Founded in January 2022, South West Baroque Orchestra plays Baroque music to a high standard and performs concerts throughout the South West, particularly in areas which do not usually have concerts of Early Music. Members travel far and wide to play music together and come from Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Bristol and Gloucestershire.
Our Cathedral Concerts are generally at lunchtime during the week (Truro, 6 July); however, at weekends we will do afternoon tea concerts with tea & cake (Tawstock, 8 July) as well as concerts in the early evening (Sherborne Abbey on 15 July).
Audience comment about South West Baroque Orchestra’s inaugural concert on 6 July at Wells Cathedral:
“The opening bars of your first piece today were pure magic. They filled the space above you with music that melted into the architecture above. The audience was spellbound which is why you got the applause after the first movement. It was the most beautiful weaving of sound into space. I shall treasure it.”
Sponsors, Friends & Patrons
We are lucky to have Rondo Publishing as a sponsor for the orchestra but we are also looking for people and other sponsors to help support the orchestra. If you are able to help the orchestra in this way, please contact us. We also run a Friends’ Scheme which entitles members to priority ticket bookings, invitations to additional concerts given by members of the orchestra and your name mentioned in concert programmes. Please contact SWBO for further details.
