Silas Wollston was a chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral, where John Scott encouraged him to take up the organ; he was subsequently organ scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge. After university he studied the harpsichord with Jill Severs in London and Frédérick Haas in Brussels. A longstanding member of the English Baroque Soloists, he played a major role in John Eliot Gardiner’s Bach Cantata cycle in 2000. He now performs on harpsichord and organ with early music orchestras and ensembles, as well as in duo partnerships and as a soloist.

Beyond his career as a performer on keyboard instruments, Silas also has much experience as a choral director, and was Director of Music at Queens’ College, Cambridge, between 2011 and 2015. He is a council member of the Handel Institute and has published research on the string music of Locke and Purcell, and on Handel’s compositional process.

OUR MUSICIANS

Rachel Brown  flute and recorder 

Adrian Butterfield  violin 

Oliver Webber  violin

Rachel Byrt  viola

Sarah McMahon   cello

Gavin Kibble   cello and viola da gamba

Cecelia Bruggemeyer  double bass

Silas Wollston harpsichord and organ