Ensemble for 17th & 18thC music founded by @leech_peter Concerts & recordings derived from ground-breaking research.'Consort singing 2nd to none' - @BBCRadio3
These photos contain the fruits of such a lot of pioneering hard work by @leech_peter. For a choir to travel halfway across the world with our anthology Vol 1 to bring to the first *ever* choral concert at the Uni such diverse music, is groundbreaking left, right and centre!
Two sopranos @kirstyjhopkins & @Hannah_Ely who have played vital in our projects have also performed with @BBCSingers : with whom we stand in solidarity against the mindless cultural vandalism which has engulfed them this week. 💪❤️
Gigs gone forever due to pandemic, freelance future looking grim, but we’re still hugely proud of what we’ve achieved. There’s a lovely alternative Miserere for Lent on here https://t.co/nHd91FYgHs amongst other things.
Impossible to overstate the power & prestige of the Paris #Jesuit Collège Louis-le-Grand during the late C17 in particular. Imagine a whole library with books bound in the manner of this superb example from 1688.
Byrd’s good friend Henry Garnet translated many continental works for English Catholic devotion.A little treasure amongst my recusant collection is Margaret Darke’s copy of Garnet’s Breife Meditations.This year is a great time to start tweeting about #BooksFromTheTimeOfByrd
‘No account of the English recusant community, or of #WillliamByrd’s artistic contribution to it, is complete without discussing the widespread impact of the #Jesuits on both its spiritual and social structures’- Professor Kerry McCarthy in her superb book on Byrd’s Gradualia.
And I’m almost certain that of a lot of what we did would have been SW England first modern performances especially the beautiful Vespers for Our Lady by #JoseMauricioNunesGarcia
Few rehearsal pics from yesterday.Can’t thank @costanziconsort enough (& @cappella_fede strings) 4 bringing beautifully sung diverse programmes to North Somerset audiences.May not be recognised elsewhere,but I’m proud of the work we do,changing perceptions & expanding the ‘canon’
Do take a moment to hear it. Certainly the choirs that have sung it have expressed their enjoyment of it. Too late for programmes for this year but maybe give it a thought for the future?