“Leeds Baroque Orchestra is a national treasure and one that I whole-heartedly support" -
Dame Evelyn Glennie
Dame Evelyn Glennie
Musical Director - Peter Holman MBE: Chorus Master - Bryan White
Honorary Patron - Sir Alan Langlands
About Us
Leeds Baroque Choir & Orchestra is a period instrument performance group directed by Peter Holman. We specialise in music of the 17th and 18th centuries and give 3 or 4 concerts a year. Find out more...
Our Next Concert
Sunday 14 May 2023 5:00 p.m.
St Andrew’s Church, Kirkgate, Kildwick, Keighley BD20 9BB
O Sing unto the Lord:
Music for the Restoration Chapel Royal
Leeds Baroque Choir,
Leeds Baroque Consort,
Directed by Peter Holman and Bryan White
with
Francis Gush alto
Stuart O’Hara bass
Tickets: £20/£18/ Students & young people FREE
Let us transport you back in time to the long-lost Chapel Royal in the Tudor palace of Whitehall during the reigns of Charles II and James II, with the organ and soloists, the string consort and the royal family placed in a gallery and the choir in the choirstalls below.
We feature the symphony anthem, King Charles’s favourite type of church music, with its kaleidoscopic contrasts between soloists, strings and the choir. They range from the dramatic ‘When the son of man shall come in his glory’ by Matthew Locke and Pelham Humfrey’s profound ‘By the waters of Babylon’, written in the 1660s, to Henry Purcell’s masterpiece ‘O sing unto the Lord’, written for James II just before he fled the country in 1688. There will also be music by Purcell’s teacher John Blow and the countertenor William Turner, a favourite court singer. To mark Charles III’s coronation we include the original setting of ‘Zadok the priest’ by Henry Lawes and Purcell’s superb ‘I was glad’, composed for Charles II in 1661 and James II in 1685.
BOOK HERE
St Andrew’s Church, Kirkgate, Kildwick, Keighley BD20 9BB
O Sing unto the Lord:
Music for the Restoration Chapel Royal
Leeds Baroque Choir,
Leeds Baroque Consort,
Directed by Peter Holman and Bryan White
with
Francis Gush alto
Stuart O’Hara bass
Tickets: £20/£18/ Students & young people FREE
Let us transport you back in time to the long-lost Chapel Royal in the Tudor palace of Whitehall during the reigns of Charles II and James II, with the organ and soloists, the string consort and the royal family placed in a gallery and the choir in the choirstalls below.
We feature the symphony anthem, King Charles’s favourite type of church music, with its kaleidoscopic contrasts between soloists, strings and the choir. They range from the dramatic ‘When the son of man shall come in his glory’ by Matthew Locke and Pelham Humfrey’s profound ‘By the waters of Babylon’, written in the 1660s, to Henry Purcell’s masterpiece ‘O sing unto the Lord’, written for James II just before he fled the country in 1688. There will also be music by Purcell’s teacher John Blow and the countertenor William Turner, a favourite court singer. To mark Charles III’s coronation we include the original setting of ‘Zadok the priest’ by Henry Lawes and Purcell’s superb ‘I was glad’, composed for Charles II in 1661 and James II in 1685.
BOOK HERE
STOP PRESS:
To encourage an interest in Baroque string repertoire and technique the leader of Leeds Baroque, the noted Japanese violinist, Asuka Sumi is offering students a free afternoon 'taster' session to find out more.
There will be a number of Baroque instruments for participants to try. An invitation to modern string players
All You wanted to know ... 24th May 2023
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From the Archives
An enquiry about the foundation of Leeds Baroque sent us back to find images of our early performances - and there are very few.
However we did find this (then non-digital) image taken at the National Centre for Early Music in July 2002. Note the historically informed sepia tint!
If you would like to add to our photo archive and have images of our performance and would like to share them (particularly from early years) please contact the Administrator
Photo Credit: Susan Behrens
An enquiry about the foundation of Leeds Baroque sent us back to find images of our early performances - and there are very few.
However we did find this (then non-digital) image taken at the National Centre for Early Music in July 2002. Note the historically informed sepia tint!
If you would like to add to our photo archive and have images of our performance and would like to share them (particularly from early years) please contact the Administrator
Photo Credit: Susan Behrens