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The Marian Consort (Vocal Ensemble)

Founded: 2007 - Oxford, England

The Marian Consort (= TMC) is a vocal ensemble that presents bold and thrilling performances across the UK, Europe, North America and Asia. Led by founder and director, Rory McCleery, the group is composed of the very best singers in a flexible, intimate ensemble, allowing clarity of texture and subtlety of interpretation that illuminates the music for performer and audience alike. TMC features regularly on BBC Radio 3, and has released fourteen recordings to critical acclaim, praised for ‘precision and pellucid textures’ (The Times).

The Marian Consort performs music from the 15th century to the present day, with a focus on bringing to light and championing lesser-known works by composers such as Vicente Lusitano, Raffaella Aleotti, and Jean Maillard. New music is of vital importance to TMC, and in recent years it has commissioned Dani Howard, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Ben Rowarth and Electra Perivolaris. TMC regularly collaborates with ensembles, including the Carducci Quartet, Berkeley Ensemble, and Illyria Consort.

The Marian Consort is a pioneer of projects which move beyond the confines of the traditional concert, most notably ‘Breaking the Rules’, a staged concert-drama based on the life and crimes of Carlo Gesualdo called ‘daring and vivid’ by The Guardian, and Lusitano Remixed, a surround installation made with Roderick Williams. Other highlights include a concert at the BBC Proms; performances in the Bascule Chamber inside London’s Tower Bridge; the premiere of a major new commission by David Fennessy at Brighton Festival; and a Wigmore Hall recital presented in partnership with BBC Radio 3. The Marian Consort is in residence with Music at Oxford across 2023 and 2024.

TMC's line-up is flexible according to the music they perform, and is typically five to twelve singers.
They also collaborate with instrumentalists, ensembles, actors, poets, sound artists, composers and others.

“Singing one person to a part, The Marian Consort give sublimely refined, spacious and impeccably tuned performances.” - The Sunday Times

Members of The Marian Consort:

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Basses

Rachel Ambrose Evans
Charlotte Ashley
Lucinda Cox
Hilary Cronin
Caroline Halls
Catriona Holsgrove
Alexandra Kidgell
Gwendolen Martin
Cecilia Osmond
Elspeth Piggott
Angharad Rowlands
Dorota Szczepańska
Emma Walshe

Sarah Anne Champion
Helen Charlston
Daniel Collins
Hannah Cooke
Jessica Gillingwater
Rebekah Jones
Gwendolen Martin
Rory McCleery
Elizabeth Nurse
Rosie Parker

Guy Cutting
Benjamin Durrant
Oscar Golden-Lee
Thomas Kelly
William Knight
Chris Lombard
Edward Ross
Edward Woodhouse
Will Wright

Nicholas Ashby
Christopher Borrett
Michael Craddock
David Le Prevost
Stuart O'Hara
Benjamin Rowarth
Edmund Saddington
Jonathan Stainsby
Lawrence White
Simon Whiteley
Christopher Webb

Peter McCarthy (Violone)
Jan Waterfield (Chamber organ)



Sources:
The Marian Consort Website & Facebook profile
Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (April 2023)

Rory McCleery: Short Biography | Ensembles: The Marian Consort
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Vocal Works

Links to other Sites

The Marian Consort (Official Website)
The Marian Consort on Facebook
Marian Consort - Biography (AMG)
The Marian Consort (Linn Records)
Marian Consort - Rory McCleery (Delphian Records)


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