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SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER SUNDAY 6TH OCTOBER
Family-Friendly Concert Kaffeehaus Culture
CONCERT A short child-friendly concert for COFFEE CONCERT With a cup of coffee in hand,
parents and carers, babies and toddlers with settle back as The Brook Street Band presents an
music by Handel, Bach, Vivaldi and other imagined slice of weekly musical life in 18th century
baroque masters. Families are welcome to come Leipzig. The concert is built around two of the city’s
and relax, and enjoy this beautiful music. most illustrious musicians Bach and Telemann
THE BROOK STREET BAND and its prime musical location, Zimmerman’s
Lisete da Silva Bull baroque flute & recorders Kaffeehaus. Musical ideas and caffeine flow...
Rachel Harris baroque violin THE BROOK STREET BAND
Tatty Theo baroque cello Lisete da Silva Bull baroque flute & recorders
Carolyn Gibley harpsichord Rachel Harris baroque violin
10.30-11.30am • The Chapel FREE Tatty Theo baroque cello
Carolyn Gibley harpsichord
From Leipzig to London 10.30-11.30am • The Chapel
CONCERT From Leipzig to London showcases £15 (FREE COFFEE)
chamber music by Bach and Handel, written at
the height of their fame. Bach and Handel never Halle, Hanover and Hamburg
met despite several near misses, although they ILLUSTRATED CONCERT Handel was a complex
knew of each other’s achievements. There are character; his early compositions were shaped
Stories aplenty about both musicians, and in by family constraints, Lutheran tradition, and the
this programme we relate these through their search for his own unique voice. Halle, Hanover
beautiful music. and Hamburg explores music (by composers
THE BROOK STREET BAND including Buxtehude, Keiser and Pachelbel) that
Rachel Harris & Kathryn Parry baroque violins Handel would have known as a young student,
Tatty Theo baroque cello as well as his own early chamber compositions
Carolyn Gibley harpsichord as he emerged from the violin desks, beginning
1-2pm • The Chapel £15 his career as a composer.
Every Instrument Tells a Story THE BROOK STREET BAND
Rachel Harris & Kathryn Parry baroque violins
INTERACTIVE TALK Instrument expert Tatty Theo baroque cello
Benjamin Hebbert hosts a discussion about Carolyn Gibley harpsichord
instrument makers and musicians from Handel’s 12.45-2pm • The Chapel £15
circle in London. This is a unique opportunity to
view instruments from Benjamin’s collection, Handel and his Patrons
including violins and cellos that have direct links TALK Dr. David Vickers talks about the composer’s
to Handel. diverse music composed for different patrons in
2.30-3.45pm • The Chapel £5 Italy, London and the English countryside, from his
The Concerto Story Roman cantatas to the coronation anthems for
SUSANNA FAIRBAIRN Westminster Abbey, via Acis & Galatea. David is
CONCERT The Concerto Story features an a council member of The Handel Institute and co-
expanded Brook Street Band performing edited The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia.
@BrookStreetBand wonderful music including Bach’s Brandenburg 4.30-5.30pm • Princes Street URC £5
Concerto No.5, Orchestral Suite No.2 and
Handel’s Sonata à Cinque. The brilliant Handel’s Acis and Galatea
Cambridgeshire-based Roots Baroque FESTIVAL FINALE CONCERT A cast of vocal
@TheBrookStreetBand Orchestra (made up of aspiring young musicians stars including Susanna Fairbairn (Galatea) and
who have been working with The Brook Street David de Winter (Acis) join The Brook Street
Band this year) sets the scene to the evening’s
entertainment, with two short works by Purcell Band to perform Handel’s masterpiece. First
@tattytheo and Handel. performed in 1718, Handel’s Acis and Galatea
The Brook Street Band & friends retells the classical Greek myth of the tragic love
Story between nymph Galatea, shepherd Acis
Roots Baroque Orchestra and the meddling cyclops Polyphemus.
7.30-9.30pm • Princes Street URC £20 6-8pm • Princes Street URC £20