Past programmes
| 30th season - 2008/9 | Peter Seymour, conductor | |
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| 8 Nov 08 | IN GLORIA TRINITAS Tallis: Spem in alium Taverner: Mass: Glori Tibi Trinitas |
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| 13 Dec 08 | BACH: B Minor Mass |
Yvonne Seymour, soprano Sally Bruce-Payne, alto Nicholas Watts, tenor Matthew Brook, bass Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 7 Feb 08 | MAESTRI DI CAPELLA, VENICE and MUNICH Renaissance repertoire by Orlando, Gabrieli and Croce |
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| 14 Mar 08 | Mozart: Requiem Haydn: Nelson Mass |
Bethany Seymour, soprano Caroline Sartin, alto Jason Darnell, tenor Andrew Thompson, bass Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 30 May 08 | SCHÜTZ – 17th CENTURY GERMAN MASTER
Musicalische Exequien, Magnificat, St John Passion, motets and psalm settings |
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| 20 Jun 08 | Purcell: The Fairy Queen | with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 29th season - 2007/8 | Peter Seymour, conductor | |
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| 3 Nov 07 | Purcell: King Arthur Z.628 Narration specially prepared by Andrew Pinnock |
with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 15 Dec 07 | Bach: Christmas Oratorio | Yvonne Seymour, soprano Robin Blaze, alto James Gilchrist, tenor Stephen Varcoe, bass Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 16 Feb 08 | MEXICAN MASTERPIECES Renaissance music from Mexico by Padilla, Capillas, Franco and Torres |
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| 15 Mar 08 | Bach: St John Passion | Joseph Cornwell, tenor Stephen Varcoe, bass Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 17 May 08 | WITH SINGING OF PSALMS Settings of psalm texts by Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Sweelinck, Lassus, Schütz, Byrd, Tomkins and Gibbons |
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| 23 Jun 08 | Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) | with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 28th season - 2006/7 | Peter Seymour, conductor | |
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| 18 Nov 06 | VENETIAN SPLENDOUR Music by Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Schütz, Praetorius |
with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 16 Dec 06 | BACH & VIVALDI AT CHRISTMAS Bach: Cantatas 110, 191, Magnificat, Vivaldi: Gloria |
with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 3 Feb 07 | RENAISSANCE MASTERPIECES including Victoria: Requiem |
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| 10 Mar 07 | Haydn: Creation | Wendy Goodson, soprano Jason Darnell, tenor Peter Harvey, bass Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 19 May 07 | THE ENGLISH PASTORAL TRADITION Music by Vaughan Williams, Tippett, Moeran, Howells and John Paynter |
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| 23 Jun 07 | Bach: Motets | with Emma Kirkby |
| 27th season - 2005/6 | Peter Seymour, conductor | |
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| 5 Nov 05 | GUNPOWDER, TREASON & PLOT Music and words for 5 November 1605 Guy Fawkes was baptised in St Michael le Belfrey. Music by the major composers of the day, both Protestant and Catholic – William Byrd, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Morley, Peter Philips, John Dowland, and Richard Dering – much of it commenting on events and the tense political situation. Sponsored by York Chambers |
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| 26 Nov 05 | Handel: Alexander's Feast | with Wendy Goodson, Jason Darnell, Tom Appleton Yorkshire Baroque Soloists Supported by Garfield Weston Foundation |
| 17 Dec 05 | Handel: Messiah | with Yvonne Seymour, Diana Moore, Joseph Cornwell, Stephen Varcoe Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 4 Feb 06 | CHORAL EUROPE Music by composers from around Europe including Allegri Miserere and works by Gibbons, Byrd, Sweelinck, Victoria, G Gabrieli, Lassus and Palestrina |
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| 11 Mar 06 | Bach: St Matthew Passion | Charles Daniel, Evangelist Peter Harvey, Christus Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 20 May 06 | PURCELL & BLOW: ANTHEMS WITH STRINGS Purcell’s string anthems, My heart is inditing, O sing unto the Lord, and Rejoice in the Lord alway. Also John Blow’s coronation anthem, Behold O God our Defender and God spake sometime in visions and other works with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
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| 24 Jun 06 | HAYDN AND MOZART AT SALZBURG Haydn and Mozart’s inventive choral music written for Salzburg. Haydn Divertimento and Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik |
with Fitzwilliam String Quartet |
| 26th season - 2004/5 | Peter Seymour, conductor | 6 Nov 04 | Monteverdi: Psalms Carissimi: Jepthe |
with James Bowman, alto |
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| 18 Dec 04 | Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Handel: Dixit Dominus |
with Yvonne Seymour, Judith Cunnold, Matthew Brook and Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 19 Feb 05 | TALLIS ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Tallis: Spem in alium Byrd: Mass for five voices Motets by Tallis, Byrd and Taverner |
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| 19 Mar 05 | Fauré: Requiem Martin: Mass Duruflé: Motets |
with York Sinfonietta |
| 21 May 05 | SCHÜTZ IN MAY Musikalisches Exequien; German Magnificat; Psalms |
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| 18 Jun 05 | Mozart: Mass in C minor Mozart: Vespers de Confessore The previous day Emma Kirkby gave a song class related to this concert at the Department of Music, University of York. Concert and class supported by the D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust |
Emma Kirkby, soprano Helen neeves, soprano James Oxley, tenor Martin Robson, bass Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 25th season - 2003/4 | Peter Seymour, conductor | |
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| 8 Nov 03 | BACH MOTETS AND SONATAS JS Bach: Motets Furchte dich nicht Komm, Jesu, komm Der Geist hilft JC Bach (?):Motet Merk auf, mein Herz JS Bach: Sonatas for violin and harpsichord |
with Lucy Russell, violin and Peter Seymour, harpsichord |
| 13 Dec 03 | Bach: Christmas Oratorio | with Yvonne Seymour, Jeanette Ager, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, and Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 31 Jan 04 | Stabat Mater; Salve Regina Settings by Alessandro Scarlatti, Browne, Byrd, Palestrina, Monteverdi and others |
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| 13 Mar 04 | Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) | with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 22 May 04 | Victoria: Missa Laetatus sum (a 12) with 12-part motets, psalms and Magnificat |
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| 26 Jun 04 | Bach: B minor Mass | with Yvonne Seymour, Vanessa Williamson, Jason Darnell, Joshua Ellicott, Julian Tovey and Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 24th season - 2002/3 | Peter Seymour, conductor | |
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| 9 Nov 02 | BACH & BIBER JS Bach – Motets: Singet dem Herrn Jesu, meine Freude Lobet den Herrn Jauchzet dem Herrn JC Bach? – Motet: Merk auf, meine Herz H Biber – Mystery Sonatas |
with Simon Jones, violin |
| 30 Nov 02 | BACH AT CHRISTMAS Magnificat in D Cantata 191 Gloria in excelsis Deo Cantata 110 Unser Mund sei voll Lachens |
with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 1 Feb 03 | VENICE AND ROME Palestrina – Stabat Mater; Motets A Gabrieli: Missa Quando lieta sperai Leondaritis - Motets |
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| 15 Mar 03 | Bach: St John Passion | Charles Daniels, Evangelist Stephen Varcoe, Christus with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 31 May 03 | Charpentier: Psalms and Motets | |
| 21 Jun 03 | Purcell: The Fairy Queen | Narration specially prepared by Andrew Pinnock With Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 23rd season - 2001/2 | ||
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| 3 Nov 01 | THE NORTH GERMAN BAROQUE AND THE CHURCH'S YEAR JS Bach: Cantata 61: Nun komm, der heiden Heiland (Advent) Tunder: Cantata: Hosianna dem Sohne David (Advent) Buxtehude: Cantata: Das neugeborne Kindelein (Christmas) JS Bach: Cantata 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden (Easter) |
with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 1 Dec 01 | Handel: Messiah | Yvonne Seymour, soprano James Bowman, counter tenor Joseph Cornwell, tenor David Thomas, bass Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 2 Feb 02 | MUSIC OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA AND THE NEW WORLD Victoria: Requiem and motets by Guerrero, Morales, Lobo, Padilla and Capillas |
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| 9 Mar 02 | Mozart: Requiem Haydn: Nelson Mass |
Emma Kirkby, soprano Jeanette Ager, contralto Joshua Ellicott, tenor Thomas Thomaschke, bass Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 25 May 02 | MUSIC AND POLITICS This programme explored repertoire occasioned by political events or making political comment and composers featured include Byrd, Lassus, Gombert and Schütz. Sponsored by Denison Till |
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| 22 Jun 02 | Monteverdi: Psalms and motets from Selve morale e spirituale (1641) including Gloria à 7, Dixit Dominus à 8, Beatus Vir à 6 and Magnificat à 8 |
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| 22nd season - 2000/1 | ||
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| 4 Nov 00 | CHORAL EUROPE Music by composers from around Europe, including Allegri: Miserere Tallsi: Spem in Alium and works by Palestrina; Lassus; Sweelinck and Victoria |
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| 2 Dec 00 | Bach: Mass in B Minor | Yvonne Seymour, soprano Jeanette Ager, alto Joshua Ellicott, tenor Thomas Guthrie, bass Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 3 Feb 01 | THE CHURCH'S YEAR English Jacobean music by Tomkins, Weelkes, Gibbons and Jeffreys Sponsored by Yorkshire Television |
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| 10 Mar 01 | Bach: Lutheran Masses in F major and A major Handel: The Ways of Zion do mourn |
with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
| 12 May 01 | WITH SINGING OF PSALMS Psalm settings by Byrd, Tye, Philips, Monteverdi, Schütz, etc. An exploration of how different composers responded to the texts of a number of psalms, enlightening and illustrating the meaning and providing music of both simplicity and richness. |
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| 23 Jun 01 | HAYDN AND MOZART IN SALZBURG Masses, Motets and Divertimenti Sponsored by Denison Till |
with The Fitzwilliam String Quartet |