The Tudor Consort: Choir Profile

For 20 years The Tudor Consort has been
at the forefront of early choral performance
in New Zealand.

The Tudor Consort sets the standard for early choral music: an innovative approach to repertoire selection and interpretation, accuracy of presentation through historical reconstruction, and an emphasis on choral excellence through superb balance, blend and vocal technique.

Formed in February 1986 with the intention of performing lesser known music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, with particular emphasis on English music of the 16th and early 17th centuries, the group’s directors have included founder Simon Ravens and leading New Zealand musicians Professor Peter Walls, Ivan Patterson and Alastair Carey; the group’s current director is Michael Stewart.

The Tudor Consort is a member of the New Zealand Choral Federation.

Complete group biography (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 76 Kb)
Venue hireage basic information/overview sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 54 Kb)

Plaudits for The Tudor Consort:

“ The singing of this exquisite chamber choir … shifted one’s aural world at once … The Tudor Consort continues to attract singers of intelligence, stylistic discrimination and vocal skill” — The Dominion Post on Convertere ad Dominum — Victoria’s Lamentations, Good Friday 6 April 2007
“Glorious … a beautifully unified group … tonally even … superbly sonorous … I must say, I was deeply impressed” — The Dominion Post on Vaughan-Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
“[Tallis] came alive in the hands of this splendid choir … the concert demonstrated the choir’s strength, balance and finesse and confirmed the greatness of Tallis” — The Dominion Post on Tallis The Dorian Service
“Overwhelming in its impact … the glorious singing of The Tudor Consort, surely one of New Zealand’s musical wonders, crowned this recreation of a Renaissance masterpiece” — The Dominion on The Tudor Consort’s first presentation of Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli in 1987
“… Wellington, in the last decade, has become the city of choirs. Amongst the handful at the top, The Tudor Consort … now holds place of honour … the whole performance was of immaculate conception” — Music in New Zealand on Victoria Requiem
“… authoritative … timeless … exceptional choral singing” — The Evening Post on Bach Motets and Purcell Funeral Sentences
“I can think of no higher compliment to pay than to say that the concentrated, distilled impact of this madrigal cycle … would have stunned audiences anywhere in the world” — The Dominion on Lassus Le Lagrime di San Pietro

The Tudor Consort under Michael Stewart, February 2007

The Tudor Consort under Michael Stewart, February 2007

Contact The Tudor Consort:

Email feedback@tudor-consort.org.nz
Post to The Tudor Consort, PO Box 12 516, Wellington 6144, New Zealand
Audition for the choir

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