Biografia

Peter Holman ha studiato musica al King's College di Londra. Tra i suoi insegnanti figura Thurston Dart.

Nel 1979, con Roy Goodman, ha fondato il complesso The Parley of Instruments, che si propone la esecuzione del repertorio musicale del rinascimento e del barocco, soprattutto inglese (come Henry Purcell e autori minori a lui contemporanei). Con questo ensemble tra il 1980 e il 2010 ha realizzato numerose registrazioni discografiche pubblicate dalla etichetta Hyperion nella serie "English Orpheus". Attualmente il gruppo incide per Chandos Records.

Si è esibito anche con altre orchestre in qualità di solista al clavicembalo e all'organo (con la Tilford Bach Orchestra, l'Orchestra of St John's Smith Square, e The Hanover Band), e dal 1985 è direttore dell'Opera Restor'd, specializzata nella rappresentazione di opere del Settecento e di masque. È anche musicologo, e ha curato numerose edizioni musicali di musica antica.

Holman è stato per dieci anni docente alla Royal Academy of Music, attualmente insegna musicologia University of Leeds.

Opere

Dowland. Lachrimae (1604), Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-521-58829-4 Four-and-Twenty Fiddlers: The Violin at the English Court, 1540-1690, Oxford University Press, 1993 Henry Purcell, OUP, 1994 From Renaissance to Baroque: change in instruments and instrumental music in the Seventeenth Century, con Jonathan Wainwright, Ashgate, 2005. ISBN 0-7546-0403-9 Music in the British Provinces, 1690–1914, on Rachel Cowgill, Ashgate, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7546-3160-6 Life after death: The viola da gamba in Britain, The Boydell Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84383-574-5 The Baroque Composers. Purcell, 23 articles edited by Peter Holman, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7546-2896-5

Discografia

1985 - Claudio Monteverdi, Sacred vocal music, The Parley of Instruments con Emma Kirkby, soprano (Hyperion) 1987 - Henry Purcell, Ayres for the theatre, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1988 - Purcell's London. Consort Music in England from Charles II to Queen Anne, The Parley of Instruments con Roy Goodman (Hyperion) 1988 - Italian Baroque Trumpet Music, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1989 - Georg Philipp Telemann, Recorder Concertos, con Peter Holtslag, flauto (Hyperion) 1989 - Georg Muffat, Armonico Tributo, The Parley of Instruments con Roy Goodman (Hyperion) 1991 - An Englishman Abroad, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1991 - Orlando Gibbons e Thomas Lupo Music for Prince Charles, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1991 - Georg Philipp Telemann, Recorder Concertos, con Peter Holtslag, flauto (Hyperion) 1992 - Charles Dibdin, The Ephesian Matron. The Brickdust Man. The Grenadier, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1992 - Odes on the death of Henry Purcell, The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra (Hyperion) 1992 - John Jenkins, Late Consort Music, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1993 - Heinrich Biber, Sonatae tam aris, quam aulis, The Parley of Instruments con Roy Goodman (Hyperion) 1993 - John Dowland, Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1993 - Four and Twenty Fiddlers. Music for the Restoration Court Band, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1994 - John Blow e Giovanni Battista Draghi, Odes for St Cecilia, The Parley of Instruments e The Playford Consort (Hyperion) 1994 - Henry Purcell Hark how the wild musicians sing. The Symphony Songs of Henry Purcell, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1995 - John Frederick Lampe, Pyramus and Thisbe, Opera Restor'd (Hyperion) 1995 - Matthew Locke, The Broken Consort, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1996 - William Boyce, Trio Sonatas, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1996 - A High-Priz'd Noise. Violin Music for Charles I, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1996 - Sound the Trumpet... Music by Henry Purcell and his followers, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1996 - While shepherds watched. Christmas Music from English Parish Churches and Chapels, 1740–1830, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1997 - William Boyce, Peleus and Thetis & other theatre music, Opera Restor'd (Hyperion) 1997 - Francesco Cavalli, Messa Concertata & other works, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1997 - English Classical Clarinet Concertos, The Parley of Instruments, con Colin Lawson, clarinetto (Hyperion) 1997 - English Classical Violin Concertos, The Parley of Instruments, con Elizabeth Wallfisch, violino (Hyperion) 1998 - Georg Friedrich Händel, Handel in Hamburg, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1998 - Thomas Linley, The Song of Moses; Let God arise, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1998 - Hark! hark! the lark. Music for Shakespeare's Company, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 1998 - Vital Spark of Heav'nly Flame. Music of Death and Resurrection from English Parish Churches and Chapels, 1760-1840 con The Parley of Instruments e Psalmody (Hyperion) 2000 - Fairest Isle. A New National Songbook, The Parley of Instruments, con Catherine Bott e Joseph Cornwell (Hyperion) 2000 - Haydn and his English Friends. Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 2001 - Michael Praetorius, Dances from Terpsichore, The Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) 2001 - Salve Regina. Sacred music by Monteverdi and his Venetian followers, The Parley of Instruments, con Robin Blaze (Hyperion) 2003 - Nativity. Christian music from Georgian England, con The Parley of Instruments e Psalmody (Hyperion) 2004 - Orpheus with his lute. Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne, The Parley of Instruments, con Catherine Bott (Hyperion)

Onorificenze

Note

Voci correlate

Roy Goodman The Parley of Instruments

Collegamenti esterni

The Parley of Instruments Sito dell'ensemble diretto da Peter Holman