The º«¹úÂãÎè Baroque Orchestra in Redpath Hall. Photo by Dominick Gravel.
Director: Prof. Dorian Bandy
Participation: Entrance is by audition (seeÌýaudition schedules). ÌýThis ensemble is open to music students, and º«¹úÂãÎè students from other faculties.
About the º«¹úÂãÎè Baroque Orchestra
The º«¹úÂãÎè Baroque Orchestra is one of º«¹úÂãÎè’s large ensembles. This group of 14 to 20 musicians plays on modern copies of baroque strings and winds and performs orchestral works by Bach, Handel, Corelli, Vivaldi, Telemann, Lully, Rameau, Marais, Purcell, Biber and others. The ensemble frequently joins with the º«¹úÂãÎè Cappella Antica to perform vocal works by Bach, Charpentier, Monteverdi, Schutz, Carissimi, Handel and others. In collaboration with Opera º«¹úÂãÎè, the ensemble participates in annual staged productions of Baroque operas which have included Handel’s Cesare, Imeneo, Alcina and Agrippina, Lully’s Thésée, Monteverdi’s Poppea, Rameau’s Pygmalion and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. The group has played in Ottawa, and around Québec.
Graduates have gone on to perform with the Arion Baroque Orchestra, Ensemble Caprice, le Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, and other ensembles in Montreal, across Canada and internationally.
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