The Brook Street Band

The Band was formed in 1996 by baroque cellist Tatty Theo to perform and record the chamber music of Handel and his contemporaries.

[1] The BSB was set up in 1996, with funds donated by William Pleeth and Margaret Good,[2] cellist Theo’s maternal grandparents.

[4] The Brook Street Band is a familiar group in the UK’s chamber music scene; from 1997 it has regularly performed for BBC Radio 3,[5] from 1999 at the Dartington International Summer School,[4] and from 2003 at Wigmore Hall.

The current core group members of The Brook Street Band are violinists Rachel Harris (1997-2000 and 2006- date) and Kathryn Parry (2018-date), flautist and recorder player Lisete da Silva Bull (2014-date), cellist Tatty Theo and harpsichordist Carolyn Gibley (1999-date).

[6] Past group members have included violinists Marianna Szücs, Katalin Kertèsz and Farran Scott,[4] and harpsichordists Steven Devine and Catherine Pierron.