Corvus Consort’s upper voices join with harpist Louise Thomson to present a festive concert, featuring music celebrating women’s voices from their acclaimed album ‘Welcome Joy’, alongside Benjamin Britten’s iconic Ceremony of Carols . “Corvus Consort, Louise Thomson and Freddie Crowley are dazzling” BBC Music Magazine Beautiful music from ‘Welcome Joy’ fills the first half of the concert. A celebration of women’s voices both as singers and composers, BBC Music Magazine called the album “a jewel-box of glinting, shimmering choral gems” , also giving it five stars and naming it one of their ’13 best classical albums of 2024’. A festive second half revolves around Britten’s great Ceremony of Carols , one of the best-loved works in the English Christmas repertory. This will be preceded by a selection of short seasonal works by Elizabeth Poston, Howard Skempton, Peter Maxwell Davies and current Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen. “clean, clear voices, impeccable intonation and a direct, engaged way with the texts” Limelight Magazine “The 12 superb sopranos and altos of the Corvus Consort sing the complex, close-knit textures of these works with delicacy and pinpoint accuracy. Louise Thomson’s immaculate, virtuosic harp playing conjures scenes that take us from scented gardens to sun-baked landscapes and haunted moonlit forests.” BBC Music Magazine Corvus Consort Louise Thomson (harp) Freddie Crowley (director) Founded and directed by Freddie Crowley, Corvus Consort is a UK

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