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The Taverner Consort at 50

The Taverner Consort and Players emerged in 1973 and has since become a world leader in the period performance of Baroque and Classical music. Hannah French talks to its founder Andrew Parrott about the group's extraordinary five decades of success and discovery.

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35 minutes

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Sun 27 Aug 2023 12:00

Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Dixit Dominus II (1640)

    Ensemble: The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • EMI.
  • John Taverner

    Audivi vocem de coelo

    Director: Andrew Parrott. Choir: Taverner Choir.
    • AVIE.
  • Robert Carver

    O bone Jesu

    Director: Andrew Parrott. Choir: Taverner Choir.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Giulio Caccini

    Io, che dal ciel cader; Sinfonia (Florentine Intermedi, 1589)

    Composer: Cristofano Malvezzi. Singer: Emily Van Evera. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • ERATO.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Possente spirto (L'Orfeo)

    Singer: Charles Daniels. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • AVIE.
  • Antonio Lotti

    Crucifixus for 10 voices

    Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • ERATO.
  • Henry Purcell

    Man that is born of a woman (Funeral sentences)

    Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • ERATO.
  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas (end of Act 1)

    Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • AVIE.
  • Henry Purcell

    'Tis nature's voice (Hail, bright Cecilia)

    Singer: Rogers Covey‐Crump. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • ERATO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 29 (Sinfonia)

    Performer: John Toll. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • ERATO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor (Crucifixus - Et resurrexit)

    Singer: Emily Van Evera. Singer: Christian Immler. Singer: Rogers Covey‐Crump. Singer: David Thomas. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • ERATO.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Israel in Egypt (Sing ye to the Lord)

    Choir: Taverner Choir. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • ERATO.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 9_鶹ƵAV National Orchestra of Wales

    Orchestra: 鶹ƵAV National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.

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  • Sun 27 Aug 2023 12:00

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