“Leeds Baroque Orchestra is a national treasure and one that I whole-heartedly support"  - Dame Evelyn Glennie

Leeds Baroque   directed by Peter Holman 
Honorary Patron - Sir Alan Langlands:  Musical Director - Peter Holman MBE:  Chorus Master - Clive McClelland

Happy 21st Birthday Leeds Baroque!
2000 -2021
Concert & Events Diary 2021

Covid-19 Concerts update
some positive news!

Leeds Baroque record their first virtual concert.
A Portrait of Henry Purcell 
directed by Peter Holman
Like all performing groups Leeds Baroque has been hard hit by the restrictions entailed by the pandemic. However after eighteen months of inactivity Leeds Baroque launches into an exciting project with a specially recorded video debut.
To be recorded at the end of June for broadcast mid-July, the programme, celebrates the music of Henry Purcell (1659-1695), one of the finest composers of the 17th Century. Performed on ‘period instruments’ with a small choir of eight voices the repertoire features lively theatre music (including the famous and original version of Nymphs and Shepherds) , anthems written for the choir of the Chapel Royal and the wonderful G minor Chaconne with its hypnotic repeated bass line. The modest forces require for Purcell’s music have meant no compromises had to be made in the orchestration to take into account the demands of a socially distanced performance.

We owe a debt of gratitude to those organisations and individuals who have supported the project financially and the University of Leeds School of Music, who are providing the venue and the technical expertise required for such a project.

We hope this opportunity will bring our ‘period instrument’ performance to a much wider audience and provide the perfect taster event for those not familiar with our work.
The recording will be “free-to-view” via our YouTube channel – but there will be an opportunity to donate to help fund future performances.
 
Credits: This project is supported by Leeds Inspired, Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society, The Early Music Shop, Christian Rose Violins and several individual donors.

We will keep you up-to-date with our plans as the situation develops, but in the meantime, keep safe and well.

Best wishes,
Jillian (Administrator),
Bryan (Chair, Management committee)
and the Leeds Baroque committee.

Watch this space
for the  launch date
We hope you will all join us and that we can welcome you in person for our pre-Christmas concert on Dec 5th 2021.

Out Now -

Food historian (and Friend of Leeds Baroque) Dr Eileen White has devised this little cook book to enable you to present your own 17th Century Feast.
Meticulously researched and filled with original recipes, menu plan and a selection of dishes converted to the demands of a modern kitchen it will interest musician and historian alike.


Details: A5 format, comb bound, 67 pages
71 original 17th C recipes and 25 modernised for the 21st Century cook.
Price: £7 inc p&p UK (£10:00 inc P&P EU)

Volume 2 - featuring 18th century recipes with strong local connections in preparation.

If you missed the launch of Leeds Baroque Programme Notes you can order on the same form.

Order your Copy HERE ( downloadable PDF order form for postal applications)

If you wish to order and pay online you can do so via the form below using the secure donations link HERE
Minimum recommended donation £7 (£10 EU) - but more welcome!!

    A Taste of the Baroque:  Order online

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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...
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Alumni News

Morgana Warren - Jones a member of Leeds Baroque Choir (2014-2017) sings Quilter's Fear no more the heat of the sun with pianist Rachel Fright and brings us news of her career so far...   read more

 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 historicaly informed sepia tint!
Photo Credit: Susan Behrens
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

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Orchestra Leader Judy Tarling publishes her latest book...
Well-known for her books on the historical performance of music, Judy now applies her knowledge of classical rhetoric to a ground-breaking study of the creation and reception of the landscape garden in eighteenth-century England. Read more
Listen here ...
We spent a weekend recording audio samples for the website  with recording engineer Colin Bradburne.
Thanks to generous grants from the Friends of Leeds Baroque and Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society we now have examples of our repertoire on line.
New Recordings released!
If you are missing Leeds Baroque Live join us over the summer for recorded extracts from our production of Handel's wonderful pastoral ode L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

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