We’re unfortunately not presently able to convene to contribute anything to the nation’s collective loss, but we did record part of a Requiem for a different Queen of Great Britain, Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702-35) youtu.be/cALFMW9Afzw which certainly seems appropriate

Lovely to see our very own Tim Travers-Brown working hard at St George’s Chapel today! 🙂 ⭐️

For 11/11 #LestWeForget youtu.be/dSe2WPhKiRs

So come and hear some #ClaraMacirone #RaphaellaAleotti & much more in Bristol this Sunday at 6pm at what is always a highlight of the year for Harmonia Sacra

Well it’s 2 days until our Costanzi Consort concert w/- a celebration of Portuguese Christmas choral music through the ages with #VicenteLusitano #EstevaoMorago #JoseMauricioNunesGarcia #PedroDeCristo #JoaoRodriguesEsteves & #LeonoraDuarte w/-Cappella Fede strings & Hazel Brooks

Few rehearsal pics from yesterday.Can’t thank Costanzi Consort 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’

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

Seems a very appropriate day to post the Libera me from the Five Absolutions set to music by #SebastianoBolis youtu.be/sIpBBF7blgc

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.

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.

Thrilled that our new album of works by Vivanco has now been released - available on all major streaming platforms. open.spotify.com/album/703ZMWx4…

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 toccataclassics.com/product/cardin… amongst other things.

Two sopranos @kirstyjhopkins & Hannah Ely who have played vital in our projects have also performed with BBC Singers : with whom we stand in solidarity against the mindless cultural vandalism which has engulfed them this week. 💪❤️

It’s up to 848 views. Would be so fab to at least reach 1000. Do take a moment to share it if you feel able to youtu.be/-3ZX9k7A4Yk

Proud to contribute to the general support for ⁦BBC Singers⁩ with a quick message from our MD ⁦@leech_peter⁩

We’ve got some very exciting news for early 2024! Watch this space for further details in due course!

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!