Mark Levy director Joanna Levine, Emilia Benjamin, Reiko Ichise, Alison McGillivray, Markus Tapio Susane Heinrich viol Elizabeth Kenny lute Gary Cooper harpischord/organ

‘Mark Levy’s superb viol consort has the intensity, joyfulness and relaxation of a virtuoso quartet’ Tom Sutcliffe, London Evening Standard ‘. . . quite simply the most sweetly tuned viol consort I have ever heard.’ Richard Morrison, The Times Concordia plays the magical English music of the golden age and a wide range of Renaissance and Baroque repertoire from Italy, Spain, Germany and France, often working with guest artists on other instruments and, above all, the human voice, regular collaborators being Robin Blaze and Michael Chance (countertenor) and the King’s Singers. Perhaps because of the breadth and appeal of its stimulating programming (which also includes new commissions, contemporary dance and poetry), Concordia is now one of the most active British chamber music groups, touring in 2005-06 in Belgium, Germany and Spain. Many of Concordia’s concerts abroad are supported by the British Council while five tours of the UK have been made possible by awards from the Arts Council. Concordia’s CD of the music of Orlando Gibbons, Go from my Window won the coveted Diapason d’Or.

Sample Programme:

Remembering Dowland: Dowland’s haunting Lachrimae alongside a newly-commissioned set of pieces by Gavin Bryars, John Taverner, Tawy Davies, etc.

Education:

Concordia offers workshops ranging from an introduction to the viol to special projects such as Arts of Fugue: putting Bach’s music in surprising new contexts. Members of the group teach at the RAM and RSAMD as well as the Dartington International Summer School and courses throughout Europe.

Recordings:

William Byrd: Consort Songs (Hyperion); William Lawes: Knock’d on the Head - Music for viols (Metronome); Orlando Gibbons: Go from my Window - Consort Music Vol 2 (Metronome); Orlando Gibbons: Royal Fantasies Consort Music vol. 1 (Metronome); Thomas Campion (Linn Records); Music for the Mona Lisa (Metronome); Titian: Venice and the Music of Love (Metronome); William Byrd: Treason and Dischord (Signum); Amorous in Music, William Cavendish in Antwerp (Klara)

Performances:

21 Jun 07 Potsdam Early Music Festival
9 Sep 07 Pontoise Early Music Festival
15 Jul 08 Wigmore Hall, London

Contact:

Mark Levy, 38 Harvey Road,
London N8 9PA

Tel: 07947 762992

Email: marklevy@violconsort.com
Website: www.violconsort.com