The Orlando Consort have introduced that they are going to be retiring in a single yr’s time. The Medieval and early Renaissance vocal quartet, whose core repertoire stretches 500 years from the earliest polyphony to the music of Josquin Desprez, can have been collectively 35 years after they give their remaining live performance collectively in June 2023.
On their coming retirement, the 4 present members of the quartet – Matthew Venner, Mark Dobell, Angus Smith and Donald Greig – say: ‘There’s a listing of individuals to whom we, as a gaggle (and that features the 2 different unique members, Robert and Charles), owe an enormous debt of thanks…The music we’ve got been privileged to sing has regularly been a revelation to us for its sophistication, complexity, humour and extraordinary magnificence, and regardless of its age it stays a dwelling testomony to the talent and creativeness of composers within the Center Ages and Renaissance. The Consort has developed its personal particular person interpretation of this astonishing repertoire, however we’ve got additionally aimed to harness the identical inventive spirit of our forebears by our collaborations and tasks with musicians from up to date, world and jazz music who’ve the identical urge as us to seek out commonality moderately than variations. It has all been a pleasure!’
Photograph: Eric Richmond
