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Thursday 20th October 2011 at 7.00pm at Theatr Brycheiniog
Welsh Baroque Orchestra director Andrew Wilson-Dickson.

Hamburg - Works by Handel, CPE Bach & Telemann

Friday 21st October 2011, Brecon Cathedral at 5.45pm
Festival Choral Evensong. The Choir of Brecon Cathedral (director Mark Duthie) with Brecon Baroque (leader Rachel Podger)

Friday 21st October 2011 at Theatr Brycheiniog at 7.30pm
The Baroque Ball - wining, dining & dancing, C18th style.....

Saturday 22nd October 2011 at Theatr Brycheiniog at 7.00pm
Ensemble Meridiana
Young, exciting, multi-award-winning chamber group from Switzerland.

Sunday 23rd October 2011 at Theatr Brycheiniog at 7.00pm sees the return of Elin Manahan Thomas to the Brecon Baroque Festival for a concert, with Brecon Baroque (directed by Rachel Podger), which will include Bach's solo cantatas O holder Tag (BWV 210) and Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Glucke (BWV 84) as well as the Violin Concerto in G minor.

Monday 24th October 2011 at Theatr Brycheiniog at 7.00pm
For the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi's ground-breaking collection L'estro Armonico (Opus 3), twelve concertos for 1, 2 or 4 solo violins and strings. Rachel Podger will be joined by some of her virtuoso violinist friends as well as returning cellist Alison McGillivray.

The Brecon Baroque Festival Orchestra will also welcome up-and-coming young Welsh soprano Sian Winstanley who will sing dramatic works from Handel's time in Rome, including Saeviat Tellus.