Event Info
Celebration! Dazzling Baroque Showpieces
Presented by The Kingston Baroque Consort
5:15pm - 7:15pm Doors at: 5:00pm
$25 (adults) and $10 (students)
Event Description
The Kingston Baroque Consort (KBC) presents “Celebration! Dazzling Baroque Showpieces” featuring Bach’s Orchestral Suite No.1, Pachelbel's well-known Canon and Gigue, and Mouret’s Symphonies de Fanfares (of “Masterpiece Theatre” fame), on Friday 5 April at 5:15pm at St James Church (10 Union St, Kingston). For this concert, KBC welcomes special guests Baroque Oboists Karim Nasr of Montreal and Vic Houle of Ottawa, and Baroque trumpeter Paul Sanvidotti of Guelph.
Tickets cost $25 (adults) and $10 (students), and free for under 17. Tickets are available by emailing legerek@queensu.ca, calling 613-217-5099, in person at Novel Idea (156 Princess St), or at the door with cash, cheque, or interac e-transfer.
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The KBC is Kingston’s newest orchestra devoted wholly to Historically Informed practice of music from the Baroque era. Founded by Katie Legere, Jeff Hamacher, Julia McFarlane, and Michael Capon, the KBC is a collective of professional musicians drawn from the Kingston Symphony Orchestra and the wider community.