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The Orlando Consort was a British vocal consort which is best known for performing Renaissance choral music one voice to a part. The Consort was founded in 1988 as part of the activities of the Early Music Network of Great Britain, a forerunner of the NCEM, York.[1] The group disbanded in 2024, their last concert being a performance of 'Voices Appeared'[2] for the Boston Early Music Festival on June 7 2024. 'Voices Appeared' was a live soundtrack of music composed or performed during the lifetime of Joan of Arc that accompanied screenings of Carl Theodor Dreyer's La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928). The soundtrack was devised and designed by Donald Greig.
The four founding members were:
The four members of the second iteration of the group were:
The principal members are or were members of the Tallis Scholars, Gabrieli Consort or Taverner Consort.
The Consort has also performed and recorded with the jazz quartet Perfect Houseplants.
For Metronome, DG Archiv, Harmonia Mundi USA and Hyperion.[3]
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