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The Hilliard Ensemble is a British male vocal quartet devoted to the authentic performance of early music. Founded in 1974, the group is named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard.
Although most of its work focuses on music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, the Hilliard Ensemble also performs contemporary music, working frequently with the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and including in its concerts works by John Cage, Gavin Bryars, Giya Kancheli, and Heinz Holliger.
The group was originally founded by Paul Hillier, Paul Elliott, and David James, although the membership was flexible until Hillier left in the late 1980s. Since 1990 the core members have been David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, and Gordon Jones.
The Hilliard Ensemble has recorded extensively for the ECM label. In 1993, when popular interest in Gregorian chant was at its height, the ensemble released the CD Officium, an unprecedented collaboration with the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek. The disc became one of ECM’s biggest-selling releases of all time, reaching the pop charts in several European countries. (Officium’s sequel, the 2-CD set Mnemosyne, followed in 1999.)
Although most of its work focuses on music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, the Hilliard Ensemble also performs contemporary music, working frequently with the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and including in its concerts works by John Cage, Gavin Bryars, Giya Kancheli, and Heinz Holliger.
The group was originally founded by Paul Hillier, Paul Elliott, and David James, although the membership was flexible until Hillier left in the late 1980s. Since 1990 the core members have been David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, and Gordon Jones.
The Hilliard Ensemble has recorded extensively for the ECM label. In 1993, when popular interest in Gregorian chant was at its height, the ensemble released the CD Officium, an unprecedented collaboration with the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek. The disc became one of ECM’s biggest-selling releases of all time, reaching the pop charts in several European countries. (Officium’s sequel, the 2-CD set Mnemosyne, followed in 1999.)
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Perotin and the Ars Antiqua
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Vita Nova
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Motets And Chansons
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Veni creator spiritus
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Josquin: In Te Domine Speravi
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zapatosgrandes wrote:
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carinaclysmic wrote:
I saw them perform on tv and I swear there was only three of them but it sounded like 20 of them were singing! Amazing!
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verulamio wrote:
Saw them four times this year, each time they were absolutely amazing.
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Kruzfixion wrote:
Saw them in leipzig recently, was expecting gesualdo but the counter tenor was ill so tehy had to to a quick revise of the program and did some palestrina etc instead. Was dissapointed with no gesualdo but still they sung amazingly.
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Alras_SL wrote:
My favorite vocal ensemble and performers of early music. Ensembles like this are the reason I listen to music and remain enamoured with life. Apollo's lyre shines through all their interpretations.
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tanifilc wrote:
I am enchanted.
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kaiserzeitgeist wrote:
Yes, Pärt's St. John's Passion is a most remarkable piece of music. God bless the Hilliard Ensemble for they assuredly bless us. Remarkable group.
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Frippgamesh wrote:
The only choir ensemble I can enjoy! All the other ones use so much vibrato it's not even funny. This is truly pure sound.
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- Dec 7 The Hilliard Ensemble Iglesia de San Nicolás de Bari, Úbeda, Spain
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The Hilliard Ensemble - Koncert Świąteczny
Archikatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela, Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
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