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THE SHREWSBURY BAROQUE ORCHESTRA ENJOYS BOTH CHAMBER AND ORCHESTRAL WORKS, AND CONCERTI GROSSI, FROM THE MOST FAMOUS BAROQUE COMPOSERS SUCH AS BACH, HANDEL, TELEMANN, AND VIVALDI, BUT ALSO BRANCHES OUT TO EARLIER COMPOSERS SUCH AS MONTEVERDI, AND LATER COMPOSERS SUCH AS C.P.E. BACH AND MOZART. 

EACH PROGRAMME ALSO FEATURES A CONCERTO FOR EITHER SOLO OR MULTIPLE INSTRUMENTS, PERFORMED BY OUR PRINCIPLE DIRECTORS OR GUEST SOLOISTS, AND DEPENDING ON THE VENUE, WE INVITE  LOCAL AND GUEST ORGANISTS TO PERFORM WORKS FOR ORGAN. 

THE SBO ALSO JOINS FORCES WITH THE SHREWSBURY BAROQUE CHOIR, WHICH IS DIRECTED BY THE EXTREMELY TALENTED AND LOCAL SOPRANO, HOLLY TEAGUE. THE ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR PRESENTS WORKS SUCH AS VIVALDI'S GLORIA, HANDEL'S MESSIAH, AND CANTATAS BY BOTH J.S.BACH AND TELEMANN.

 

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