The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage: The Deer’s Cry
The Sixteen singing music by Byrd and Tallis from Cantiones Sacrae. and by Arvo Pärt bring healing balm and a message of tolerance at the end of a troubled week.
Northern Consort begin with a farewell
The eight singers of Northern Consort make an accomplished debut singing Lenten music by Tallis and Parry at Ushaw College, adding a welcome new voice at the small end of the Durham choral world.
Renaissance: Lamenta
The rich spread of sixteenth century choral music in miniature, in a short concert given by five singers from Renaissance: Camilla Harris, Jessica Gillingwater, Hugo Hymas, David Le Prevost and Ben Rowarth.
Singing Spem
My overwhelming experience of singing Thomas Tallis’s Spem in Alium for the first time, in a workshop with Oxford’s Schola Cantorum, led by James Burton
How brightly shines the morning star – DUCC
Glittering stars of Christmas music performed by Durham University Chamber Choir.