Peter Seymour [link] - an early keyboard player and conductor whose recent recordings have included choral compositions by Sweelinck,
Purcell, Blow, Bach, Handel, Mozart and Haydn as well as 17th and 18th century solo harpsichord repertoire and programmes of early Lieder (using fortepiano). He is conductor of Yorkshire Bach Choir (****link), Corona Coloniensis (the

specialist early music choir of WDR-Koln) and, jointly with Jo

Wainwright, of University Choir and Chamber Choir (****links). He is also director

of Yorkshire Baroque Soloists (****link) and an Artistic Adviser to York Early Music Festival (****link)

Regular undergraduate projects include: Baroque vocal music (linked with

performances of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas); Bach (linked with performances

of St Matthew Passion) English Baroque; Early Lieder; Purcell (linked

with performances of Fairy Queen).

Recent postgraduate supervision includes: The masses of Leondaritis

(16th century); The few-voiced motet in 17th century France;

Ornamentation in early Lieder with particular reference to Schubert;

17th century solo vocal music; Gesture (particularly in late 17th English song).

Peter Seymour is the conductor of Yorkshire Bach Choir (****link), Corona Coloniensis (the

specialist early music choir of WDR-Koln) and, jointly with Jo

Wainwright, of University Choir and Chamber Choir (****links). He is also director

of Yorkshire Baroque Soloists (****link) and an Artistic Adviser to York Early Music Festival (****link).

Singers with whom he has recently

performed and recorded include Emma Kirkby, Lynne Dawson, Barbara Schlick, Yvonne

Seymour, Christoph Pregardien, Ian Partridge, Stephen Varcoe, David

Thomas and Thomas Thomaschke in baroque (on harpsichord and organ),

classical and early 19th century repertoire (fortepiano) as well as

later solo repertoire with modern piano.

As conductor, recent commercial recordings have included Mozart Requiem,

the Bach motets and A Festal Mass at the Imperial Court Vienna in 1648.

Recent radio recordings have included choral compositions by Sweelinck,

Purcell, Blow, Bach, Handel, Mozart and Haydn. (For further details see

biography on Music Department home page at:

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/music/pswebb.htm [if not linked by bullets above]

Peter Seymour is also active as an editor, especially of vocal music. Editions have included

Carrisimi motets; English Restoration odes, solos and dialogues by John Blow and Daniel Purcell; cantatas by A Scarlatti; motets by Sweelinck.

Regular undergraduate projects include: Baroque vocal music (linked with

performances of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas); Bach (linked with performances

of St Matthew Passion) English Baroque; Early Lieder; Purcell (linked

with performances of Fairy Queen).

Recent postgraduate supervision includes: The masses of Leondaritis

(16th century); The few-voiced motet in 17th century France;

Ornamentation in early Lieder with particular reference to Schubert;

17th century solo vocal music; Gesture (particularly in late 17th English song).