Old Instruments, New Ideas
2024-25 Season Launch
2024-25 Season Launch
Don’t miss…
Battle, Storm and Fanfares
Saturday 28th September, 7.30pm
Hallé St Peter’s
Join us for the drama of Vivaldi’s Tempesta di Mare, vividly depicting a storm at sea, followed by Biber’s Battalia, complete with gun fire, marches, and drunken soldiers! Then relax to Bach’s resolute Brandenburg Concerto No.5. A vibrant and richly varied programme with the colours of strings, flute and trumpets.
Intimate Notes
’The French Flute’
Saturday 26th October, 7.30pm
St Ann’s Church, Central Manchester
Martyn Shaw & Daniel Lappin - Flutes
James Heathcote - Cello
David Francis - Harpsichord
This ‘Intimate Notes’ concert showcases our historical instruments at their very best. With a selection of solo pieces and works for small groups of musicians, you will hear the beauty of each instrument in breathtaking detail. This concert places a spotlight on the most popular woodwind instrument of the period, the Flute. We will guide you through the exceptionally intricate sound of two flutes with cello and harpsichord in this programme of music with a distinctly French flavour. This concert is an opportunity to hear two of our hugely talented Early Career Fellows, Daniel and James.
Handel - Messiah HWV. 56
Saturday 30th November, 7pm
Manchester Cathedral
Join Manchester Baroque in partnership with Manchester Cathedral Choir, for our annual performance of Handel’s Messiah. Always one of the highlights of the Manchester Baroque season, Messiah is a wonderful way to mark the start of Advent and the Christmas season within the atmospheric surroundings of Manchester Cathedral.
View our ‘What’s on’ page for our full schedule of performances for the 2024-25 season.
The Music That Made Manchester: ‘Musick’ in Manchester 1744/5 Project.
Dr Pauline Nobes (Artistic Director) introduces her research ‘Musick in Manchester 1744/45’
Through the research of Dr Pauline Nobes, the ‘Musick’ in Manchester 1744/45 series recreates the first ever public concert series known to have been given in Manchester, prefiguring the remarkable musical tradition that was to accompany Manchester’s development into one of the leading industrial cities of Europe.