Programme at a glance
 
Friday 22 October
  7.30pm Opening Reception   Free
       
  8:00pm  Opening Concert   €15/13
    Wilbert Hazelzet, Maya Homburger, Malcolm Proud and Sarah Cunningham    
     
  Programme  J.S.Bach: Sonata in G for flute, violin & continuo. BWV1038  
    Georg Muffat: Sonata in D for violin & continuo  
      Telemann: Paris Quartet no 6 in e minor    
      Rameau: Pieces de clavecin en concert; no 2 in G    
      Bach: Trio Sonata from the "Musical Offering". BWV1079
           
  10.00pm Handel in Rome   €12/10
    Owen Willetts (counter-tenor); Richard Sweeney (archlute)    
  Programme  includes works by Handel, Alessandro Scarlatti, and Giovanni Zamboni Romano
           
Saturday 23 October    
  10.00am Solo violin masterclass with Maya Homburger   €20/12
           
  12.00pm Musical Baroque Feast for Children   €6
  Eleanor Dawson and Lucie O'Hara  
 
  11.00am Members of Trio Quattro give an introduction to the Trio Sonata  
         
  1.00pm Four into Three will go   €12/10
    Trio Quattro; Jenny Robinson -recorders; Anita Vedres, violin; Malachy Robinson, violone; David Adams, harpsichord.    
         
  Programme   Handel: Trio Sonata in F, op 5 no 6  
      Cavalli: Canzon a 3 Corelli- Ciacona, op 2 no 12    
    Buxtehude: Triosonate in a minor op 1 no 3 (extract) D  
      Purcell: Triosonate in d minor Earl of Kelly- Trio Sonata 4 (extract)
      Telemann: Trio Sonata in a minor    
           
  4.00pm Flute Masterclass with Wilbert Hazelzet   €20/12
       
  7.30pm Gainsborough in Bath   €15/13
  Buddug Verona James, mezzo-soprano; Marc Elton, violin; Kate Ayres, viola da gamba; Andrew Wilson-Dickson, harpsichord  
     
   Programme   Thomas Gainsborough, the most sought-after portrait painter of the 18th century, had a passion for music, which brought him into contact with many of the greatest performers and composers of his time.  This concert traces the life and musical tastes of a genial and entertaining amateur musician, through pictures, reminiscences, letters, diary entries and the music of; GF Handel, Thomas Chilcot of Bath, Thomas Jackson of Exeter, JC Bach, Karl Friedrich Abel, Thomas Linley and WA Mozart. 
     
  10.00pm   Solo Violin Recital with Maya Homburger   €12/10
           
  Programme   Features Bach, Telemann and Barry Guy  
         
Sunday 24 October  
       
  10.30am   Recorder masterclass with Aedin Halpin   €20/12
       
  1.00pm Flauto Traverso   €12/10
    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute; Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba; Malcolm Proud, harpsichord    
     
  Programme J.S.Bach: Trio Sonata in G major based on BWV1039  
      Bach: Sonata in b minor for flute & harpsichord    
      M.Marais - Tombeau po' Mr. de Ste. Colombe (from Book 2, 1701)
      Bach: Sonata in E for flute & continuo BWV1035    
       
  7.30pm Violin Trio-sonatas   €15/13
  Maya Homburger, Matthew Truscott, Sarah Cunningham, Malcolm Proud  
           
  Programme Purcell: Sonata No. 10 D - major in four parts    
      Handel: Trio Sonata g-minor Op.2 No.8    
      Telemann: Sonata in e minor for viola da gamba and b.c. Trio Sonata in g minor, Essercizii Musici no. 3
      Guy: Celebration for solo violin    
    Purcell Sonata No. 6 g minor in four parts  
      Duphly: La Forqueray & Medee    
      Telemann: Canonic Sonata for two violins No.2 D major
      Handel: Trio Sonata F - major Op.2 No.4    
           
  10.00pm La Flauto Dolce   €12/10
    Aedin Halpin, Recorders; Kate Hearne, cello & recorder; David Adams, harpsichord    
           
  Programme Handel: Sonata in d for recorder & continuo  
      J.S.Bach: Prelude, Sarabande & Gigue from Suite no 1. for solo cello
      Telemann: Fantasia in F for solo recorder    
      Bach: Allemande from 4th Partita for solo harpsichord
      Telemann: Sonata in f for recorder & continuo    
           
Monday 25 October  
       
  10.00am Solo violin masterclass with Maya Homburger   €20/12
       
  1.00pm Castradiva   €15/13
    Buddug Verona James, mezzo-soprano, Marc Elton, violin; Kate Ayres, viola da gamba; Andrew Wilson-Dickson, harpsichord    
           
  Programme  Buddug Verona James' one woman show Castradiva; a fictional tale about Pedrolino Il Magnifico ( il primo castrato del mondo!) with some of the greatest arias written for the castrati.
    All music by Handel.