The Northern Neck Orchestra will perform the works of 18th century composer Marianna Martines’ “Symphony in C” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Lancaster Elementary School Theater, 191 School Street, Kilmarnock.

The concert will also celebrate works by George Frideric Handel, including his “Queen of Sheba Overture” and “Music for Royal Fireworks,” and will feature Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Orchestral Suite No. 1.” Concert preview remarks will be given beginning at 6:45 by music director Michael Repper.

Tickets, at $40 each, are available online in advance at northernneckorchestra.org/concerts. They will also be available at the door.

About Martines

Martines was an acclaimed as an exceptional and historically significant musician, said a press release, but her fame was limited largely to Vienna, Austria, spreading across Europe over time.

Martines was a composer, music teacher and trainer, singer, keyboardist, events manager and concert organizer. A child prodigy and piano student of composer Joseph Haydn, she was the first female member of the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna, said the release. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart frequently attended weekly musical events at her home, performing four-hand piano sonatas with her. When she opened a singing school in her home, Mozart and Haydn often performed along with her.

Her “Symphony in C” is believed to be the first symphony composed by a woman, said the release.

“Audiences for Marianna Martines’ music may feel they have had to wait too long to discover her,” said Repper in the release. “But having done so, they’re likely to remember her fondly for years to come.”