Gaude Mater Polonia – Polish Music for the Virgin Mary

Hail, Mary! A Górecki premiere and a newly-commissioned mass are at the heart of The Gesualdo Six’s exploration of Polish music’s very special relationship with the Mother of God. For many Polish Catholics, the Virgin Mary is revered as the eternal Queen…

Soul music from the heart of a vanished Russia, as Nigel Short and Tenebrae perform Rachmaninoff’s Vespers.  Passionate, serene, and rooted in a deep and heartfelt faith, Sergei Rachmaninoff said that he loved his Vespers above all his other works. Written as…

Ralph Allwood’s Rodolfus Choir unlocks a treasure-house of Polish sacred music in this ravishing final concert of the 2022 Joy and Devotion festival. Drawn from Britain’s very finest young choral singers, The Rodolfus Choir is a choir with a striking difference; an…

Music of hope in an age of oppression: Polyphony showcases the impassioned, little-known music that Polish composers wrote in tribute to Pope John Paul II. In October 1978 Karel Wojtyłla was elected to the Papacy as John Paul II: the first ever…

Britain was once insulted with the rather unflattering nickname of ‘das Land ohne Musik’, or ‘the country without music’ by 19th century Germany. But with a home-grown musical tradition of its own and a distinctive set of British composers emerging in the…

Maurice Duruflé’s beautiful Requiem – one of the best-loved of 20th century choral masterpieces – performed live by the BBC Singers under conductor Lionel Sow. Imagine a music that seems to exist outside of time. Deep tranquillity and profound emotion fuse to…

An unforgettable 21st-century classic: an evocative choral and spiritual journey inspired by the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela. The road to Santiago del Compostela is one of the world’s great pilgrimage routes; it’s also a journey through time and the spirit,…

Baritone Benjamin Appl joins writer and Holocaust survivor Éva Fahidi for a musical journey reflecting on life, loss and hope in words and song. “Suddenly, I realized that I was completely alone, and had no one else in this world…”. A moving…

Award-winning vocal collective SANSARA join forces with the acclaimed United Strings of Europe and Syrian oud player Basel Saleh to present a powerful sequence of choral and instrumental music on the timely and enduring themes of sanctuary, solidarity and displaced peoples. With…