The Baroque Collective

The Baroque Collective is a period instrument orchestra based in Lewes, East Sussex. Directed by conductor John Hancorn and violinist Alison Bury, The Baroque Collective offers an enticing and flexible range of programmes from Locke and Purcell to Mozart and from trios to major works with chorus.

Performances include Handel’s Messiah with the East Sussex Bach Choir and Bach’s St John Passion with the Esterházy Chamber Choir in Lewes; Purcell’s King Arthur with the Fletching Singers; Handel’s Acis and Galatea at the Montpelier and Powis Festival, Brighton; Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Bach’s Mass in B minor at Lewes Baroquefest; and regular performances of major baroque choral works with the East Sussex Bach Choir and the Baroque Collective Singers.