Our musicians
Oxford’s own period orchestra
Instruments of Time & Truth brings together exceptional period instrumentalists who live and work in and around Oxford. Many hold principal positions with leading ensembles such as the Academy of Ancient Music, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the English Baroque Soloists.
Led by our Principal Conductor, Edward Higginbottom, they play on period instruments, bringing the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to life in Oxford’s historic chapels, churches and concert halls.
The players
Members of the ensemble
Principal Conductor
Edward Higginbottom
Violin
Bojan Cicic (leader), Florence Cooke, Dan Edgar, Persephone Gibbs, Nia Lewis, Liz MacCarthy, Jean Paterson, Stephen Pedder, Kirra Thomas, James Toll, Miranda Walton, Chris Windass
Viola
Rachel Byrt, Aliye Cornish, Vanessa McNaught
Cello
Gabriel Amherst, Imogen Seth-Smith, Gavin Kibble
Double bass
Judith Evans, Tim Amherst
Oboe
Mark Baigent, Frances Norbury, Jane Downer
Bassoon
Noel Rainbird
Trumpet
Stephen Cutting, Robert Vanryne
Trombone
Catherine Motuz, Emily White, Adrian France
Harpsichord
Christopher Bucknall
Timpani
Felix Higginbottom
In performance
World-class period performance, at home in Oxford
Some photographs © Julian Guidera.
Management team
Benjamin Ashby - General Manager
Elizabeth Nurse - Education & Marketing Manager