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These recordings were made possible by generous support from the Weston Culture Fund and the Arts Council / DCMS Culture Recovery Fund Streaming VICTORIA REQUIEM on Demand

The final work by Tomas Luis de Victoria, and his greatest and final polyphonic work, his requiem or ‘Officium Defunctoum’ is an intensely expressive masterpiece. The mass in six parts was written in 1605 for the funeral of the daughter of Spanish Emperor Charles V and represents the pinnacle BRAND NEW of both Victoria’s art and Spanish Renaissance polyphony. Possibly the STREAMING ON DEMAND most human of all musical settings of the Requiem Mass, the emotional RELEASE DATE: 08 MARCH 21 | £7.50 While we’re waiting in the wings to return to the hall, gravitas of the text is communicated www.armonico.org.uk/ondemand Armonico Consort is bringing the music to you and crucially, with profound sensitivity. keeping our musicians in work.

Streaming We are launching a brand new series of performances which will be available to on Demand stream on demand for you to enjoy from your own living room. The concerts NAKED BYRD I & II have been beautifully filmed and feature some of the ’s favourite early music Armonico Consort presents an repertoire, starting on Monday 8 March with the glorious Renaissance masterpiece atmospheric performance of the music Victoria’s Requiem and our hugely successful Naked Byrd I programme. of composers whose art saw their

emotions laid bare, as described by Future films in the series will include music from the choir’s Naked Byrd II recording, Artistic Director, Christopher Monks: which was awarded 5 stars by The Independent, with such gems as Allegri’s Misere, “all great art emerges from difficulty chants by Hildegard of Bingen and Barber’s ethereal Agnus Dei, and the Consort will or a challenge, and these works are be joined by our finest period instrumentalists for a special Easter Day performance a testament to the genius of the of J. S. Bach’s Easter Cantata BWV 4. composers who created them.” Alongside the new films will be a library of previously released concerts made over Hear the world’s finest choral music, the last year, including Byrd’s 4-part Mass and Purcell’s incredible – Dido & interwoven with the timeless magical Aeneas with our finest singers in the key roles. Naked Byrd I chants of Hildegard of Bingen, in a RELEASE DATE: 08 MARCH 21 | £7.50 programme which captured the hearts www.armonico.org.uk/ondemand of our audiences and became our most TICKETS successful touring programme since Naked Byrd II the first performances in 2009. The RELEASE DATE: 22 MARCH 21 | £7.50 Concerts will be available to watch for 30 days for just £7.50 each or enjoy recording has been played hundreds www.armonico.org.uk/ondemand all six for the discounted price of £39.50 of times by BBC Radio 3 and Classic This performance has been generously Tickets couldn’t be easier to purchase and will be available via our website FM as well as on radio stations around supported by Hilary Eldridge, member of www.armonico.org.uk/ondemand. Following your purchase you will be sent a link to the the world and has received five star our Conductor’s Circle, in memory of her concert by email which will be available to watch from the performance release date. reviews in the national press. husband Jack Eldridge. Streaming EASTER CANTATA on Demand

J.S. Bach | Easter Cantata BWV 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden Singers simply adore Bach’s Easter masterpiece. As with the Mass in B Minor, it is Bach at his most human, supercharged with emotional intensity and complete respect for the liturgical setting. From virtuosic passages to moments of exquisite melodic and RELEASE DATE: 03 APRIL 21 | £7.50 harmonic beauty it is without doubt one www.armonico.org.uk/ondemand of the most uplifting of Bach’s Cantatas.

LIVE PERFORMANCES 2021 marks the milestone 20th anniversary of Armonico Consort and we can’t wait to return to concert halls to celebrate with you properly. Here is a taste of the exciting programme we have planned.

MAY JUL 20th Anniversary Concert: St Matthew Passion 01 Monteverdi Vespers Biber 53 part Mass, with Ian Bostridge Malvern Theatres Striggio 60 part Mass TBC  Arts Centre 03 Oz & Armonico & Tallis Spem In Alium Malvern Theatres Drink Again Lighthouse, Poole Botley Festival SEP The Anvil, Basingstoke 09 Victoria Requiem 25 Collegiate Church Newbury Festival Saxon Sanctuary, of St Mary, Warwick 29 Love Handels Wootton Wawen TBC Malvern Theatres English Music Festival TBC Oz & Armonico TBC Octagon Theatre, Drink to Music: Yeovil JUN Gin & Phonic TBC Roman River Festival 09 Carmina Burana The Courthouse, The Royal Albert Hall, Warwick OCT TBC Beowulf 9 Lighthouse, Poole 26 Monteverdi Vespers Llandielo Fawr 16 Canterbury Cathedral Cathedral Festival of Music TBC St John’s Smith 30 Beowulf Square, London The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil

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