Pamela Thorby recorder soloist with: Andrew Laurence-King harp or William Carter or Elizabeth Kenny or David Miller lute harpsichordist Silas Standage or Peter Seymour harpsichord or orchestra La Serenissima or jazz group Perfect Houseplants.

The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is one of the world’s first and foremost period-instrument orchestras. Concerts across six continents and over 250 recordings since its formation by Christopher Hogwood in 1973 demonstrate The AAM’s pre-eminence in the music of the period 1600-1850, from Monteverdi to Mendelssohn.
The 2005-06 season features two Baroque programmes with the newly appointed Associate Director, Richard Egarr, a USA tour with violinist Giuliano Carmignola and an AAM commission from Thea Musgrave conducted by Paul Goodwin.

Sample Programme:

Garden of Delights: Truly virtuoso performances of renaissance and baroque music for the beguiling combination of recorder and harp. Startling Italian sonatas ‘in stil moderno’, enchanting settings of madrigal tunes, improvised divisions on grounds and popular tunes from the Golden Age.

Education:

Pamela is experienced in coaching university and conservatoire level students in the art of improvising and ornamentation. This can be linked to a programme such as Garden of Delights (see above).

Recordings:

Pamela is signed to LINN Records as a solo artist.
‘Garden of Delights’ with harpist Andrew Laurence-King; ‘Handel Recorder Sonatas’ with harpsichordist Richard Egarr ‘Baroque Recorder Concertos’ with Sonnerie dir. Monica Huggett; plus 10 CDs for LINN with the Palladian Ensemble; Recorder soloist on Karl Jenkins’ million-selling series of Adiemus albums on Virgin and EMI and on Kiri te Kanawa’s ‘Kiri sings Karl’ for EMI.

Performances:

12 Jun 07 Chelsea Festival
7 Jul 07 Bruges Early Music Festival
9 Jul 07 York Early Music Festival

Contact:

Melanie Paris, 51 Wentworth Road,
York YO24 1DG

Tel: 01904 647408

Email: hello@melanieparis.com
Website: www.pamelathorby.com