Salisbury Baroque is Salisbury’s only period-instrument orchestra. It was set up by our founding patron David Morgan to enable local players (and some colleagues from further afield) to share their passion for late 17th and 18th century music through concerts and workshops.
Using copies of instruments of the period and authentic playing style, the group is able to bring to its audience a sense of intimacy and style difficult to achieve with larger forces and modern, heavier instruments.
Programme Schedule for the 2025 – 2026 season
On 5th October, Salisbury Baroque is thrilled to be taking part in the final concert of the inaugural Salisbury Musick Festival of baroque and early music. We join the Farrant singers and a stellar line up of soloists for a performance of Bach's B Minor Mass, with Phil Lawson conducting and Julia Bishop leading.
Then in January, members of Salisbury Baroque present a programme of music by baroque composers who behaved badly! We give this concert twice: first at the Shaftesbury Baroque Festival on Wednesday 21st and then again at Salisbury Chamber Music Club on Saturday 24th January.
Salisbury Baroque's concert at St. Martin's Church, Salisbury on 1st March 2025, Viva Italia!, celebrates Italian baroque music. It includes Vivaldi concertos for lute, with Mat
thew Nisbet, and for bassoon, with Matthew Dodd, together with music by Corelli, Geminiani, Albinoni and Dall'Albaco.
The final concert of the season, on Sunday 29th June, will be a larger scale Baroque Extravaganza, and will include Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks.
Please see our Concerts and Tickets page for more details.
Sponsors and Friends of Salisbury Baroque
We are seeking sponsors to help support the orchestra. If you are able to support the orchestra in this way, please contact us to discuss sponsorship options. We also run a Friends’ scheme which, for a minimum donation of £25 per year, or £40 for a couple, entitles members to a number of benefits including reserved seating, invitations to additional concerts given by members of the orchestra and your name mentioned in concert programmes. For further details, please contact Lynn Menzies: 01722 717925 or friends@salisburybaroque.org.uk.
Salisbury Baroque joins the Farrant Singers in Bach's B Minor Mass at 5.30pm on Sunday 5th October 2025 at St. Thomas' Church, Salisbury, in the final concert of the Salisbury Musick Festival.
Full details of all our concerts are on the Concerts & Tickets page.
Tickets for Salisbury Baroque's concerts are available online. For full details, please see the Concerts & Tickets page.
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