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David Parsons - Baroque Lute and Theorbo

David Parsons studied at the Royal College of Music as a pupil of Diana Poulton. Since his Wigmore Hall debut he has performed at many of the principal European Early Music events as well as touring in the USA.
His recent recordings include a critically acclaimed CD of Elizabethan Lute Music from Robert Dowland’s Varietie of Lute Lessons (Metronome) which was followed by the Haydn Lute Trio’s recording of 18th century German Galant chamber music (ASV). Most recently he has recorded a programme of Guitar Music and Songs by the Catalan guitarist and composer, Fernando Sor together with soprano Evelyn Tubb.


	THE HAYDN LUTE TRIO
	The Haydn Lute Trio was formed in 2000 and has been delighting audiences since with its widely varied programmes featuring the 18th century lute and theorbo in ensemble. Following the critically acclaimed ‘Lute music for a Princess’ CD (for ASV Gaudeamus) the trio have regularly featured in arts festival, music society and educational programmes contrasting rarely heard early classical Lute trios by Haydn and his contemporaries with the great violin sonatas of Bach, Handel and Corelli, using the theorbo as continuo. The Trio also include French 18th century repertoire in their concerts, with the pièces de théorbe en partition taken from the 1716 publication of Louis 14th’s court theorbist, Robert de Visée. “The Haydn lute Trio plays with an obvious empathy for the repertoire” Goldberg Magazine "Character and refinement ...dazzling technical demands confidently met" The Times
	David Parsons - Baroque Lute and Theorbo David Parsons studied at the Royal College of Music as a pupil of Diana Poulton. Since his Wigmore Hall debut he has performed at many of the principal European Early Music events as well as touring in the USA. His recent recordings include a critically acclaimed CD of Elizabethan Lute Music from Robert Dowland’s Varietie of Lute Lessons (Metronome) which was followed by the Haydn Lute Trio’s recording of 18th century German Galant chamber music (ASV). Most recently he has recorded a programme of Guitar Music and Songs by the Catalan guitarist and composer, Fernando Sor together with soprano Evelyn Tubb.

	Lara James studied music and German at Bristol University, graduating with a first-class BA Hons and a PhD. Following further training in baroque violin at The Royal Conservatory, The Hague, and as a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, she now works regularly with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Haydn Lute Trio, and teaches violin at Wycombe Abbey.

	Miguel Calvo, from Pamplona in Northern Spain studied cello baroque cello with Alison McGillivray at the Guildhall school of music and drama in London. In addition he has participated in master classes with Jenny Ward-Clarke and Susan Sheppard and received his master’s degree in 2003. Miguel is now much in demand on the London early Music Scene working in chamber groups and teaching in addition to performing regularly in Spain.

THE HAYDN LUTE TRIO