The Marian Consort presents a visual and aural feast featuring some of the greatest painters and composers of the Renaissance.
This visual music project vividly reveals how Renaissance art is full of sound. Angels sing out from altarpieces, ancient gods and goddesses compete in musical contests, and music provides an essential backdrop to sensuous, amorous encounters. New music by Barbara Monk Feldman provides a contemporary meditation on the experience of viewing art.
Featuring music by:
Josquin des Prez, Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Brassart, John Dunstaple, Heinrich Isaac, Philippe Verdelot and a specially-commissioned work by Barbara Monk Feldman
Featuring art by:
Gentile da Fabriano, Luca della Robbia, Fra Angelico and Taddeo Crivelli
Creative Team
Sarah Anne Champion mezzo-soprano
Rory McCleery counter-tenor, music director
Will Wright, Ed Woodhouse tenor
Jon Stainsby bass
Kristiina Watt lute
Professor Tim Shephard academic lead
Seeing through Sound is supported by the University of Sheffield
The Marian Consort is actively seeking touring opportunities for this programme. If you’re interested in presenting Seeing through Sound, please contact us.