Toby Carr
Lutenist, guitarist, and theorbist Toby Carr is a versatile figure who performs as a soloist, continuo player, accompanist, and chamber musician. He is also an important educator.
Carr grew up in England's Hertfordshire region. He started out as a guitarist, studying classical guitar at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London with Graham Anthony Devine. He also took classes with David Miller, who introduced him to lutes and early guitars and to the riches of Renaissance and Baroque music for plucked strings more generally. Carr went on for further studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where his principal teachers were Bob Brightmore in classical guitar and William Carter in historical performance. Carr continued on with the school's MPerf performance degree, specializing in historical performance and graduating in 2015. Carr continues to play classical guitar in music of various periods, but he has specialized in the Renaissance and Baroque, playing the music of 17th century England and Italy, in particular, on guitar, lute, and theorbo. Carr has performed in a great variety of groups and situations. He has appeared with leading historical performance ensembles, including the Academy of Ancient Music, The English Concert, and La Nuova Musica, as well as modern orchestras and opera companies, including the Royal Ballet, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the English Touring Opera. Carr has also been active as a performer at the Handel & Hendrix Museum in London, which features two nearby houses once inhabited by George Frederick Handel and Jimi Hendrix. Carr returned to his alma mater, the Guildhall School of Music & Dance, as a professor. He is in demand as an accompanist, backing such singers as Emma Kirkby, Alexander Chance, and Helen Charlston. With the latter, Carr was heard on the 2022 album Battle Cry: She Speaks.
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8 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Battle Cry: She Speaks
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by 2022 Delphian Records Ltd. on 27 May 2022
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Bonduca, Z. 574: O lead me to some peaceful gloom
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by 2022 Delphian Records Ltd. on 15 Apr 2022
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Sarabande
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by 2022 Delphian Records Ltd. on 6 May 2022
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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I Am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament)
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by 2022 Delphian Records Ltd. on 22 Apr 2022
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An Evening Hymn, Z. 193
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by 2022 Delphian Records Ltd. on 20 May 2022
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Bransle de la Torche XV (Single)
Mirjam-Luise Münzel, Aileen Henry, Toby Carr
Classical - Released by First Hand Records on 10 Nov 2023
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Venus’ Birds (Single)
Mirjam-Luise Münzel, Aileen Henry, Toby Carr
Classical - Released by First Hand Records on 1 Dec 2023
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De Pasión Mortal: Songs from Two Golden Ages
Nicholas Mulroy, Elizabeth Kenny, Toby Carr
Classical - To be released on 7 Jun 2024 by Linn Records
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