“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 - Clive McClelland:
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
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Sunday 26th June 2022; 3:00pm
The Old Woolen, Sunny Bank Mills, 83-85 Town Street, Farsley, Pudsey LS28 5UJ A Venetian Summer! Leeds Baroque Orchestra directed from the violin by Asuka Sumi For our Summer prgramme, the strings of Leeds Baroque String Orchestra bring a feast of Venetian baroque music to The Old Woolen at Sunny Bank Mills! The programme includes Monteverdi’s ballet music from ‘il Ballo delle Ingrata’ written for the wedding ceremony of Francesco Gonzaga, Giovanni Gabrieli’s canzona in a concertato style written for St. Mark’s Basilica and a perennial favourite, Vivaldi’s most inventive Violin concerto, ‘Summer’ from the Four Seasons. TICKETS: available online and at the door. £20 /£18 concessions/ £5 students and under 16s Online booking details below: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/leeds-baroque/t-lyqeyo |
Leeds Baroque Choir at NCEM - small audience , huge response.
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Leeds Baroque Choir, directed by Clive McClelland, with Violinists Asuka Sumi and Derek Revill and continuo team of Louise Jameson (bass violin), Martyn Hodgson (theorbo) and Peter Holman (chamber organ) performed a fascinating programme of Schütz and Carissimi on Sunday 15 May 2022.
Whilst audience numbers were disappointingly small, the response from audience members reflected the quality of the performance as this selection of audience comments illustrates: |
A splendid performance yesterday! The audience may not have been as many as you all deserved – but those that were there were very impressed and I think you will have made LB a few more followers as a result. Particular mention was made as to the quality of all the soloists so particular plaudits to them.
Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the recent concert in York of Schutz and Carissimi. Fantastic performance by singers and instrumentalists. Wonderful music performed really well.
I felt I had to let you know how much we enjoyed yesterday's Schütz and Carissimi concert. The music was sublime and the choir and soloists were outstanding. The whole performance was a moving and enriching experience. Congratulations.
The performance was as good if not better than anything you ever hear and deserved an Albert Hall size audience. It really was incredibly moving.
I think it’s the best the choir has sung. It really is on a high.
Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the recent concert in York of Schutz and Carissimi. Fantastic performance by singers and instrumentalists. Wonderful music performed really well.
I felt I had to let you know how much we enjoyed yesterday's Schütz and Carissimi concert. The music was sublime and the choir and soloists were outstanding. The whole performance was a moving and enriching experience. Congratulations.
The performance was as good if not better than anything you ever hear and deserved an Albert Hall size audience. It really was incredibly moving.
I think it’s the best the choir has sung. It really is on a high.
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A Taste of the Baroque: Email the Administrator if you would like a copy . Out Now
Not Just Afternoon Tea
An Eighteenth Century Cook Book devised and Edited By Dr. Eileen White 
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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