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The serpent was invented in 1590 by Edmé Guillaume, a canon of Auxerre Cathedral in France. Its purpose was to support and accompany chanting male voices. The instrument is an 8’ conical tube carved from wood, nut and fruit woods being most common, although softwood such as poplar were sometimes use

Our UK choral tour of the Byrd’s Great Service alongside the two new commissions by Jonathan Dove was an “inspired triumph”, receiving rave reviews from the critics, audience members and even the singers themselves!

Over the 10 days before our concert of Mendelssohn's Elijah at the BBC Proms 2011 on Sunday 28 August, we did a count down to the performance with different facts about it on each day.

Members of Gabrieli Consort & Players perform vocal and instrumental music by Monteverdi and his contemporaries at St Mary’s, Swanage as part of the Purbeck Arts Week Festival on Monday 30 May, 7.30pm in Dorset.

In August 2011, Gabrieli will be recording Mendelssohn’s great oratorio Elijah, to be released in September 2012 on Paul McCreesh’s own record label. The recording will follow Gabrieli’s performance of the work at the Royal Albert Hall on 28 August as part of the BBC Proms 2011 season.

This summer Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli Consort & Players return to the Royal Albert Hall with an epic performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah at the BBC Proms 2011!

Soprano Alexandra Kidgell and organist Jan Waterfield tell us about the recent Gabrieli tour to Eilat, Israel for a one-off performance of JS Bach's St John Passion.

"Once again, Venice played host to the Gabrieli Consort & Players and Martin Randall Travel to provide a rare opportunity of performing in this awe - inspiring city."

Gabrieli are delighted to present 'By morning glow and evening shade', a programme of British choral music, to four festivals across the UK in June and July 2011.

Susie York Skinner, Director at Hazard Chase has been appointed new Chief Executive of Gabrieli Consort & Players with effect from 14 March 2011.