For the inaugural season of Kingston’s new orchestra devoted wholly to Historically Informed practice of music from the Baroque era, we will be performing 4 in-person concerts in the 2021-2022 season at our lovely ‘home’, St. James’ Anglican Church, 10 Union Street.

October 15, 2021
A Journey in Time, String Music of the Italian Baroque
This concert takes you on a musical voyage through Italy starting in the year 1615 with “La Pelegrina” by Tarquinio Merula and finishing up in the early 1700’s with Giuseppe Brivio’s Sinfonia in G major.

November 26, 2021
Invention, Ornament, and Excess: a celebration of Baroque music and poetry
The program will feature music by Baroque composers Johann Ernst Galliard (Germany), Jean Marie Leclair (France), Dario Castello (Italy), Luigi Merci (England), and poetry by John Milton, Jean LaFontaine, Anne Finch, and Aphra Behn.

March 11, 2022
The Play of Light and Shadow: music and art from the German Baroque
The program will feature music by German Baroque composers J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, G.P. Telemann, J.F. Fasch, J.G. Linike, J.J. Quantz, and others.

April 1, 2022
Baroque Celebration!
The program will include the famous Water Music Suite #3 by Handel, The suite from The Fairy Queen by Purcell, and Balletti Lamentabili by Biber.