A cappella choir directed by Deborah Roberts

Brighton Consort is a Brighton based amateur/student choir specialising in sacred music from the 16th and 17th centuries. Under the directorship of ex Tallis Scholar member Deborah Roberts the group has explored a wide range of rarely performed masterpieces by composers such as Senfl, Isaac, White and Shepherd as well as timeless masterpieces by Josquin, Palestrina, Victoria, Tallis, and Byrd. The choir has even been augmented to allow performances of Tallis’s 40 part Spem in Alium. Regular workshops, open to all, allow singers to work on specialist repertoire directed by some of the country’s leading experts such as Sally Dunkley, Andrew Carwood, and Robert Hollingworth.

While promoting three or four programmes per year in the Sussex area, Brighton Consort is now also undertaking engagements for outside promoters. This year they will perform in the Arundel festival, as well as their regular slot in the Brighton Early Music Festival in which many members are active volunteers.

Programme:

Complexity and Clarity: Music from early 16th century Catholic England contrasted with that of the greatest European contemporary Josquin des Pres. Featuring mass movements from Josquin’s Pange Lingua mass, alongside other movements from Ludford’s missa Benedicta, the programme reveals luminous clarity within a rich and glorious texture.

Education:

A regular workshop series for amateur singers directed by leading experts.

Recordings:

Music for Maximillian
Music by Isaac, Senfl and Josquin
With the Pastores Ensemble and Andrew van der Beek (sackbutt)

Performances:

17 Mar 07 St George’s Church, Brighton
28 Apr 07 St Mary the Virgin, Brighton
2 Sep 07 Arundel Festival

Contact:

Deborah Roberts, Flat 4, 32 Adelaide Crescent, Hove BN3 2JH

Tel/Fax: 01273 823788

Email: deborah@musica-secreta.com Website: www.brightonconsort.org.uk