LEOMINSTER'S Lion Ballroom is staging a concert of baroque music for oboe and strings.

The Grand Tour will be led by Mark Baigent, with Ben Sansom and Veronique Matarasso (violins), David Hatcher (cello & viola da gamba) and Warwick Cole (harpsichord) on Saturday (February 19) at 7.30pm.

The programme will include works by Vivaldi, Bach, Albinoni, Boismortier and Purcell.

Mark Baigent is one of the country's finest players of the baroque oboe and is in great demand as a soloist and orchestral player. With the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, he has toured extensively throughout the world and has given numerous televised performances. He is also frequently to be heard with the Gabrieli Players, the Academy of Ancient Music and the Corelli Orchestra.

Tickets are available on the door, or in advance from Orchard, Hive & Vine, High Street, Leominster, tel 01568 611232.