Audience Review: A wonderful rendition of this too rarely performed work (Charpentier David et Jonathas). The orchestra were excellent and the chorus accomplished as ever, with many of their members taking solo parts. The main characters were superb, especially Stuart O'Hara in the role of Saul"
March 2019.
“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

Concert & Events Diary 2019

A portrait of JS Bach to mark the debut of the Leeds Baroque Timpani

'Sunday 27 October 2019 at 3:00pm
The Venue, Leeds College of Music, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD
 
Soli Deo Gloria:  A Portrait of J.S. Bach
with Stuart O’Hara bass and Asuka Sumi violin and Crispian Steele-Perkins natural trumpet

A programme of great  works by Bach familiar and unfamiliar celebrate the first concert to include the orchestra's new timpani.

Their purchase was enabled by a succesful Crowd funding campaign and they are being made specialy by Henry Potter & Co.

The concert includes the festive cantata ‘Gloria in excelsis deo’, Brandenburg 3, the Sinfonia in D BWV1045 and the great solo bass cantata ‘Ich habe genug’.

Tickets: £20/£18/£5

Pre- Concert Talk (free to ticket holders)
2:00pm Rooftop Bar
David Lee (University of Glasgow) exlopres
Bach's move to Leipzig in 1723 and the new musical opportunities it afforded him.


Alumni News - Congratulations to: Morgana Warren-Jones &
Bethany Horak-Hallett

Bethany (pictured L) joins the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's 'Rising Stars of the Enlightement' programme. OAE's singers scheme for talented, emerging artists, giving participants oportunities to perform regularly with the Orchestra on both the national and international stage.
 Morgana (Pictured R), recently awarded a place at the Glyndebourne Academy 2019 with seven other singers. During the academy programme participants work intensively with leading opera professionals and have an opportunity to perform at Glyndebourne in front of an invited audience in an informal concert at the end of the programme.

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Artists profile - Crispian Steele Perkins

Crispian is one of the world's best known trumpet soloists, renowned for the quality of his performances and his wide-ranging musical experience. He has been a regular guest over the years with Leeds Baroque and will be joining us for our Timpani launch concert on 27 October and again in March 2020.

Read more about hime HERE

Video Link to his interview with an American Radio Statio - entertaining!
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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.

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