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	Artist Page - Emma Kirkby
		Emma took part in the early Decca Florilegium recordings with both the Consort of Musicke and the Academy of Ancient Music, at a time when most college-trained sopranos were not seeking a sound appropriate for early music instruments.
		Emma feels privileged to have been able to build long term relationships with chamber groups and orchestras, in particular London Baroque, the Freiburger Barockorchester, L’Orfeo (of Linz) and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and now with some of the younger groups — the Palladian Ensemble and Florilegium.
		In 1999 Emma was voted Artist of the Year by Classic FM Radio listeners, and in November 2000 she received the Order of the British Empire.
	www.hyperion-records.co.uk /artist_page.asp?name=kirkby (462 words)

	Kirkby Discographies For Emma Kirkby And The Consort Of Musicke. Revision Of 1996-july-01. Consort Of Mu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Emma Kirkby Collection, Claudio Monteverdi, George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sigismondo D'India, John Dowland, Guillaume de Machaut, Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Campion, Henry Lawes, Henry Purcell, Michael East, The Consort of Essential Emma Kirkby ~ Emma Kirkby.
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	Amazon.com: Emma Kirkby - Handel Opera Arias and Overtures · 2 / Brandenburg Consort · Goodman: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was the late 1970s when Emma Kirkby first became the leading diva of the early-music revival.
		Kirkby's virtuosity in "Scherza in mar" from Lotario is positively dizzying, and her aria from Deidamia is both thrilling and emotionally affecting.
		Emma Kirkby is in superb form and the playing by the Brandenburg Consort is also first-class.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004SV5E?v=glance (871 words)

	Emma Kirkby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Emma Kirkby (soprano) is recognised as one of the world's greatest early music specialists.
		It is remarkable that she has become one of the most prominent names in her field, having been a classics student, at Somerville College, Oxford, and then an English teacher before her talent and profound ability were recognised.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emma_Kirkby (103 words)

	Emma Kirkby, Passion Baroque
		Once discovered, however, Kirkby soon became a star on the early music scene, and a much-admired model of style and technique for other singers.
		Her repertoire is both wide-ranging--from the late Middle Ages to Haydn and Mozart--and the result of careful and discriminate choices.
		Emma Kirkby's Canadian tour begins on July 24 (Elora Festival / 519-846-0331), continues on July 25 (Quebec Bach Festival / 418-681-0655) and concludes on July 27 at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival (613-234-8008).
	www.scena.org /lsm/sm9-10/Emma-Kirkby_en.htm (1651 words)

	Emma Kirkby - Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works - General Discussions
		There is a great DVD of Monteverdi with Emma Kirkby and a couple of other fine babes in diaphanous dresses...
		I saw (and heard) Emma Kirkby in May, in a madrigals recital accompanied by Jakob Lindberg, I was 2 meters from her.
		I talked with Emma Kirkby for a while, and she was delightful, gracious, charming.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Performers/Kirkby.htm (1873 words)

	Emma Kirkby - our patron
		Her distinctively coloured voice, coupled with her virtuosity, outstanding breath control, innate musicianship and communicative powers ensure that all who heard her were captivated.
		Emma's recording output is prolific, numbering by now well over 100 records.
		The incisive intelligence, as well as the uniquely beautiful voice and brilliant musicianship which she brings to her performances, make hearing Emma Kirkby an experience not to be forgotten.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /dcunion/page7.html (376 words)

	ArkivMusic \| Cataldo Amodei: Songs; Zamboni, Storace / Kirkby, Lindberg
		How typical of Emma Kirkby that, in what must be the autumn of a long and distinguished career, she should still be seeking out new repertoire to perform and record.
		It’s a work that lies well for the now slighter darkened timbre of Kirkby’s voice, and even admirers may be surprised by the strength of her chest notes.
		But here, as throughout the recital, we are given nothing less than a consummate demonstration of the art of Emma Kirkby: perfect intonation and sense of line, impeccable phrasing and diction, an unrivalled ability to nuance and color a phrase or even a word.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=83499 (760 words)

	Kenyon College - The Taylor Concert Series at Kenyon College presents Fretwork Ensemble with soprano Emma Kirkby
		Emma Kirkby studied classics at Oxford University and then worked as a teacher.
		Moving from choirs and small groups to performances with the Consort of Musicke and the Academy of Ancient Music, Kirkby found her niche in a sound that beautifully complemented the instrumentation of early music.
		In addition to her many live performances, she has made well over a hundred recordings, among them sequences of Hildegarde of Bingen, madrigals of the Italian and English Renaissance, cantatas and oratorios of the Baroque, and works by Mozart and Haydn.
	www.kenyon.edu /x21600.xml (310 words)

	Emma Kirkby - Handel Opera Arias / Goodman, Brandenburg Consort
		Emma Kirkby - Handel Opera Arias and Overtures · 2 / Brandenburg Consort · Goodman
		Emma Kirkby's first album of seldom-performed Handel arias and overtures is brilliantly put together and executed.
		This has to be some of Handel's most difficult and virtuosic music--and Roy Goodman certainly doesn't pull any punches with tempos, particularly in the aria from "Almira," which is taken so fast that even Kirkby, with her legendary vocal agility, has to work to keep up.
	thegreatlands.com /store/B000002ZXL.php (297 words)

	Emma Kirkby (Soprano) - Short Biography
		Emma Kirkby has become a legend within the concept of music as beginning not with the singer but with the words; her name is always and above all associated with pure sound.
		Her most recent recordings include a second volume of Händel opera arias for Hyperion, Bach wedding cantatas for Decca and Christmas music by Scarlatti and Bach with London Baroque for BIS.
		Emma still prefers live concerts however, especially the pleasure of repeating programmes with colleagues; every occasion, every venue and every audience will combine to create something new from this wonderful repertoire.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/Kirkby-Emma.htm (474 words)

	Divas
		Her light, clear, and amazingly agile instrument allows her a phenomenal range of expressive techniques, and enables her to be equally effective whether singing a cappella, with lute, or with an instrumental ensemble--all of which happens on this fine compilation of some of her best performances.
		Emma Kirkby sings with all the purity of one of Bach's boys and all the assurance of an expert adult.
		Emma Kirkby, early in her career, sounds eloquent but extremely youthful as Dido--barely past her teens.
	www.nettienet.net /Divas.html (3847 words)

	Music Sussex - Interview with Emma Kirkby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I told her I had recently heard it said that amateur choral singing was a dying tradition, and she was horrified.
		And the special nature of a live concert performance is something upon which Emma Kirkby puts a high price.
		I had to remind myself momentarily that this friendly, chatty woman was indeed Emma Kirkby, world-famous soprano who has been described as 'one of the treasures of the world of music' and whose beautiful voice rings out from well over a hundred recordings.
	www.musicsussex.org.uk /esterhazy/emmak.html (979 words)

	ArkivMusic \| Byrd: Consort Songs / Emma Kirkby, Fretwork
		Emma Kirkby's clear, unadorned vocal quality and needle-sharp intonation, combined with scrupulous attention to tasteful ornamentation and interpretation based on intuitive sense as well as musicological evidence has gained her respect as well as admiration for her distinctive, often virtuoso renditions, from early songs to Baroque oratorio and opera.
		While these are essentially songs--there are several purely instrumental selections as well--the balance tends to give a bit too much weight to the viols, which results in an unduly thick-textured and less-than-ideal forward instrumental presence.
		Nevertheless, Kirkby is a formidable interpreter--commanding, facile, graceful--and it's interesting to hear her darker, richer vocal quality in some songs alongside her trademark unaffected, young-girlish sound elsewhere.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=94100 (415 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Emma Kirkby Collection: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Emma Kirkby Sings Arne, Handel, Haydn and Mozart; Audio CD ~ Georg Friederich Handel (Composer), et al
		Emma Kirkby - The World of Emma Kirkby; Audio CD ~ George Frideric Handel (Composer), et al
		Emmas voice and the excelent orchestration, a perfect combination.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002ZJG (424 words)

	GOLDBERG: Kirkby, Emma
		As is now well known, Emma Kirkby originally had no intention of becoming a professional singer.
		She was trained as a classics scholar at Oxford and had settled contentedly into a teaching career, restricting her singing activity to that of an enjoyable amateur pastime.
		A few hours after this interview was completed, I was privileged to hear Emma Kirkby sing the most moving and complete assumption of the role of Purcell’s Dido in my experience.
	www.goldbergweb.com /en/magazine/interviews/2001/06/428_print.php (3455 words)

	Vivaldi - Gloria · Nulla in mundo pax sincera · Nisi Dominus · Cantatas / Kirkby · Bott ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I would have given this CD 5 stars if Emma Kirkby had sung all of the cantatas on Disc 2.
		Kirkby on the other hand is a legend in early music and brings her trademark "purity of sound" to this recording.
		Emma Kirkby sings Handel, Arne, Haydn and Mozart
	www.junkwarehouse.com /amazon/asinsearch_B0000042HT (720 words)

	The Austin Chronicle: Arts: Arts Review
		Soprano Emma Kirkby and the English viol consort Fretwork drew audiences from around the state to the cozy setting of First Presbyterian Church last Friday.
		First Presbyterian was the right sort of venue not just to appreciate the lightness of Kirkby's voice but for the power her performance gained from her individual contact with members of the audience.
		Because so many of the songs left us at the precipice of death, there was perhaps an unfortunate sameness to the wide-eyed foreboding that returned to her face at songs' ends, making her appear like a tender, pious supplicant from a pre-Raphaelite painting.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2004-10-15/arts_review.html (680 words)

	Working Dogs Book Store - The Emma Kirkby Collection
		This cd shows Emma's versatility as a Baroque and early music performer.
		I really enjoy the song "You meaner beauties of the night." This is only one among many cd's which shows Emma's great voice.
		Vivaldi - Gloria · Nulla in mundo pax sincera · Nisi Dominus · Cantatas / Kirkby · Bott · Nelson · Watkinson · Bowman · Preston · AAM · Hogwood
	www.workingdogs.com /bookstore/us/product/B000002ZJG.htm (346 words)

	DeliciousWeb item
		Soloists Emma Kirkby and James Bowman, leading lights of the 1980s Baroque revival, have always evoked polarized reactions: traditional opera buff types generally detest them (they should try version with Margaret Marshall and Lucia Valentini-Terrani), while early- music lovers find their voices ideal for this repertory.
		Kirkby's uniquely pure, clear, and flexible voice suits this music very well indeed; Bowman's voice is more controversial, and he does show some discomfort on the highest notes, but he's an expressive musician; both singers have a fine sense of line and impeccable tuning--Pergolesi's many dramatic suspensions are especially effective.
		Vidit suum dulcem Natum - Emma Kirkby Stabat Mater: VII.
	homepage.mac.com /gbm/dellib/pages/music14.html (409 words)

	Medialunchbox - Music : Emma Kirkby sings Handel, Arne, Haydn & Mozart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Emma Kirkby - Handel Opera Arias / Goodman, Brandenburg Consort
		I had the pleasure recently of attending a recital with Miss Kirkby and Fretwork, here in Houston.
		The conducting and playing of Christopher Hogwood and his team of period-performance specialist The Academy of Ancient Music are as always superb.These are all arias to have one wanting to go back to the complete operas.
	www.medialunchbox.com /ItemId/B000009DG1 (598 words)

	Classical Music Lovers: Emma Kirkby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At this moment in history, the most beautiful female voice in the world is probably that of Emma Kirkby, an Englishwoman who specializes in early music.
		It's always nice to hear of another who is privy to the splendor that is Emma's voice.
		I purchase literally anything that has her name on it (it helps if it's from The Academy of Ancient Music and conducted by Christopher Hogwood).
	weblogs.asp.net /cosgood/posts/5997.aspx (135 words)

	CD Spotlight. Considerable pleasure - Emma Kirkby sings music by Cataldo Amodei, reviewed by Patric Standford. '... a ...
		Considerable pleasure - Emma Kirkby sings music by Cataldo Amodei, reviewed by Patric Standford.
		In this recital, recorded in 2002 at Länna Church in Sweden, Emma Kirkby is accompanied by Jacob Lindberg, theorbo and archlute, and Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord, each of whom provide excellent solo performances -- an archlute Sonata by Zamboni, and a Passacaglia by one Bernardo Storace.
		Emma Kirkby, soprano; Jakob Lindberg, theorbo and archlute; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/2004/12/amodei2.htm (188 words)

	Soprano Emma Kirkby releases new CD
		Soprano Emma Kirkby releases new CD Soprano Emma Kirkby, with Fretwork: William Byrd's Consort Songs.
		The small English viol ensemble Fretwork and soprano Emma Kirkby spent an October evening in Seattle, courtesy of the Early Music Guild, and gave a concert of considerable musical grace and impeccable scholarship at Town Hall.
		What Kirkby and Fretwork provide is immediacy, fluidity and strong connection to the material.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /classical/214378_clis04.html (269 words)

	Amazon.com: Emma Kirkby - Handel Opera Arias / Goodman, Brandenburg Consort: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Emma Kirkby sings Handel, Arne, Haydn and Mozart ~ Thomas Arne (Composer), et al
		Handel "The Rival Queens" Opera Arias and Duets / Bott · Kirkby · The Brandenburg Consort · Goodman ~ George Frideric Handel (Composer), et al
		Performed by Brandenburg Consort, Emma Kirkby, Alastair Ross
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002ZXL?v=glance (940 words)

	Pricenoia.com - Kirkby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Authors: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Christopher Hogwood; Emma Kirkby; Anthony Rolfe Johnson; The Academy of Ancient Music; Westminster Cathedral Choir; Carolyn Watkinson; David Thomas
		Authors: Johann Sebastian Bach; Andrew Parrott; Emma Kirkby; Emily van Evera; Taverner Consort and Players; Evelyn Tubb; Margaret Cable; Stephen Charlesworth; Wilfried Jochens; Howard Crook
		Authors: George Frideric Handel; Anders Öhrwall; Laurence Cummings; Emma Kirkby; Anne Sofie von Otter; Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra; Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble; Hillevi Martinpelto; Stockholm Bach Choir
	www.pricenoia.com /search/Kirkby/2/0 (483 words)

	emptytable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		She remains one of the treasures of the music world" (Toronto Globe and Mail).
		Her most recent recordings include a disc of Handel's Latin Motets and one of Scarlatti's Christmas music with London Baroque.
		The incisive intelligence, as well as the uniquely beautiful voice and brilliant musicianship which she brings to her performances, makes hearing Emma Kirkby an experience not to be missed.
	www.maylerartistmanagement.at /kirkby.htm (206 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Emma Kirkby - A Portrait: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Performed by Academy of Ancient Music with Emma Kirkby
		with Emma Kirkby, Catherine Mackintosh, Anthony Rooley, Richard Campbell, Christopher Hogwood
		Performed by Winchester Cathedral Choir / Winchester Quiristers / Academy of Ancient Music with Emma Kirkby
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000135G (414 words)

	Consort of Musicke
		Consort of Musicke- Single Composer Recordings Consort of Musicke- Other Recordings Consort of Musicke- Selected Compilations Emma Kirkby- Solo and Duet Recitals Emma Kirkby- Other Large Scale Works Emma Kirkby- Other Recordings Emma Kirkby- Selected Compilations Selected Recordings by Other Members of the Consort of Musicke Abbreviations Notes Emma Kirkby - Chronological listing
		Portrait of Emma Kirkby {L'OL DSLO607 2/83} Emma Kirkby: A Portrait {L'OL 443 200} [Note: The CD and LP "Portraits" only] [share 6 tracks (about 30 min)- The CD] [omits 7 tracks from the original and] [adds 8 new works.
		Other performances I know about but can't find include Andrew Parrott's Electric Phoenix with Emma Kirkby.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/1790/consort.htm (339 words)

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