Profiles

Philippa Hyde 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.
Paul Esswood 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.
Jennifer Janse 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.
Helen Rogers 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.