Magdalena Consort

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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 Tenor - wonderful interpreter of anything from the baroque to Britten

Peter Harvey 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

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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	Tenor - wonderful interpreter of anything from the baroque to Britten
Peter Harvey	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.