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
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
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
Sunday 9 July 2023 3:00pm
The Old Woollen, Sunny Bank Mills,
Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5UJ,
THE VIRTUOSO RECORDER
Tabea Debus recorders
with
Leeds Baroque Orchestra
Directed by Peter Holman & Asuka Sumi
Following the success of their Venetian Summer programme in 2022 Leeds Baroque, director Peter Holman and leader Asuka Sumi, return to The Old Woollen in a programme of lively Baroque Concertos for recorder and orchestra.
There will be familiar works by George Frederick Handel with (perhaps less familiar) works by William Babell and Giuseppe Sammartini . The Orchestra is delighted to be joined by the internationally renowned German recorder virtuoso, Tabea Debus.
Tabea Debus:
Tabea Debus is the kind of virtuoso who makes you forget how superb she is technically … MusicWeb International
a charismatic virtuoso. The Times
A brilliant recorder player ... Fine, flexible playing... Andrew MacGregor (BBC Radio 3)
Leeds Baroque:
It was a fabulous concert, great music, interesting variety, lovely performance. Thank you! Audience member
BOOK HERE
The Old Woollen, Sunny Bank Mills,
Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5UJ,
THE VIRTUOSO RECORDER
Tabea Debus recorders
with
Leeds Baroque Orchestra
Directed by Peter Holman & Asuka Sumi
Following the success of their Venetian Summer programme in 2022 Leeds Baroque, director Peter Holman and leader Asuka Sumi, return to The Old Woollen in a programme of lively Baroque Concertos for recorder and orchestra.
There will be familiar works by George Frederick Handel with (perhaps less familiar) works by William Babell and Giuseppe Sammartini . The Orchestra is delighted to be joined by the internationally renowned German recorder virtuoso, Tabea Debus.
Tabea Debus:
Tabea Debus is the kind of virtuoso who makes you forget how superb she is technically … MusicWeb International
a charismatic virtuoso. The Times
A brilliant recorder player ... Fine, flexible playing... Andrew MacGregor (BBC Radio 3)
Leeds Baroque:
It was a fabulous concert, great music, interesting variety, lovely performance. Thank you! Audience member
BOOK HERE
Previous Seasons
Details of our previous concerts and repertoire since 2009 are available here.