Other ensembles |
| The Monteverdi Choir |
Information on the Monteverdi Choir and the orchestras founded by Sir John Eliot Gardiner; The English Baroque Soloists and L'Orchestre Romantique et Révolutionnaire |
| The Gabrieli Consort and Players |
News of forthcoming concerts, reviews of performances and recordings |
| The King's Consort |
The King's Consort has been very busy over the years, having toured tirelessly and recorded countless CDs. It is currently directed by Matthew Halls |
| Le Concert Spirituel |
Le Concert Spirituel, directed by Hervé Niquet, has been around for fifteen years, with which Peter Harvey has recorded a large quantity of sacred music from the French Baroque. More recently "Dido and Aeneas", and "King Arthur", by Purcell. (Website in English) |
| De Nederlandse Bach Vereniging |
The Netherlands Bach Society was created (as were so many "Bach Societies") to perform the St. Matthew Passion, which it has been doing every Easter for decades. Although the music of Bach is still the core repertoire, under its conductor, Jos van Veldhoven, the ensemble performs and records a wide range of music on period instruments, with a smaller consort, "Capella Figuralis" tackling earlier music requiring smaller forces (in Dutch and English - click the flag) |
| L'Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne |
The Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne has been one of Europe's most accomplished choirs since Michel Corboz founded it. It has recorded many discs, many of which pointed the way for the next generation of "historically informed" performances, and has toured worldwide to great acclaim (French language) |
| The Theatre of Early Music |
The Theatre of Early Music is a Montreal-based group set up by counter-tenor Daniel Taylor which focuses on 17th and 18th Century sacred music |
| The Bach Players |
The Bach Players is a small ensemble dedicated to performing the music of J.S. Bach, frequently with, and sometimes without singers |
Individual performers |
| Gary Cooper |
Hugely gifted player of all kinds of keyboard instruments. |
| James Gilchrist
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Tenor - wonderful interpreter of anything from the baroque to Britten |
| Peter Harvey
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Peter Harvey's website dealing with his performing career as a baritone soloist |
Record companies |
| Deutsche Grammophon |
Records The Gabrieli Consort |
| Hyperion |
Have recorded The King's Consort's huge output of CDs |
| Chandos |
Records The Purcell Quartet |
| Channel Classics |
Small company with an independent approach; records The Netherlands Bach Society and Capella Figuralis |
| Glossa |
Records Le Concert Spirituel |
General music sites |
| Bach site |
Texts of the Complete Vocal Works, with English Translation and Commentary by Z. Philip Ambrose |
| Bach Cantatas |
Huge site with discussions of the works, performances, recordings and biographical material relating to the performers |
Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Magdalen College |
The college's official website |
| College tour |
An informative travel guide to the college, with the focus on its history as a sacred foundation |
Mary Magdalen in art |
| Textweek: Mary Magdalen |
Site with very good links to religious images |
| www.womenpriests.org |
Similarly interesting links to Mary Magdalen iconography. A google search will turn up many more. |
Miscellaneous |
| Mozilla Firefox |
Home of the (free) Firefox web browser. Just better then Internet Explorer. |