"[The performance] was a life enhancing jewel in the sea of mediocrity which surrounds us!"
Christine Stanton (2014)
Honorary Patron - Sir Alan Langlands: Musical Director - Peter Holman MBE: Chorus Master - Clive McClelland
Leeds Baroque directed by Peter Holman
Concert Diary 2019
Saturday 16 February 2019 at 1:00pm
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds Leeds Baroque launch The Baroque Timpani Project Much of our core repertoire requires period instrument timpani - instruments that are hard to find in our region. To remedy this problem, and with the help and advice of Adrian Bending (principle timpanist for OAE and Professor of Timpani at the Royal College of Music) Leeds Baroque is launching a crowd funding campaign to commission a set of Baroque timps, which in addition to our own use will be made available to other period instrument groups. The instruments will be made by the legendary historical instrument makers, Henry Potter & Co.
An Invitation ... You are cordially invited to join us for a free short lunchtime recital performance of Henry Purcell's Sound the trumpet, beat the drum - a Welcome Ode for King James II followed by an informal reception and an introduction to our ambitious Timpani Crowd Funding project. We hope you will join us and be part of this exciting enterprise. Tickets are free - but please book in advance Adrian Bending demonstrates the instruments we hope to acquire. 
Sunday 3 March 2019
at 3:00pm Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall University of Leeds Image: "David and Jonathan", La Somme le Roy manuscript illustration (ca. 1300) Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David et Jonathas (David and Jonathan), H. 490.
A rare opportunity to hear this dramatic 'biblical opera' first performed at the Collège Louis-le-Grand, Paris, in 1688. This work was so successful it had further performances in 1706, 1715 and 1741. Tickets available in the New Year |
About UsLeeds 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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Join our colleagues the
Clothworkers Consort and Skipton Camerata for their peformance of Handel's Messiah. Talk of cooking to raise funds for the Timpani Project!
Food historian Dr Eileen White will give her second talk on eighteenth century cookery to raise funds for the Timpani project.
Find out more .... Adrian Bending's article on historical timpani available on the EMS web site HERE (page 13)
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