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Philippa Hyde has worked as a soloist for many leading early music ensembles
and orchestras including The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,
Canzona and The Parley of Instruments. Recordings include the
role of Semira in Arne's Artaxerxes for Hyperion. Philippa is
Professor of Period Performance at the Royal Northern College of Music.
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Paul Esswood, the first counter-tenor ever to sing at La Scala, Milan, has
made over 200 recordings including the famous complete Bach series under
Harnoncourt/Leonhardt. His operatic appearances have included world premieres
by Penderecki and Glass as well as the Monteverdi cyle in Zürich
produced by Ponnelle.
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Jennifer Janse, described by Yehudi Menuhin as "among this country's
most outstanding musicians", is equally at home on both 'period' and
'modern' cello. She has given more than 100 solo performances in Russia,
Germany and Norway and orchestral concerts with, among others, The
King's Consort, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and English Concert.
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Helen Rogers is in much demand as both a solo harpsichordist and continuo
player. She is frequently a soloist at London's Purcell Room (South Bank
Centre) and other major venues performing Bach harpsichord concertos and
Brandenburg concertos. In 2000, Helen was made an Associate of the Royal
Academy of Music.
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