AIF2026 - Candlelight Concert — The Magic Hour

At the Arran International Festival, The Brook Street Band presents The Magic Hour — a candlelit programme of Baroque chamber music at dusk. There are times and places — liminal spaces — where the veil between worlds is thin. Travel with us through magical dimensions at dusk, following winding, overgrown paths, glimpsing faeries and sprites, perhaps sensing ghosts and spirits. Let beautiful Baroque chamber music by Bach, Handel, Purcell, Rebel and others guide you through this magic hour. The Brook Street Band is one of the UK’s leading period-instrument ensembles, renowned for performances of brilliance, imagination and warmth. Named after the London street where George Frideric Handel lived, the ensemble has established a distinguished reputation for its vivid and communicative approach to eighteenth-century chamber music, with a particular affinity for Handel’s work. Formed by baroque cellist Tatty Theo, the ensemble has performed together for over twenty years, developing a distinctive musical voice and a close artistic partnership.