The Tudor Consort on Radio New Zealand Concert
Here's another chance to celebrate Christmas with The Tudor Consort! Radio New Zealand Concert will be broadcasting The Tudor Consort's 2010 performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio at noon (12 pm) on Christmas Day.
This performance features the Vector Wellington Orchestra and soloists Anna Leese (soprano), Kate Spence (alto), David Hamilton (tenor), and Jared Holt (bass).
Wednesday 14 December, 2011
Presenting the 2012 Subscription Series
We enter our 26th year with four fabulous concerts: from the austerity and controlled pathos of Schütz's St Matthew Passion to the unbridled energy of Latin America with the Missa Mexicana, make sure you get your subscription!
Tuesday 13 December, 2011
Review - A Britten Christmas
A wonderful review from Peter Mechen on Radio New Zealand Concert!
http://www.radionz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat
Tuesday 13 December, 2011
A Britten Christmas - special deal!
The Tudor Consort's final performance on Saturday 10 December features as part of a mini-festival dedicated to the music of Britten. For a special price of $40 ($35 concessions) you can take in The Tudor Consort's performance of A Boy Was Born and A Ceremony of Carols as well as Nota Bene’s performance of Saint Nicolas on Sunday 11 December. Both concerts will be held at Sacred Heart Cathedral.
To take advantage of this special offer, you can buy tickets online or at the door.
Friday 2 December, 2011
Programme for Renassiance Influences IV
Two world premieres by leading New Zealand composers Ross Harris and Jack Body feature in our upcoming concert – Renaissance Influences IV – Made in New Zealand.
The well-known Thomas Tallis motet If ye love me is recontextualised by Harris in his work, Vobiscum in aeternum, while Body’s Hebrew setting of Psalm 137 takes the otherworldly strains of Orthodox Russian chant as its starting point.
The remainder of the home-grown programme includes works by Dame Gillian Whitehead, David Farquhar, Douglas Mews and Tudor Consort choir member Anna Griffiths. The performance is part of the REAL New Zealand Festival 2011.
The full programme is as follows:
Missa Brevis: Kyrie Gillian Whitehead
Winter wakeneth all my care David Farquhar
Missa Brevis: Gloria Whitehead
Vobiscum in aeternum Ross Harris
The Love Song of Rangipouri Douglas Mews (Ken Ryan, Baritone)
Missa Brevis: Sanctus and Benedictus Whitehead
Canary Wine John Ritchie
- Queene and huntress
- Make room for the bouncing belly
Naseby Anna Griffiths
Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei Whitehead
Strochny: Bogospod’i yavisya 17th C Russian Orthodox chant
Psalm 137 Jack Body
Wednesday 5 October, 2011
Made in New Zealand teaser
Check out the teaser video we made for the upcoming Renaissance Influences – Made in New Zealand concert, featuring an excerpt from our last rehearsal of Ross Harris’s commissioned work Vobiscum in aeternum.
Wednesday 5 October, 2011
Ross Harris and Jack Body Interviews
Music Director Michael Stewart interviews composers Ross Harris and Jack Body on their newly commissioned choral works Vobiscum in Aeternum and Psalm 137. The Tudor Consort will premiere these works as part of their upcoming concert Renaissance Influences IV - Made in New Zealand, a programme of New Zealand choral music that will take place at St Mary of the Angels Church on Saturday 8 October as part of the REAL New Zealand Festival 2011.
Tuesday 20 September, 2011
Update on Renaissance Influences IV - Made in New Zealand
“Once more, this superb, world-class choir which is far more than simply
an ‘early music’ ensemble, delivered performances of warmth, precision,
wide-ranging expressiveness, beauty and impressive ensemble.”
Renaissance Influences IV – Made in New Zealand explores the interplay of ancient and modern with New Zealand’s own composers. Join renowned chamber choir The Tudor Consort for a feast of New Zealand choral music, including two world premieres by Ross Harris and Jack Body. This concert is featured as part of the REAL New Zealand Festival 2011.
Saturday 8 October, 3pm
St Mary of the Angels
Boulcott Street
Wellington
Adults $25 / Concessions $20 / School children free
Door sales and online bookings at http://tudor-consort.org.nz/order
Saturday 17 September, 2011
