Sunday, January 24th 2016, 11:30am
Eleven years ago, almost to the very day, period-instrument ensemble Battuta presented the first ever season of concerts at the Hackney Proms.
Now musicians with international reputations, they return with a familiar yet fresh programme of orchestral and chamber masterpieces from the Baroque era, performed in-the-round on historical instruments for all the family to enjoy.
Programme:
George Frideric Handel: Incidental music from Flavio, re de’ Longobardi, Ariodante & Alcina
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for flute, oboe and violin in G minor, RV 107
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 6 for solo cello in D major, BWV 1012
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Hipocondrie à 7 Concertanti, ZWV 187
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for flute in D major, Op. 10, No. 3, RV 428, “Il gardellino”
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No.1 in C major, BWV 1066
