Concerto Copenhagen IV – The Swedish Handel

St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington

Sun 15 Sept 7.30pm

Duration: 2 hours approx


Suite No 1 from ‘Golovin Musiken’
Trio Sonata in F major HWV401
Oboe concerto in B major
Suite II from ‘Golovin Musiken’

Concerto Grosso after Corelli ‘La Follia’
Allegro and Passacaglia HWV399
Violin Concerto in D minor
Sinfonia in B flat major


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Free ticket for any school student attending with a full price ticket holder 18+

Half price ticket for students aged 16+ in full time education

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Concerto Copenhagen IV The Swedish Handel at Lammermuir Festival

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome one of the world’s leading baroque ensembles for a UK exclusive residency. They offer four wide-ranging programmes of beautiful baroque music including familiar composers as well as equally attractive works by lesser known figures. Under Lars Ulrik Mortensen’s direction a meticulous approach to historical material underpins its artistic orginality and continually evolving performance style and delivery.

For their final concert, Concerto Copenhagen offer us a marvellous discovery. Their programme tells a familiar story: a talented young artist travels the world for inspiration, and his life and art are transformed. In this case his ‘journey of discovery’ had major consequences – it changed Swedish music forever.

In 1716 the talented young Swedish violinist Johan Helmich Roman left the German orientated musical scene of Stockholm and came to London where, with Handel newly arrived from Rome, musical taste was much more Italian. He played in Handel’s orchestra and met composers from all over Europe, returning to Stockholm in 1721 having absorbed the latest European musical trends. ‘The Swedish Handel’ worked in Sweden’s royal court for the rest of his career, but his outlook was now truly international and the sheer inventiveness and variety of his music mark him out as a composer of far more than just Scandinavian importance.

Seating Plan

See ticket prices for St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington below.

St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington

The Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin is one of the great ecclesiastical buildings of mediaeval Scotland, founded in 1380 and known for centuries as "The Lamp of Lothian".

It was severely damaged in the 16th Century during Henry VIII's 'Rough Wooing' of Scotland, and after the Reformation only the nave was used as a parish church, with the choir and tower remaining roofless.

It was finally restored to its former glory in the 1970s, and is Scotland's longest church as well as one of its most beautiful, with a wonderfully warm, resonant acoustic.

St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington

Address

St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington
EH41 4BZ

Getting there by bus

Buses passing trough Haddington
EAST COAST BUSES: X6, X7, 106
PRENTICE: 108, 109, 101, 111, 122
EVE COACHES: 121
Please check bus timetables before booking your tickets.

Getting there by train

The nearest station is Drem.

Getting there by car

Haddington is off the A1. There are two exits off the A1 coming from the east or the west.

Accessibility

Parking:

There is free on-street parking, 100m from the church, on the road, and throughout the town.

We can offer 3 spaces inside the church grounds, buy the side of the church, for blue badge holders. Please email [email protected] to book a space, subject to availability and on a first come first served basis.

Terrain:

Tarmac and gravel.

Induction Loop:
Yes

Toilets:
Good male/female provision plus adapted toilet for disabled.

Wheelchair Access:

Access is easier via the North Side (side) door, next to the blue badge parking spaces, and open 30 minutes before concert. There will be a volunteer steward in a high vis jacket who will provide assistance. There is level access into venue.

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