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Irish Baroque Orchestra: Best-loved Baroque

The Olivier Award-winning ensemble brings a programme of best-loved Baroque delights including Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba and his ever-popular Water Music.

The world-class IBO is celebrated as Ireland’s flagship period-instrument orchestra and is led by acclaimed artistic director Peter Whelan.

Irish Baroque Orchestra
Peter Whelan conductor

Handel:
Overture from Il pastor fido (“The faithful shepherd”) (3')
Hasse:
Concerto in F, for oboe, chalumeau, bassoon and continuo (12')
Hasse:
“Signora Barberini’s Minuet” (from Concerto Op.4 No.1) (1')
Handel:
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon (4')
Handel, arr. Walsh:
“Va tacito e nascosto” from Giulio Cesare in Egitto (7')
Mr Charles:
Chasse from Suite No.1 (2')
Bach:
Brandenburg concerto No.3 in G, BWV 1048 (11')
Telemann:
Napolitana (2')
Bocchi:
Sonata X (5')
Handel, arr. Walsh:
Water Music Suite No.1 (25')
Handel, arr. Walsh:
Water Music Suite No.2 (10')
Lully:
Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs from ‘Le bourgeois gentilhomme’ (2')
Musicians sitting in a group playing instruments

Download the programme notes here