Dunedin Consort

Hailed by the critics as "a group that has done so much to transform the vocal life of Scotland", the Dunedin Consort is a dynamic vocal ensemble that has rapidly established itself at the forefront of professional singing in Britain. Founded by Ben Parry, conductor, singer and arranger, and Susan Hamilton, a native of Edinburgh and soloist with many professional ensembles, its aim is to provide not only the Scottish community with a vocal group of outstanding quality, but also Scotland with an international touring group capable of world-class performances.

The group is based in Edinburgh and draws professional singers from all over the UK. With a wide variety of musical repertoire, the group can number anything from three to sixteen singers whose collective experience covers Early music, avant-garde, oratorio, opera, jazz, jingles and West End musicals to name but a few. Since 1996 the group has performed concerts in the UK and abroad to critical acclaim, as well as participating in choral workshops and educational activities. They have performed at the Festivals in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Caithness, Italy and France, as well as engagements with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Paragon Ensemble Scotland, Florilegium and La Serenissima, and at music clubs around Britain. They have featured frequently on BBC Radio 3 and various arts programmes on BBC Scotland, and appeared at the 1998 Edinburgh International Festival in two concerts live on BBC Radio 3.

Discography

In Chains of Gold - Byrd, Tallis

Byrd Prelude In C O Nada Lux - Tallis Laetentur Coeli - Byrd Salvator Mundi - Tallis Organ Hymn - Tallis Mass 5 - Byrd Kyrie - Byrd Gloria - Byrd Plainsong - Byrd Credo - Byrd Sursome Corda - Byrd Sanctus - Byrd Benedictus - Byrd Pax Dominus - Byrd Agnes Dei - Byrd Organ Hymn - Byrd Gaudemus Omnes - Byrd O Scrum Convivium - Tallis Justorum Animae - Byrd

Critically acclaimed, this is a recording of William Byrd's Mass for Five Voices, five part motets by Byrd and Thomas Tallis. All the works on this disk are gems of Late Renaissance composition and are beautifully recorded and sung by this young Scottish group who have become one of Scotland's Scotland's leading performers of Early Music.

In The Beginning

In the Beginning Reincarnations op.16 i. Mary Hynes ii. Anthony O Daly iii. The Coolin To Be Sung On the Water op.42, no.2 Heaven-Haven: A Nun Takes the Veil op.13, no.2 Let Down the Bars, O Death op.8, no.2 The Virgin Martyrs op.8, no.2 op.8, no.1 Agnus Dei op.11 Four Motets Help Us, O Lord Thou O Jehovah, Abideth Forever Have Mercy On Us, O My Lord Sing Ye Praises To Our King

Scotland's world-class consort sings a program of American contemporaries, Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland. Barber's comfortable use of the traditional and Copland's drive to create an original American music meet in the fact that each composer used word settings of poetry and literature as the basis from which to express their instinctive feel for the human voice. Copland's "In the Beginning" and "Four Motets for a cappella" create a natural audio bracketing of Barbers' "Reincarnations," "The Virgin Martyrs," and the 1936 setting of Emily Dickinson's "Let Down the Bars, O Death." The singing is incomparable!

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