Consortium5 - As Our Sweet Cords and Discords Mixed Be

7.30pm
Tickets £12 / £1 discount for Dartington members / U18s £5

The five award-winning members of Consortium5 are celebrating 10 years together with the launch of their second album, featuring some of their favourite repertoire from the heyday of English consort music, the English Renaissance. At this time, the Fantasia and In Nomine became significant compositional forms, reflecting a new interest in instrumental writing. Their concert includes works by Dowland, Coperano, Byrd and Gibbons, played on an array of different sized recorders.

Consortium5 is a unique and ground-breaking ensemble, performing a wide variety of music on a breathtaking array of instruments. Winners of numerous awards and residencies, Consortium5 have performed critically acclaimed concerts in many inspiring venues and Festivals, including the Newbury Spring Festival, the Spitalfields Festival, The Purcell Room, Kings Place, the Leeds International Concert Series, Windsor Castle, the York Spring Festival, The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, Bury St Edmunds Festival and The Newcastle Festival of Early Music. Notable milestones for Consortium5 include a Fellowship at Trinity College of Music, Park Lane Young Artists 2009 and a debut album on the Nonclassical Label in 2011. Consortium5 were resident on the Live Music Now scheme for several years, performing numerous concerts in community settings, particularly hospitals and special schools. They have maintained a special relationship with educational performance, including family concerts and school concerts, where they have performed to over 7000 children in London.

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