Music of the Sun King
20:00
Fri 30 Jan 2026
Royal Northern College of Music
Programme
- Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
- Selections from The Art of Fugue
- Concerto for Two Trumpets
- Concerto for Oboe and Violin
- Selections from Les Indes Galantes, Na茂s, Hippolyte et Aricie, and Dardanus
Performers
- Jonathan Cohendirector
- Gwyn Owentrumpet
- Tom Fountaintrumpet
- Zo毛 Beyersviolin
From Versailles to Leipzig, via Venice.
Music from the court of Versailles begins and ends this sparkling exploration of the baroque. Jonathan Cohen leads a slimmed-down 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra and shows just how flexible this group of players can be, as they weave their way through a selection of dances, fugues and concertos.
In the hot seat, Principal Oboe Jennifer Galloway joins Orchestra Leader Zo毛 Beyers for a solo turn in Bach鈥檚 Concerto for Oboe and Violin, following fireworks by star brass players Tom Fountain and Gwyn Owen in Vivaldi鈥檚 fiendish Concerto for Two Trumpets.