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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.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Michel Corette (1707-1795) - Concerto 'Comique'
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Orchestral Suite No.1 BWV 1066
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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Concerto Polonois
Antonín Reichenaer (1696-1730)- Concerto in Bb Major for Oboe and Bassoon
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Suite from The Fairy Queen
Pauline Nobes: Violin and Artistic Director
Gail Hennessy: Oboe
Sally Holman: Bassoon
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester Cathedral, 10 Cateaton Street, Manchester, M4 3, United Kingdom,Manchester, United Kingdom
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