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John Holloway
John Holloway is a British baroque violinist and conductor, currently based in Dresden, Germany. He is a pioneer of the early music movement. Holloway was born in Neath, Wales, and studied in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. After initial engagements, including at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and at the English Chamber Orchestra, he became manager and concertmaster of the Kent Opera Orchestra in the 1970s. After an encounter with Sigiswald Kuijken in 1972, he started playing the Baroque violin and gained a reputation as violinist, teacher and conductor in the field of historically informed performance. In 1970 he became the concertmaster of Sir Roger Norrington's London Classical Players, and later Andrew Parrott's Taverner Consort and Players. Besides playing in numerous Baroque orchestras, he is a noted musicologist and lecturer. Holloway has taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the Schola Cantorum in Basel, and the Early Music Institute of Indiana University in Bloomington. He has given classes and led workshops in most European countries, as well as in Korea, New Zealand and the USA. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holloway_(musician)) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings in G minor, Op. 8, No. 2, R.315 "L'estate": 3. Presto (Tempo impetuoso d'estate)
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Vivaldi: 12 Concertos, Op. 3 "L'estro armonico" / Concerto No. 10 in B Minor for 4 Violins and Cello, RV 580: 3. Allegro
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Chamber Concerto in G Minor, RV 103: I. Allegro ma cantabile

Albums

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Purcell: Fantazias

2023
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Handel: The Chamber Music Vol. VI - The Recorder Sonatas (feat. Philip Pickett, Susan Sheppard, Lucy Carolan & Rachel Beckett)

2007
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 212a; Violin Concerto in C Major, RV 581

2003
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Abdelazer (Suites by Henry Purcell After the Tragedy by Aphra Behn, Arr. for Narrator and Orchestra)

2017
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Handel: Chamber Music Vol. IV - Trio Sonatas Op. 5 (feat. Micaela Comberti, Susan Sheppard & Lucy Carolan)

2007
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Buxtehude: Chamber Music (Complete), Vol. 3 - 6 Sonatas

1995
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Telemann: Quatuors Parisiens, Vols. 2-3

2011
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Handel: the Chamber Music Vol.II (feat. David Reichenberg, Susan Sheppard & Lucy Carolan)

2007
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Handel: the Chamber Music Vol.V (feat. Susan Sheppard, Alison Bury, Micaela Comberti & Lucy Carolan)

2007
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Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo

2006

Singles & EPs

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Purcell: Fantazia VI, Z. 737

Single2023
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Purcell: Fantazia IV, Z. 735

Single2023

Videos

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Vivaldi - Chamber Concerto in G minor, RV 103

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Schmelzer - Sonata Quarta

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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620-1680) Sonatae unarum fidium - Sonata Prima

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Vivaldi - L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 8 in A minor, RV 522

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D. Buxtehude - Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab, BuxWV 38

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Méditation #ArtsFloSummer #6: Buonamente & Gabrieli

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Vivaldi 4 Seasons - Summer: 3. Presto (Viola arrangement)

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Handel Sonata in D minor HWV 359a, John Holloway, Complete

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Giovanni Gabrieli, Sonata XXI con tre violini, with Bruce Dickey, Kiri Tollaksen, Alex Opsahl

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Biber Sonata I in A, from Sonate Violino solo (1681, Salzburg) [John Holloway]

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