The Marian Consort

‘Renaissance – echoes of the past in the music of the present’

Internationally renowned vocal ensemble, the Marian Consort, performs works by contemporary British composers influenced by the music of the Renaissance: from the austere beauty of Lennox Berkeley’s Mass for 5 voices, written for the choir of Westminster Cathedral, to Gabriel Jackson’s alternatim Magnificat setting for Truro Cathedral, these are pieces conceived as part of the liturgy of today, but capturing the essence of the past. The programme also includes the second performance of Emily Levy’s In Paradisum, written for The Marian Consort, SATB choir and children’s chorus, which sets portions of the Latin Requiem rite juxtaposed with poetry by Andre Dubus on the themes of loss, hope and consolation.