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St James' Baroque

St. James' Baroque was started by Ivor Bolton in 1984.  It's one of the leading period instrument ensembles, appeared at every year of the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music and has also appeared at many other festivals - including four visits to the Proms.

 

Ivor Bolton made several recordings with St. James's Baroque.  James O'Donnell took over from Ivor as Music Director in 2005.

 

St. James' Baroque pays close attention to recent historical research, particularly stringing and the

set up of period instruments (or modern copies of old instruments).    

 

For many years, we have had a wonderful association with Britain's most celebrated choir,

the Choir of Westminster Abbey.

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St James' Baroque                                                 PHOTO: Peer Lindgreen

These concerts are such a joy, during 2019 SJB  invited a young professional we hadn't worked with before to join us for each concert.  We figured it would be nice thing to share the experience!

If you are looking for a first rate period instrument ensemble, free thinking, and at the cutting edge of baroque performance practise, you can contact the new administrator of SJB, Louise Jameson, through the group website:  www.stjamesbaroque.co.uk

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For 2019, St. James' Baroque asked 4 young colleagues to join us for Westminster Abbey concerts: cellist Jacob Garside, violinist Sarah Walsh, oboists Andrés Villabos-Lépiz & Hannah Blumsohn.

March 30th 2021     Bach's St. John Passion at Westminster Abbey now CANCELLED

 

May 18th 2021     Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 at Westminster Abbey now CANCELLED

 

July 16th  St. Albans Organ Festival

Handel organ concerto competition concert.

 

December 3rd 2021

Handel's Messiah with Scott Price

and Schola Cantorum of the  Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School at St. John's Smith Square