‘We hope listeners will enjoy this remarkable music as much as we did.’
Our Musical Director @davidallinson.bsky.social on rediscovering and recording a Requiem by a great composer ⬇️
www.planethugill.com/2026/01/viva...
Out today on Toccata! Congrations to @davidallinson.bsky.social and @renaissancesingers.bsky.social 🥳
Today’s the day! Our premiere recording of music by Sebastián de Vivanco is out now. 💿
Buying a CD directly from us supports our charitable mission to bring Renaissance music to new audiences: bit.ly/3YkDiGz
You can also stream or buy the recording on all good platforms: listn.fm/devivanco/
📆 One month until the release of our CD by Toccata!
In this video from our recording sessions in July, our Musical Director David Allinson conducts us in the premiere recording of the Agnus Dei from Vivanco’s Requiem. 🎥
💿 Pre-order your copy of the CD here: www.renaissancesingers.com/tickets
Our next concert, conducted by @davidallinson.bsky.social , aims to dispel the cynicism of modern Christmastide with a mixture of superb motets, mass music and villancicos drawn from the Spanish golden age.
Tickets from £13, free for under 21s.
🎟️ www.renaissancesingers.com/concerts
Sebastián de Vivanco died #OTD in 1622.
@davidallinson.bsky.social and Stephen Rice spoke to Continuo Connect about Vivanco’s mysterious and beautiful Requiem, and how we made the first ever recording of it. ⬇️
💿 The CD launches on 9 January 📆
In our first open workshop of 2025—26, performer and researcher Alison Kinder will lead a marriage of voices and viols in glorious repertoire by Orlando Gibbons.
Some places are still open for tenors and basses. Book yours here: www.renaissancesingers.com/workshops
Hear how English composers responded to the doctrinal turmoil of the 16th century in our next concert on 18 October, conducted by @davidallinson.bsky.social and illuminated in a pre-performance talk by Dr Kerry McCarthy.
Tickets from £13, free for under 21s.
🎟️ www.renaissancesingers.com/concerts
A hot but rewarding weekend recording polyphony by Sebastián de Vivanco and his Spanish contemporaries, conducted by @davidallinson.bsky.social. 😅
Our new CD is now in production and will be released by Toccata. The timing is to be confirmed, but may be early in 2026. #watchthisspace. 💿
Thank you to our lovely audience members for braving the heat to make it to our concert on Saturday evening!
We were thrilled to give the first performance of a new, authoritative edition of Vivanco’s ‘lost’ Requiem, reconstructed from manuscript sources as a complete and unified work.
Video
Vivanco’s ‘lost’ Requiem: Conductor David Allinson on unearthing new treasures from the Spanish Golden Age
FEATURE | Vivanco Resurrected: The pleasure of finding 'new' old music
Musical Director of The Renaissance Singers David Allinson and Producer Stephen Rice discuss the first recording of Sebastian de Vivanco's ‘lost’ Requiem on Toccata
Read now 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/vivanco-resurrected
FEATURE | Vivanco Resurrected: The pleasure of finding 'new' old music
Musical Director of The Renaissance Singers David Allinson and Producer Stephen Rice discuss the first recording of Sebastian de Vivanco's ‘lost’ Requiem on Toccata
Read now 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/vivanco-resurrected
