Choir and Orchestra
| Musical Director: | Peter Holman |
| Orchestra Leader: | Judy Tarling |
| Chorus Master: | Clive McClelland |
Welcome
Leeds Baroque is a period-instrument performance group based in West Yorkshire. It is directed by Peter Holman (Professor of Historical Musicology in the University of Leeds School of Music), who is renowned as Director of the Parley of Instruments and Opera Restor’d).
Members of Leeds Baroque are drawn from professional and non-professional players with students from the region’s music colleges. Free workshops given by leaders in the field of baroque performance practice provide training, and the funds available are used to enable members of the orchestra to perform concerts with internationally renowned soloists.
This season, Leeds Baroque will be performing concerts at the University of Leeds and at the National Centre for Early Music, York.
Next Concert:
Sunday 1st June 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond, North Yorkshire
“What an exciting ensemble, music cunningly articulated …every work delivered different colours and emotions.”