Friday 11 October, 19.30 at St George's Church
Truly Madly Baroque
EVENT OVER. Red Priest opens the 2024 Festival in style, exploring connections between music and the madness of love
Date & Time: Friday 11 October, 19.30
Ticket price: £24 / £18; under 30s £12 / £9; under 12s free
Venue: St George's Church
We welcome back this ‘wildly virtuosic little band’ (New York Times) in a celebratory opening concert to feature highly original interpretations of music including works by Bach, Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi.
Red Priest
Piers Adams recorders
Julia Bishop violin
Angela East cello
David Wright harpsichord
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi
1678-1741 Concerto in A minor (orig. B minor) RV 580 from L’Estro Armonico
JS Bach
1685-1750 Adagio in Bb BWV 1029 (theme from ‘Truly Madly Deeply’)
George Frideric Handel
1685-1759 Sonata in F major Op. 2 No. 4
Henry Purcell 1659-1695
Maurizio Cazzati 1620-1677
Diego Ortiz 1510-1576 A Suite of Grounds
JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050: Allegro
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Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050: Affettuoso - Allegro
Georg Philipp Telemann
1681-1767 Largo and Presto from Concerto in E minor
Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
1703-1755 Vertigo
Handel Aria Amorosa from Op. 2 No. 1
Arcangelo Corelli
1653-1713 / Red Priest La Folia (Madness) Op. 5 No. 12
