Jeffrey Skidmore is an English conductor and artistic director born on February 27, 1951, in Birmingham. He founded the ensemble Ex Cathedra in 1969 while attending school. Skidmore studied music at Magdalen College, Oxford, under David Wulstan and Bernard Rose. He taught music at John Willmott School in Sutton Coldfield. Skidmore collaborated with ensembles including the BBC Singers and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He prepared performing editions of works by composers such as Giovanni Animuccia, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Jean-Philippe Rameau. His discography with Ex Cathedra featured the recordings Sanctus: Music For The Nativity (1996) and Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2009). In 2015, Skidmore was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to choral music.
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Gentle Flame
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Baroque Christmas – Sanctus – Music for the Nativity
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| Roxanna Panufnik: Celestial Bird |
| Monteverdi: Madrigals Made Spiritual |
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Alec Roth: A Time to Dance & Other Choral Works
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Brazilian Adventures: South American Music from the Classical Era
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A French Baroque Diva: Soprano Arias for Marie Fel
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De Lalande: Choral Music for Versailles
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Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacrae symphoniae
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| Lassus: Missa Vinum Bonum ('Good Wine Mass') with accompanying motets |
| Vivaldi: Music for Vespers - Stabat Mater, Beatus Vir |
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Ex Cathedra XL at Christmas
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Orlande de Lassus
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Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion
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Juan de Araujo: Fire Burning in Snow – Baroque Music from Latin America 1
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