Upcoming performances
Britten Sinfonia and The Marian Consort | Barbican Centre
Aristocrat, murderer and composer of extraordinary music hundreds of years ahead of its time – join for an exploration of the 16th-century Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, Carlo Gesualdo.
An Adriatic Voyage | Regensburg
A programme of vocal and instrumental music from Venice and the Dalmatian Coast.
The Language of Flowers | Dunster Festival
An exploration of flowers and gardens by Spanish composers of the late Renaissance with Benjamin Britten’s five playful Flower Songs.
Vicente Lusitano: The Forgotten Portuguese Motets | Ravenna Festival
Music by Vicente Lusitano, the first published composer of African descent, and his contemporaries.
Mystic Ritual with Daniel Pioro | Aldeburgh Festival
Created especially for Blythburgh Church at dusk, this flow of music spans millennia and links two of the earliest female composers with classics of the choral repertoire.
Face to Face | Aldeburgh Festival
Part performance, part installation, Face to Face contemplates bodies, desire and intimacy. Renaissance madrigals and new music by Joanna Ward forms the core of a rich and emotionally-charged musical encounter.
The Language of Flowers | Cheltenham Music Festival
An exploration of flowers and gardens by Spanish composers of the late Renaissance with Benjamin Britten’s five playful Flower Songs.
Vicente Lusitano: The Forgotten Portuguese Motets | Stuttgart
Music by Vicente Lusitano, the first published composer of African descent, and his contemporaries.
Triple Concert | Ryedale Festival
As part of Ryedale Festival’s famed triple concert, we present present a programme featuring early English composers and comtemporary works.
In Sorrow’s Footsteps | Ryedale Festival
Featuring music by Allegri, MacMillan and Palestrina in the stunning acoustics of Selby Abbey.
An Auld Alliance | Kings Place
The Marian Consort presents a programme of sumptuous Renaissance polyphony from some of Scotland’s few surviving sixteenth-century manuscripts.