Past Concerts
The Northern Baroque Orchestra has performed many concerts over the past 40 years. Here is a list giving details of our most recent concerts (venues, conductors, soloists and repertoire).
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in G major, RV 151 ('alla Rustica')
Francisco Geminiani Concerto Grosso Op. 7 No. 1 in D major
Tomaso Albinoni Concerto Op. 9 No. 11 in B flat major for Oboe, Strings and Continuo
Béla Bartók (arr. A Willner) Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68
Georg Philipp Telemann Ouverture-Suite in A minor for Recorder, Strings and Continuo, TWV 55:a2
George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 7 in B flat major, HWV 325
Summer 2025
Saturday 21st June
St George's Church,
Bury Road
Conductor: Paul Witkiewicz
Soloists: Andrew Rostron (violin), Diana Doherty (oboe)
George Frideric Handel Sinfonia from Solomon ('Arrival of the Queen of Sheba')
John Stanley Concerto Op. 2 No. 3 in G major
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R
Béla Bartók (arr. M A Seaton) Sonatina, Sz. 55
Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto Op. 8 No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 ('Summer')
George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 4 in F major, HWV 315
Winter 2024
Saturday 9th November
St Aidan's Church,
Manchester Road
Conductor: Paul Witkiewicz
Soloist: Andrew Rostron (violin)
The Nightingale Singers
Conductor: Ken Greaves
Leopold Mozart (attrib.) Divertimento in F major ('The Musical Sleigh Ride')
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 in G minor ('Christmas Concerto')
Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto Op. 8 No. 4 in F minor, RV 297 ('Winter')
George Frideric Handel And the glory of the Lord from Messiah, HWV 56 (with The Nightingale Singers)
Howard Goodall The Lord is my Shepherd
Johannes Brahms How beautiful are my dwellings from Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Harry Warren (arr. D King) Forty-Second Street
Charles Villiers Stanford The Blue Bird, Op. 119 No. 3
Hugh Stevenson Roberton All in the April Evening
Edward German Rolling Down to Rio from Just So Songs
Ronald Binge Where the Gentle Avon Flows (Elizabethan Serenade)
Johann Sebastian Bach Sleep Well from St. John Passion, BWV 243
Summer 2024
Saturday 22nd June
St Aidan's Church,
Manchester Road
Conductor: Paul Stanhope
Soloist: Andrew Rostron (violin)
George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 in G major
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 6 in F major
Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto Op. 3 No. 6 in A minor, RV 356
George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 2 in F major
Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto for strings in A major, TWV 43:A4
Francesco Saverio Geminiani Concerto Grosso No. 8 in E minor (after Corelli's Violin Sonata Op. 5), H. 139
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Autumn 2023
Saturday 18th November
St Aidan's Church,
Manchester Road
Conductor: Alasdair Gordon
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in D minor, RV 129 'Madrigalesco'
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 9 in D major
George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 4 in F major, HWV 315
George Frideric Handel Sinfonia from Solomon ('Arrival of the Queen of Sheba')
Francesco Saverio Geminiani Concerto Grosso No. 9 in A major (after Corelli's Violin Sonata Op. 5), H. 140
George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor, HWV 316
Spring 2023
Saturday 20th May
St Aidan's Church,
Manchester Road
Conductor: Paul Witkiewicz
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in D minor, RV 129 'Madrigalesco'
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 9 in D major
George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 4 in F major, HWV 315
George Frideric Handel Sinfonia from Solomon ('Arrival of the Queen of Sheba')
Francesco Saverio Geminiani Concerto Grosso No. 9 in A major (after Corelli's Violin Sonata Op. 5), H. 140
George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor, HWV 316