Next Concert
Sowing Tears and Reaping Joy: From mourning to rejoicing
Drawing on the rich heritage of Renaissance laments, and focussing especially on the many settings of King David’s lament for his son Absalon, Brighton Consort contrasts music for mourning with music brimming with life and a spirit of joyful triumph of life over death.
Saturday, 28 June 2025 - St Mary de Haura, Shoreham-by-Sea, 7:00pm
Sunday, 29 June 2025 - St Nicholas Church, Arundel
Sunday, 6 July 2025 - St Paul's West Street, Brighton, 7:00pm
Please consult our Next Concert page for more information on these events and all our upcoming appearances.
Public Workshop
Perfect, Powerful Palestrina!
Our Musical Director, Greg Skidmore, one of the UK's leading professional performers of choral music from the Renaissance, will lead a workshop focussing on the wonderful music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. We celebrate Palestrina's 500th birthday this year, so come and join us as we get to know his amazing music. Greg will choose a wide range of unaccompanied choral works, showcasing the under-appreciated breadth of Palestrina's style.
Saturday, 26 July 2025 - St Paul's West Street, Brighton
2:00pm to 7:30pm, including a break for dinner
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Brighton Consort presents four or five concerts each year in Brighton and the surrounding area. In addition, we help to further knowledge of renaissance and early baroque music by running occasional workshops, which are led by some of the U.K.'s greatest experts on the repertoire.
Our musical director, Greg Skidmore, was appointed in August 2021 to succeed James Dixon.
Greg is well known as an expert in the interpretation of Renaissance vocal music and he has a high profile as a performer with prestigious groups such as The Tallis Scholars, I Fagiolini, The Sixteen, Ex Cathedra, Alamire, Tenebrae, and Contrapunctus. He brings to the choir a wealth of experience and great ideas for our future.
At this important stage in the development of Brighton Consort the choir is keen to recruit new members with a love for this style of music. Anyone interested is invited to email us on info@brightonconsort.org.uk for more details. We currently have vacancies in all voice parts.
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