
Sunday 12th October 2025, 6pm
BaroqueSHOT #1: A wedding with Bach
Hilary Cronin and ISTANTE COLLECTIVE
Bach Bwv 202 & music by Fasch, Philidor, Scarlatti
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Programme
-A. Scarlatti: Sinfonia n.9 in D minor for oboe, 2 violins, viola & continuo
-J. F. Fasch: Concerto for oboe & violino in D minor L:d4
(allegro || largo || allegro)
-F. D. Philidor: ‘L’art de la modulation’ op 1
Quartet n.1 in G min for oboe, 2 violins and continuo
(cantabile || l’arte della fuga || pastorella || gavotta)
– interval –
-J. S. Bach : ‘Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten’ Wedding Cantata BWV 202
ISTANTE COLLECTIVE
Soprano – Hilary Cronin || violins – Beatrice Scaldini & Rebecca Harris || viola – Nichola Blakey || cello – Gavin Kibble || double-bass – John-Henry Baker || oboe – Nicola Barbagli || theorbo – Johan Löfving || harpsochord – Matthew Brown
Sunday 21st December 2025, 6pm
BaroqueSHOT #2: THE Christmas OratorioS
Bach’s Christmas oratorio & music by Telemann, Graupner, Purcell
ISTANTE COLLECTIVE
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Programme
-J. S. Bach: from Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Chorus – ‘Jauchzet frohlocket’ – Cantata I
Alto aria – ‘Bereite Dich Zion’ – Cantata I
Soprano ‘Echo’ aria – ‘Flösst mein Heiland’ – Cantata IV
-J. S. Bach: Organ triosonata in C major – (arranged for Istante Collective)
(allegro || largo || allegro)
-H. Stölzel: Chorus ‘Ehre sei Gott’ & Choral
-J. S. Bach: from Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Soprano aria – ‘Nur ein Wink’ – Cantata IV
Bass aria – ‘Großer Herr’ – Cantata I
– interval –
-J. S. Bach: from Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Sinfonia from Cantata II
-H. Purcell: from “King Arthur” Z. 628
‘How blessed the shepherds’ || ‘Shepherds shepherds leave decoying || Hornpipe
-Ch. Graupner: Bass aria ‘Herr ich glaube deinem Worte’ GWV 1130/37
-J. S. Bach: from Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Tenor aria – ‘Ich will nur Dir zu Ehren’ – Cantata IV
Terzetto (Soprano, Alto, Tenor) – ‘Ach wenn wird die Zeit’ – Cantata V
-G. Ph. Telemann: Soprano aria from New Year Cantata ‘Folternde Rache’
-J. S. Bach: from Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Chorus – ‘Herrscher des Himmels’ – Cantata III
ISTANTE COLLECTIVE
Soprano – Emilia Bertolini || Alto – Hera Protopapas || Tenor – Alex Haigh || Baritone – Phil Wilcox
violins – Beatrice Scaldini & Jo Lawrence || viola – Joanne Miller|| cello – Kate Conway || double-bass – John-Henry Baker || oboe – Nicola Barbagli || theorbo – Johan Löfving || harpsichord – Dominika Maszczynska || bassoon – Inga Maria Klaucke || trumpet – Rebecca Toal

