The festive season can often be a hectic time of year. Wintering is a balm for the soul, where we’re invited to slow down, to reconnect with the land and one another, as we usher in the winter solstice.

Beautiful harmonies and voices, both traditional and contemporary, resonate together. Inspired by Katherine May’s bestselling book ‘Wintering’, a new piece from composer Samantha Fernando asks: what if we made peace with the cold, dark days instead of running away?

Manchester Collective x The Marian Consort: Wintering

The Stoller Hall

Across their fifteen years together, the Marian Consort has amassed an international reputation for their “astounding” performances and ensemble sound. (The Herald) This fall, the youthful choir brings its innovative performance of medieval and renaissance music to Durham for their Duke Arts debut. Under the direction of Scottish conductor, countertenor and musicologist Rory McCleery, the Marian Consort has released fourteen albums and premiered thirty new compositions, receiving praise for the “precision and pellucid texture” of their sound. (The Times)

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The Marian Consort

Duke University

In his own time an important music theorist, Lusitano’s reputation and music have both been neglected in ours. As so often with musical figures of the Renaissance, many of the details of his life remain unknown. We can, however, be reasonably confident that he was the first published composer of African heritage. True to its pioneer spirit as “brilliant discoverers … of rare repertoire” (The Observer), The Marian Consort recorded these striking and impressive unjustly forgotten works. They present the sensational album in this Music Before 1800 debut.

Music Before 1800 presents The Marian Consort

Corpus Christi Catholic Church.

The programme combines settings of the Song of Songs and its evocation of a luscious, fertile landscape by Spanish composers of the Renaissance, such as Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla and Tomás Luis de Victoria, with the beauty of Britten’s Five Flower Songs, alongside two new commissions from Leo Chadburn and Amy Bryce.

The Marian Consort

Dec 7, 2025

The Marian Consort: The Language of Flowers

Nov 27, 2025

Manchester Collective x The Marian Consort: Wintering

Feb 18, 2024

The Marian Consort

The Marian Consort