Biography of Gabrieli Consort & Players
Founded by Paul McCreesh in 1982, Gabrieli Consort & Players are world-renowned interpreters of great choral and instrumental repertoire, spanning from the renaissance to the present day. Their performances encompass major works from the oratorio tradition, virtuosic a cappella programmes and mould-breaking reconstructions of music for historical events. Gabrieli Consort & Players are acclaimed interpreters of Handel’s oratorios and Bach Passions and their recordings with Deutsche Grammophon have garnered numerous international awards. Their recording of Haydn’s Creation won a 2008 Gramophone Award for Best Choral Recording and their recent recording, A Spotless Rose, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010.
Gabrieli Consort & Players are regular visitors to the world's most prestigious concert halls and appear frequently at all of London's major venues, with their own promotions often held in the splendidly refurbished Christ Church, Spitalfields. Recent highlights have included a European concert tour of Handel Arias with tenor Rolando Villazón, a gargantuan performance of Haydn's Creation as part of the BBC Proms 2009, concerts of Handel's Jephtha and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in Paris and London, Handel's Theodora in Paris and Madrid, and tours of a cappella music around many of Spain's spectacular cathedrals including those of Barcelona, Cuenca, Granada and Toledo.
A number of strong relationships have helped define the ensemble’s international profile. For ten years, in conjunction with Martin Randall Travel, Gabrieli Consort & Players have pioneered new areas of ‘cultural tourism’ in creating festivals of music in european historic centres. They have been resident artists at Brinkburn Music in Northumberland, with whom they have developed some of their most exciting projects, for 15 years. Gabrieli Consort & Players are also associate artists of the Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Wrocław, Poland, and have embarked on an exciting partnership with the Wrocław Philharmonic Choir. The ensemble is increasingly committed to working with Chetham’s School of Music and some of the UK’s finest youth choirs, giving young singers the opportunity to train and perform with professional musicians.
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