BRATTLEBORO-Vermont ensemble Cameo Baroque will offer a benefit concert at Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St., on Friday, May 23, at 7 p.m.
Cameo Baroque is dedicated to performing some lesser-known masterworks of the Baroque era on period instruments. Beth Hilgartner (recorders and voice), Laurie Rabut (viola da gamba), Leslie Stroud (flauto traverso) and Ernie Drown (harpsichord) will present Handel and His Rivals, featuring instrumental and vocal works by Handel, Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Thomas Augustine Arne, John Frederick Lampe, and selections from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.
Admission is by free-will offering. Proceeds will be donated to the HELP Fund administered by Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA), a private nonprofit focused on alleviating the hardships of poverty and eliminating its causes.
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