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Peter Holman

hps, org, *1946 GB, London
Musician / Conductor of Classical

Peter Kenneth Holman MBE (born 19 October 1946, London) is an English conductor and musicologist best known for reviving the music of Purcell and his English contemporaries. Holman, with the ensemble The Parley of Instruments made many of the extensive series of recordings of lesser-known English baroque music on Hyperion Records in that label's English Orpheus series from 1980-2010. The ensemble was co-founded in 1979 by Holman and the violinist Roy Goodman. Holman and the ensemble now record on the Chandos Classics label.

     
Instruments
  • Harpsichord
  • Organ
  • Drums
Genres
  • Classical
  • Spoken Word
  • Rock
Popular Tracks   
Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425: I. Allegro on Vivaldi: Ses plus grandes œuvres by Antonio Vivaldi & Various Artists
Lute Concerto in D Major, RV 93: I. [Allegro giusto] on Vivaldi: Lute and Mandolin Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, Paul O'Dette & The Parley of Instruments
Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425: I. Allegro on Vivaldi: Lute and Mandolin Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, Paul O'Dette & The Parley of Instruments
Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425: II. Largo on Vivaldi: Lute and Mandolin Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, Paul O'Dette & The Parley of Instruments
Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425: III. Allegro on Vivaldi: Lute and Mandolin Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, Paul O'Dette & The Parley of Instruments
Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 85: I. Andante molto on Vivaldi: Lute and Mandolin Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, Paul O'Dette & The Parley of Instruments
Lute Concerto in D Major, RV 93: III. Allegro on Vivaldi: Lute and Mandolin Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, Paul O'Dette & The Parley of Instruments
Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 85: III. Allegro on Vivaldi: Lute and Mandolin Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, Paul O'Dette & The Parley of Instruments
Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G Major, RV 532: I. Allegro on Vivaldi: Lute and Mandolin Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, Paul O'Dette & The Parley of Instruments
Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G Major, RV 532: III. Allegro on Vivaldi: Lute and Mandolin Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, Paul O'Dette & The Parley of Instruments

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Handel In Hamburg. Music From Almira, Nero, Rodrigo, Daphne And FlorindoGeorg Friedrich Händel / The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman2011Album
Christmas Through The AgesPsalmody, The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman, The King's Consort, Robert King, Sinfonye, Stevie Wishart, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, A Capella Portuguesa, Owen Rees, Northwest Chamber Orchestra Seattle, Alun Francis, Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill, Sioned Williams, Christopher Herrick, Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best, Polyphony, Stephen Layton, James O'Donnell, Gothic Voices, Christopher Page, The Choir Of St George's Chapel, Christopher Robinson, Roger Judd2000Compil.
While Shepherds Watched - Christmas Music From The English Parish ChurchesPeter Holman, Psalmody, The Parley Of Instruments1999Album
The Song Of Moses • Let God AriseThomas Linley - The Holst Singers • The Parley Of Instruments / Peter Holman1998Album
Handel In Hamburg. Music From Almira, Nero, Rodrigo, Daphne And FlorindoGeorg Friedrich Händel / The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman1998Album
Messa ConcertataFrancesco Cavalli - Seicento · The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman1997Album
Clarinet Concerto / Concerted Symphony / Clarinet Concerto No 2James Hook / Johann Christian Bach / John Mahon, Colin Lawson, Michael Harris, The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman1997Album
English Classical Violin ConcertosJames Brooks, Thomas Linley, Thomas Shaw, Samuel Wesley – Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman1996Album
Pyramus And ThisbeJohn Frederick Lampe, Opera Restor'd, Peter Holman1995Album
Hark How The Wild Musicians Sing, The Symphony Songs Of Henry PurcellHenry Purcell - Red Byrd, The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman1994Album
Four And Twenty Fiddlers (Music For The Restoration Court Band)The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman1993Album
Odes On The Death Of Henry PurcellJeremiah Clarke, Henry Hall, John Blow, Thomas Morgan / Ruth Holton, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Simon Birchall, The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman, Peter Holman1992Album
Music For Prince CharlesOrlando Gibbons, Thomas Lupo - The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman1991Album
Italian Baroque Trumpet MusicStephen Keavy, Crispian Steele-Perkins, The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman1988Album
Ayres For The TheatreHenry Purcell - The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman1987Album
Music For Lute And MandolinAntonio Vivaldi, Paul O'Dette, The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman, Roy Goodman1986Album
German Consort Music 1660-1710Johann Rosenmüller / Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer / Georg Böhm / Johann Heinrich Schmelzer / Georg Philipp Telemann - The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman And Peter Holman1983Album
Armonico Tributo (Salzburg 1682)Georg Muffat - The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman And Peter Holman1982Album
Sacred Vocal Music Of Claudio MonteverdiClaudio Monteverdi - Emma Kirkby, Ian Partridge, David Thomas, The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman And Peter Holman1981Album
Steve Race introduces Music with Paintings from the art galleries of the National Museum of WalesSteve Race, Members Of The Royal Academy Of Music London, Anthony Lewis, Peter Holman1980Album
Consort MusicJohn Jenkins, Peter Holman1978Album
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