Yorkshire Baroque Soloists

Created in 1973 by Peter Seymour, this ensemble is an expert in the performance of music from your 17th and 18th centuries. How big is the group varies from chamber to orchestral size with regards to the requirements from the repertoire. The standard constituents from the ensemble are soprano, tenor, and bass single vocalists; six violins; three violas; three cellos; one violone; three flutes; two oboes; one clarinet; two bassoons; two trumpets; two theorbos; and a keyboardist who performs on body organ, harpsichord, or piano. The group offers performed and documented throughout European countries and may be the fundamental contingent for the York Early Music Event. The ensemble frequently performs using the Yorkshire Bach Choir to understand such classics as Bach’s Xmas Oratorio, Mozart’s Requiem and C Small Mass, Cantatas for the Feast of St. Michael by Bach, and Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, and a demonstration of Heinrich Biber’s monumental Missa Alleluia for eight-part choir, eight soloists, six trumpets, timpani, two cornets, three trombones, strings, and continuo. Furthermore to its regular involvement in the York Early Music Event, where its shows have been documented from the BBC and WDR, the group in addition has appeared at Celebration Mitte Europa as well as the Bach Leipzig Celebration. Its recordings over the Signum label since 2010 consist of Bach’s St. John Interest as well as the B Small Mass.