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Allington Strings - New Year Concert
A celebration of baroque music from the beautiful to the burlesque
Add to my Calendar 14-01-2018 15:00 14-01-2018 17:00 36 Allington Strings - New Year Concert Allington Strings New Year Concert is a celebration of Baroque Music. The beautiful Bach Double Violin Concerto will be performed by soloists, Wendy Stahl local violin teacher and violinist in the group Extreme Baroque together with star pupil Zac Chantler. Burlesque de Quixotte lightens the mood as Telemann interprets Cervantes crazy stories of the exploits of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Concerti Grossi by Handel and Corelli provide some more traditional baroque fare before Biber's Battalia tells the story of a battle with 'dissolute, revelling musketeers' with simulated musket fire provided by the stringed instruments! Somewhere in amongst all this the Queen of Sheba arrives. The Sir John Colfox Academy, Bridport DD/MM/YYYYDetails
The Sir John Colfox Academy
Ridgeway
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3DT
England
Programme
George Frideric Handel – Solomon, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber – Battalia à 10
Georg Philipp Telemann – Ouverture-Suite 'Burlesque de Quixotte', TWV 55:G10
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op.6 no.1
George Frideric Handel – Concerto Grosso in G major, Op.6 no.1 (HWV 319)
Performers
Mark Westwood – conductor
Wendy Stahl – baroque violin
Zac Chantler – baroque violin
Allington Strings
Programme Note
Allington Strings New Year Concert is a celebration of Baroque Music.
The beautiful Bach Double Violin Concerto will be performed by soloists, Wendy Stahl local violin teacher and violinist in the group Extreme Baroque together with star pupil Zac Chantler.
Burlesque de Quixotte lightens the mood as Telemann interprets Cervantes crazy stories of the exploits of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
Concerti Grossi by Handel and Corelli provide some more traditional baroque fare before Biber's Battalia tells the story of a battle with 'dissolute, revelling musketeers' with simulated musket fire provided by the stringed instruments!
Somewhere in amongst all this the Queen of Sheba arrives.
