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25th anniversary
A film recording a year with Leeds Baroque choir and orchestra filmed by Daniel Johnson Gray.
"A great summary of what Leeds Baroque is and does, and conveys very well the musicians' enjoyment as well the lovely music itself. I’m very happy to see it flourishing so well, and hope it goes on for many more quarter-centuries!"
Charles Daniels, tenor
Two great Mass settings
A celebration of Henry Purcell
The French Connection II: The Glory of Versailles
A. Scarlatti "St John's Passion" and Handel "Dixit dominus"
Pictures above: (C) Daniel Johnson Gray https://www.djgfilmandphoto.com/
Videos
Handel's Dixit dominus
An extract from the season's opening concert Itallian Discoveries II held in The Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall at the University of Leeds on Sunday 3 March 2024 with Leeds Baroque Choir and Orchestra (leader Asuka Sumi) directed by Peter Holman.
Vocal soloists:
Jenny Lucking (soprano)
Francis Gush (counter tenor)
Stuart O'Hara (bass)
'O Sing Unto the Lord': Leeds Baroque Choir & Consort at St Andrew's, Kildwick May 2023
Henry Purcell: Hosanna to the Highest Z187
Stuart O’Hara (bass) Francis Gush (countertenor)
with Leeds Baroque Choir & Consort.
JC Bach 'Es ist nun aus'
A Sterb-Aria (Funeral Song) by Johann Christoph Bach, organist at Eisenach and the first cousin of Johann Sebastian’s father. Despite its apparent simplicity, the setting of the anonymous poem is full of rhythmic and harmonic subtlety. A striking touch comes at the end of each verse, a refrain setting the words ‘Welt, gute nacht!’ (‘World, good night’): the soprano shoots up an octave, as if illustrating the soul’s flight to Heaven.
Programme Note by Peter Holman
Nebra Salve Regina in C
With the support of Instituto Cervantes, Leeds Baroque Choir and Orchestra recorded a programme of Spanish Baroque sacred music, repertoire rarely, if ever performed in this country. This recording is an extract from that performance.
Jose de Nebra (1702-68) Salve Regina in C minor
Soloists Jenny Lucking & Ellie Barnard soprano,
Francis Gush countertenor, Steve Muir tenor
Leeds Baroque 'In Conversation' June 2021
Richard Andrews, Peter Holman and Bryan White introduce the forthcoming concert by members of Leeds Baroque "A Portrait of Henry Purcell" Recorded in the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, The School of Music, University of Leeds 25-27th June 2021
Leeds Baroque Choir & Orchestra: A Portrait of Henry Purcell
At the end of June 2021 members of Leeds Baroque got together for the first time since March 2020 to record their first 'virtual' concert with a musical portrait of Henry Purcell (1659-1695) regarded then as now as Englands finest 17th century composer.
Excerpt from the Incantation Scene from Henry Purcell's Circe (1685)
Curtain Tune in G minor from Henry Purcell's Timon of Athens (1695)
Curtain Tune in G minor from Henry Purcell's Timon of Athens (1695)
Excerpt from The Masque of Orpheus from Matthew Locke's The Empress of Morocco (1673)
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