To find out more about Bath Baroque's tutors and patrons, instrument loans, auditions, who gets played and who does the playing - select from the links on the right side: tutors, instruments, who, i giovani.

Teleman The Alster Overture
Bach Mass in F
Hasse Concerto for two horns, two oboes and strings
Bach Magnificat

This newest of Bath orchestras (one year old this Festival!) has two aims. Firstly it brings to the City a baroque ensemble trained in specialist Baroque techniques and playing on autentic instruments. Secondly some 40% of its members are talented local students who are thus given an opportunity to become familiar with the early music repertoire and to rehearse and perform with professionals.

A Bath Baroque Orchestra Production in association
with Bath Festivals Trust

Conductor: Harry Christophers
Tickets: £6.00, £8.00, £10.00, £12.00

Bath Baroque's debut in the 1996 Bath International Music Festival

Bath Baroque was founded in 1995 with the primary objective of providing talented young musicians with the opportunity to gain practical experience of period orchestral performance on original instruments alongside professional musicians. Performing opportunities are extensive - apart from its own concerts, the orchestra has been involved in major events such as the Bath International Music Festival, and also undertakes a wide range of chamber concerts.

Period performance has become almost an industry in its own right over the last thirty or so years. In the process it has become musically and technically more demanding of its participants.

Bath Baroque student Sasha Calin, who doubles on Baroque oboe,  rehearsing one of Vivaldi's C Major recorder concertos with the band.

However, particularly in the UK, opportunities for young would-be professionals to gain experience playing in a large scale period ensemble have if anything diminished. Bath Baroque, which is open to all young musicians from the age of approximately sixteen to twenty two, attempts to fill this gap.  There is also a training string orchestra, I Giovani, for younger string players to become familiar with Baroque repertoire, style and technique.