 with discounts on some tickets for the over 65s, young people and the unwaged. Tickets for the performance of Handel’s Messiah at Manchester Cathedral are priced from £10 to £25.

Season Tickets covering all five concerts are available guaranteeing the best available seats for a discounted price of £92 by emailing manchesterbaroque@gmail.com.

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1759) Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (BWV 1048)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767) Concerto in B minor (TWV 33:A1) 

Michel Corette (1707 – 1795) Concerto Comique Op. 8 No.2, L’Allure

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) Oboe concerto in D minor (RV454)

INTERVAL

Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1701 – 1775) Concerto grosso in C major, Op.8 No.4 

Michel Corette Concerto Comique Op. 8 No.19, La Turque et la Confession

Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for oboe and violin BWV 1060