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
Artistic Director and Solo Violin: Pauline Nobes
Oboe: Gail Hennessy
Bassoon: Sally Holman
Flute: Martyn Shaw

Programme to include:

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Suite from The Fairy Queen
Michel Corette (1709-1795)  - Concerto 'Comique'
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Orchestral Suite No.1 BWV 1066

Interval

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Antonín Reichenaer (1696-1730)- Concerto in Bb Major for Oboe and Bassoon
J.S. Bach - Orchestral Suite No.2 in B Minor BWV 1067