Project Palestrina
Fundraising campaign by
Dominic Bevan
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£130.00raised of £20,500.00 goal goal
Musicologist and co-director of The Victoria Consort, Thomas Neal has, through his groundbreaking work on the music of Palestrina, transcribed several works, including a whole mass, which probably haven’t been heard since the sixteenth century. To un-earth such major works by this giant of the Renaissance is a remarkable achievement and the word is spreading. The Victoria Consort has been asked to perform these works at the Stour Festival, established by Alfred Deller and now continued by his son Mark, along side already established and famous names in the Early Music world. These newly realised works will be recorded in late 2015 and 2016 with the accompaniment of early instruments and chamber organ. For this ground breaking project, The Victoria Consort will be joined by The English Cornet and Sackbut Ensemble. Www.ecse.co.uk
The context of the disk will be framed by the Gregorian chant as set for a day when this setting of the mass is suitable. The Victoria Consort is unusual in its detailed experience of Gregorian chant performance, as exemplified by its 2015 disc:"Gregorian Chant, a Mass for St Augustine of Canterbury". About The Victoria Consort The Victoria Consort was established in 2008 by students at Kent University and has since grown into one of the finest choral ensembles in the South East. Artists in residence at The newly established Shrine of St Augustine in Ramsgate, Pugin’s abbey, The Victoria consort has performed a wide variety of sacred choral music in both Concert and Liturgical contexts. Invitations then followed to perform in France, notably at St Francois-Xavier in Paris. Singers from the group, although based in Kent, perform in some of the finest choirs (The Tallis Scholars, The Sixteen, Gallicantus, Sospiri, Merton College Choir) ensembles and opera houses in Europe, including Bordeaux Opera, The Royal Opera and Scottish Opera. The Victoria Consort offers four scholarships for young adult singers to help them prepare for onward musical training and professional employment. In 2015 The Victoria Consort released its first CD recording
Benjamin Bevan - conductor Www.benbevan.com
Benjamin Bevan took conducting lessons at The Guildhall School of Music in London and sang both as a chorister and a soloist with some of the finest early music ensembles in Europe. In 1995 he founded a professional group Nunc Dimittis which has performed with the London Chamber Orchestra, The City of Oxford Orchestra and worked with artists as diverse as film director Mike Leigh and soul legend James Brown. Benjamin became principal conductor of The Victoria Consort in 2010 since when he has conducted this choir and others in venues across the UK , France and Holland, including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In January 2015 he directed the Victoria consort in their first recording for the Pugin Shrine of St Augustine and then will be embarking upon the Palestrina Project. Benjamin combines his conducting with a career as a baritone soloist which this year sees him at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Garsington Opera and The a royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. as well as numerous concert appearances in Europe and Japan.
FUNDRAISING FOR THE PALESTRINA PROJECT The Choir is raising funds all through 2015.
Expected Income is as follows:
Disc Sales £2500
Concert Income £550
The Palestrina Disc expenses are forecasted as follows:
ECSE instrumentalists 2 rehearsals plus 3 recording sessions £6000
Recording Studio / venue hire. £1000
Recording engineer and team £5000
Editing and mastering. £1500
Singers expenses and fees (16) £6000
CD production for first 1000 discs. £2000
TOTAL COST £20,500
Projected income £8000
Funds to raise £ £12500
Fundraising Team
- Dominic Bevan
- Campaign Owner
- Benjamin Bevan
- Director
Donors
- Christine Headley
- Donated on Nov 06, 2016
- Mary Evans
- Donated on May 27, 2015
- Bishop Damien Mead
- Donated on May 27, 2015
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Donors & Comments
- Christine Headley
- Donated on Nov 06, 2016
- Mary Evans
- Donated on May 27, 2015
- Bishop Damien Mead
- Donated on May 27, 2015
- Peter Chatfield
- Donated on May 27, 2015
- Patricia Emlyn-Williams
- Donated on May 26, 2015
- Poppy Carlton
- Donated on May 25, 2015
Palestrina regit in saecula saeculorum!