Dance of the Nations

Manchester Baroque perform a programme of Baroque dance music with live dancing on stage by period dance specialists Ricardo Barros and Kath Waters. From the delicacy and refinement of the French style to the more ornate and extravagant Italian music of Vivaldi, this will be an unforgettable experience - not to be missed!

PERFORMERS

Manchester Baroque - performing on period instruments

Pauline Nobes & James Woodrow - Violin

Laura Robinson - Viola and Recorder

Martyn Shaw - Flute

David Hatcher - Viola da gamba

Paula Chateauneuf - Theorbo

David Francis - Harpsichord

The Mercurius Company

Ricardo Barros and Kath Waters - Dancers

PROGRAMME

England

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Suite from the Water Music

Handel - Queen Caroline March from Scipione (choreography by Anthony L’Abbé, 1728)

France

François Couperin (1668–1733) - Grande Ritornele from Apotheose de Corelli

Anon - Courante La Bocannes (Anon. choreography, 17th-century)

Jean-Baptise Lully (1632–1687) - Passacaglia from Persée (choreography by Guillaume Pécour, 1704)

Italy

Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) - Ciacona, Op.2 No.12

André Campra (1660–1744) - Forlana from L’Europe Galante (choreography by Pécour, 1700)

Spain

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Overture from Burlesque de Quixotte

Lully - Sarabande Espagnole pour homme & Sarabande pour femme from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (choreography by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, 1700)

Campra - Entrée pour les Espagnols from Europe Galante

Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) – Sonata for solo harpsichord in D major (K.492)

Portugal

Telemann - Les Portugais from Les Nations, TWV 55:B5 (choreography by Ricardo Barros, 2019)

INTERVAL

Middle Eastern

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) – ‘Les Fleurs’ from Les Indes Galantes, Scene V

Rameau - Deux Entrées des Persans from Les Indes Galantes (choreography by Ricardo Barros, 2019)

Michel Corrette (1707–1795) - Concerto Comique Op. 8 No. 9 ‘La Turque et La Confession’

Telemann – ‘Les Turcs’ from Les Nations TWV 55:B5

Crossing The Ocean

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) - Folia (choreography by Feuillet, 1700)

Marin Marais (1656-1728) – ‘Entrée des Matelots’ from Alcyone (choreography by Feuillet, 1706)

New World

Rameau - Rigadons I & II, Menuets 1 &2, Tambourins I & II from Les Indes Galantes

Rameau - Danse du Grand Calumet de la Paix from Les Indes Galantes (choreography by Ricardo Barros, 2022)

We are delighted to acknowledge the generous support of the Continuo Foundation for this concert.