Artist description The Tudor Consort sets the standard for early choral music: an innovative approach to repertoire selection and interpretation, accuracy of presentation through historical reconstruction, and an emphasis on choral excellence through superb balance, blend and vocal technique. Formed in February 1986 with the intention of performing lesser known music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, with particular emphasis on English music of the 16th and early 17th centuries, the group's directors have included founder Simon Ravens and leading New Zealand musicians Peter Walls and Ivan Patterson; the group's current director is cantor Alastair Carey.

Music Style Renaissance and early baroque polyphony of the English, Italian, French and Spanish schools

Similar Artists The Tallis Scholars

Group Members Director: Alastair Carey

Instruments Voice

Press Reviews "Overwhelming in its impact ... the glorious singing of The Tudor Consort, surely one of New Zealand's musical wonders, crowned this recreation of a Renaissance masterpiece" - The Dominion on The Tudor Consort's first presentation of Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli in 1987; "... Wellington, in the last decade, has become the city of choirs. Amongst the handful at the top, the Tudor Consort ... now holds place of honour ... the whole performance was of immaculate conception" - Music in New Zealand on Victoria Requiem; "... authoritative ... timeless ... exceptional choral singing" - The Evening Post on Bach Motets and Purcell Funeral Sentences; "I can think of no higher compliment to pay than to say that the concentrated, distilled impact of this madgrial cycle ... would have stunned audiences anywhere in the world" - The Dominion on Lassus Le Lagrime di San Pietro

Location Wellington, Wellington - New Zealand

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