Given the task of identifying the greatest composers of the baroque era, we would have no hesitation in naming Bach and Handel.

This weekend's concert by the Auckland-based period-music ensemble NZ Barok mixes music from both the baroque era and works by living New Zealand composers.

The six Brandenburg Concertos are widely regarded as some of the finest works of the whole Baroque era.

Vesa-Matti Leppänen leads a smaller ensemble from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in a programme of music from the Baroque era.

Handsome St. Peter's Church dates back to the 12th Century, although the layout and decor were updated during the Baroque era.