Calling ALL composers, musicians, and enthusiasts! Complete this cadence for choir as you see fit. The twelve winning submissions will be recorded professionally and featured as part of the 12 Days of Christmas online series, featuring The Gesualdo Six, Echo Vocal Ensemble and The Swan Consort, in partnership with Ryedale Festival. The Challenge: Set the word… Continue reading
Our first tour of the United States took place in fall 2021. Each member of the touring party contributed a blog post – we hope you enjoy reading! 1. Iowa – Josh 2. Austin, Texas – Mike 3. Dallas, Texas – Joseph 4. California – Guy 5. New York &… Continue reading
“as a single-disc introduction to the motet of Josquin’s time, this is hard to beat”
Gramophone, November 2021
We are delighted that our latest recording, Josquin’s Legacy, has received a wonderful review in Gramophone. Writing in the November 2021 issue, Fabrice Fitch describes the recording as “an inventive piece of programming” and that he’d “recommend the disc unreservedly”.
You can read the full review on Gramophone’s website here.
We are looking forward to our first concert as part of a new annual festival of Polish sacred music: Joy & Devotion. The festival is taking place at St Martin-in-the-Fields from 2-5 November 2021 under the artistic direction of Paweł Łukaszewski. We will be giving the opening concert, interspersing a… Continue reading
We were delighted to make our first trip to the United States in November 2021, where we gave concerts and workshops in Iowa, Texas, California, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Our full tour schedule can be found below, along with our commitment to tour as sustainably as possible. We can’t wait to… Continue reading
We are delighted to present a collaborative programme with the wonderful trumpeter, Matilda Lloyd. Here you can find information about our project, called Radiant Dawn. Performance We have performed this programme at St Martin-in-the-Fields and St John’s Smith Square in London, as well as around the UK and in Sweden…. Continue reading
We are so excited be sharing two works by American composer, Andrew Maxfield for the first time. We filmed our audio recording sessions to present as ‘backstage’ videos – we hope you enjoy the music! Invitation to Love Composer’s note Paul Laurence Dunbar’s lovely poem wins on at least two… Continue reading
For our first Summer Sessions series, we present sacred and secular music of the English Renaissance in a selection of beautiful ancient churches, riven into the rolling hills of the Herefordshire borders. Join us throughout August 2021 for devotional sacred settings in old English vernacular, bawdy drinking songs of Henry… Continue reading
Our incomparable baritone Mike turns 30 today. To mark the occasion, we have collected some of our favourite memories to share with you. Early years Where we eating? A few more from the archives Continue reading
We are sad to announce that Andrew will be leaving the group this summer. Since arriving from the USA in 2019, he has been a fantastic colleague and we will miss not only his wonderful musicality, but also his sharp-witted one-liners, which always managed to light up rehearsals! “I have… Continue reading
