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O Mors Inevitabilis - Postponement

Dear Tudor Consort Supporter

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions, we have made the decision to postpone our upcoming concert O Mors Inevitabilis, part of The Tudor Consort’s 2021 Performance Series. This concert was scheduled for Saturday 18 September at 7.30pm.

We are postponing this concert to Saturday 6 November 2021 at 7.30pm.

This postponement is due to the impact of the recent Level 4 lockdown on our ability to rehearse, and the likelihood that we may not be at Alert Levels 1 or 2 as a region by Saturday 18 September.

We know that many of you were looking forward to enjoying this concert commemorating the 500th anniversary of the deaths of Renaissance composers Josquin de Prez and William Fayrfax, as was every one of our performers. We care deeply about bringing you concerts of the highest quality, and the recent lockdown has meant we’ve not been able to rehearse together. We also care about the safety of our audience, so we have decided to postpone this concert.

If you have tickets, they remain valid for the new O Mors Inevitabilis concert date of Saturday 6 November 2021. You will see more updates about this concert as we move closer to the date, including emails and updates across our social media channels to keep you informed.

We look forward to presenting this programme of sublime, small ensemble choral music soon. We have no doubt that time will fly, and soon we will all be enjoying this wonderful music together.

In the meantime, do take care of yourselves!

Stay safe and best regards,

Michael Stewart (Music Director, The Tudor Consort)

Saturday 4 September, 2021

The Tudor Consort in 2021

Kia ora koutou katoa! We are back and rehearsing for our first concert of 2021 - Music for Holy Week - which will take place on Good Friday April 2.

Due to the uncertainty of these Covid times, we are NOT offering a Subscription for our concerts this year, but each will be a stand-alone concert. This allows us to avoid a situation where we are unable to honour cancelled concerts due to lockdowns, as happened last year.

We do however have an interesting year of music planned: after our Good Friday performance, we will tackle works by John Tavener, Arvo Pärt, Sergei Rachmaninov and Georgy Sviridov in a programme named ICONIC, scheduled for Saturday June 26. 2021 marks the 500th anniversary of the deaths of Josquin Desprez and Robert Fayrfax, and we will present a programme of music from these two illustrious composers on Saturday August 14.

We have two more concerts planned for later in the year too, so stay tuned!

Friday 2 April, 2021

The Tudor Consort returns for 2020

Hello to our wonderful supporters!

Though we have unfortunately had to cancel the 2020 Subscription Series due to Covid-19, we are very happy to announce that we have emerged from lockdown and will perform two concerts over the coming months!

Our first concert, INVOCATIONS, explores music that was written in the midst of plague, reminding us that pandemics have been negotiated by humankind for centuries. This will take place on Saturday 29 August at 7pm at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul - see here for details on Facebook. Note that this concert will NOT feature a pre-concert talk, but Michael Stewart will introduce the pieces during the concert.

The second concert is one that we have taken from the 2020 Subscription Series that is really pertinent to this year - the FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD celebrates the 500th anniversary of the famous summit meeting between Henry VIII and Francois I of France, and features music by the prominent composers of France and England at that time including Robert Fayrfax, Jean Mouton, and Henry VIII himself. Again this concert will be at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul on Saturday November 7 at 7.30pm (pre-concert talk at 7pm).

And we round out the year with MESSIAH with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - see here for more details.

Hope to see you at our upcoming concerts!

Wednesday 22 July, 2020

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