Happy Advent to you and your kin! And everyone else's kin too, come to that. As every December so far this decade, I'm going to do an Advent Calendar of beautiful and brilliant carols, with each day's added to a YouTube playlist and also to the ongoing Spotify one, now in its sixth(!) year. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Tonight in NW1! 7pm. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...

We're looking forward to welcoming @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social to Little Missenden this evening. There are just 4 seats left! Book at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...

Anyone catch us on Radio 3 this morning? Not sure that picture has caught our best side.

We asked the team to describe our festive programme Hey for Christmas in a single word!

Baroque & Early Music artists and ensembles! Do you have any recordings/albums on Bandcamp? Let us know below to be featured in our upcoming #bandcampfriday post 👇

Coming up this week! We're reviving our popular programme Hey for Christmas. The concept is an imagined 17th-century family Christmas in London, with carols, folks songs, ballads and broadsides. Oxford on Thurs, @ltmsdnfest.bsky.social on Friday and NW1 on Saturday. More info: siglodeoro.co.uk

There are just a few tickets left for our concert on 5 Dec when @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social recreate a 17th century Christmas. Details at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...

A Saturday Shout-out 📢 to Spinacino Consort and Siglo de Oro, who are taking their Christmas party on a road trip to the Chilterns (5 Dec), London NW1 (6 Dec) and Surrey (3 Jan, Esher)! ⭐ Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation 🔗 https://go.continuoconnect.com/hey-for-christmas-2025

Four spaces left for this workshop! Monday night near Euston. (One each of SATB). It will be a beautiful evening's singing.

Not long now… 🎄🎶 More details on our website.

Come and work with us! 🎶 We're looking for a senior philanthropy professional with a strong interest in music and a proven track record in growing high-level funding relationships to work with us as a part-time Director of Development. Details here 👇

★★★★ Electronic Lamentations and Trojan tragedy: @bernardhughes.bsky.social reviews Siglo de Oro at Wigmore Hall theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

BTS of yesterday's gig at the Wigmore Hall with these fantastic musicians. It was such a pleasure working with @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social and Amy Tress on Ben Rowarth's huge new work, The Fall. I've really enjoyed helping facilitate the live electronics, a lovely bit of musical problem solving.

I'm at the Wigmore Hall today playing with @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social, so I thought I'd post the audio from my last adventure there, with the amazing EXAUDI. They sung the hell out of my icy microtonal imitative counterpoint electronic vocal stuff: soundcloud.com/joseph_bates...

On St Mark’s day, I’m delighted to share the beautiful singing of @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social in their latest video m.youtube.com/watch?v=96np...

On top of the chamber music world: read our interview with @wigmore-hall.org.uk’s Artistic Director, John Gilhooly, about the hall’s 125th anniversary season, programming 600 concerts – and finding ways to pay for it all. ✍️Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/interview-jo...

We're holding auditions for professional singers based in the UK, who would be interested in joining us for our projects. Successful applicants are likely to have high levels of vocal technique and musicianship, and a strong background in choral and ensemble singing.

A couple of big Palestrina 500 days coming up: Sunday at 3.30pm, Concert with @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social at the BL thebritishlibraryculturalevents.seetickets.com/event/siglo-... Monday 10.30am-4.30pm, Course @citylit.bsky.social www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/grea... Tickets available for both!

There's less than 24 hours left to support our 10th birthday fundraiser! Help us meet our target here. Lots of rewards on offer! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siglo-de-o...

There's less than 24 hours left to support our 10th birthday fundraiser! Help us meet our target here. Lots of rewards on offer! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siglo-de-o...

Mediative plainchant slowly unfolds to reveal the heavens in @judithward.bsky.social's 'In manus tuas' recorded by @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social for their new album 'Wisdom & Strength'. Watch them record this stunning new #choral piece - brand new on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZsA...

Delighted to hear the @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social recording of In manus tuas on R3 Breakfast this morning! Thank you, @petroc.bsky.social and @delphianrecords.com www.delphianrecords.com/products/wis...

Abstracts! Calling all abstracts!

Huge thanks @prestomusic.bsky.social for featuring @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social and James Way / Natalie Burch / @lottebettsdean.bsky.social on today's New Release Roundup 💖 🎶 www.prestomusic.com/classical/ar...

We are looking forward to welcoming our friends from Siglo de Oro to the Cathedral this evening. Do join them for what promises to be a brilliant programme. @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social

Thanks to @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social @delphianrecords.com for including my choral work O Lux Beata Trinitas in their new recording! www.delphianrecords.com/products/wis...

Delighted that our recording of In manus tuas by @judithward.bsky.social has been pick for Spotify’s Classical New Releases playlist. Stream here: open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...

A swell of pride firing up Radio 3 this Sunday to hear @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social elevating the airwaves with the premiere play of @judithward.bsky.social's gripping Mass for St. Mark ✨ Thank you @tommckinney.bsky.social and team! 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thrilled to hear the Kyrie and Gloria from Mass for St Mark on Radio 3 Breakfast this morning, sung by the wonderful @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social with @patrickallies.bsky.social and Simon Hogan. Only 3 weeks until the CD release! @delphianrecords.com www.delphianrecords.com/products/wis...

Just one week to go on our anniversary fundraising campaign and we're at 47% of our target! If you can spare us a few ££ to help our work we'd really appreciate it. Equally useful is spreading the word by reposting! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siglo-de-o...

Palestrina 500 is underway! We had a great evening in Twickenham on Tuesday performing our anniversary programme. Thank you to Richmond Concert Society for having us!

Palestrina 500 is underway! We had a great evening in Twickenham on Tuesday performing our anniversary programme. Thank you to Richmond Concert Society for having us!

Thank you! It was a marvellous performance

At St Mary’s Twickenham this evening for the first performance of our Palestrina 500 programme. 7.45pm start!

@siglodeorovocal.bsky.social Looking forward to your concert at St. Mary’s Twickenham tonight

Writers, musicians, actors & other creators strongly oppose upending copyright law to favour AI companies, as suggested in the UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan. As Kate Mosse says, seeking economic growth "cannot be on the basis of theft of our work". www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

New music! The first single from our upcoming album Wisdom & Strength is here. It's Kerensa Briggs' sublime setting of Media vita, which we commissioned back in 2015. open.spotify.com/track/17hTm7...

New music! The first single from our upcoming album Wisdom & Strength is here. It's Kerensa Briggs' sublime setting of Media vita, which we commissioned back in 2015. open.spotify.com/track/17hTm7...

Happy New Year! To mark our 10th anniversary, we've launched a fundraising campaign. We're asking for help with some exciting plans including making a new set of videos. We'd be very grateful of your support - even sharing this post would be a huge help. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siglo-de-o...

Happy New Year! To mark our 10th anniversary, we've launched a fundraising campaign. We're asking for help with some exciting plans including making a new set of videos. We'd be very grateful of your support - even sharing this post would be a huge help. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siglo-de-o...

In March, we were honoured to sing for guest conductor @patrickallies.bsky.social, Artistic Director of @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social, on a programme that showcased the ingenuity of Lassus’ compositions for the Chapel of the Bavarian Court in Munich. 🍺 3/

Catch us tonight in York tonight for a feast of festive music! Including Sir Cristesmas, a joyful 16th-century carol. 7.30pm NCEM, last tickets here: ncem.co.uk/events/siglo...

As an antidote to Harkageddon, what are the excellent choir carols you've encountered this year for the first time? I'm doing Séan Docherty's A Nywe Werk with @icchamberchoir.bsky.social and I love the combination of medieval motifs and an obsessive, joyful alleluia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBal...

Lovely to share a double-bill review with @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social!

Delighted to receive this Church Times review of our @wigmore-hall.bsky.social concert in October. "The singing displayed all the qualities that distinguish this group... with firmly marked entries and individual lines given due prominence when necessary, blending into a rich and satisfying whole."

The Carice Singers (a vocal ensemble I created in 2011) is looking for a new Chair of its Board of Trustees! A very exciting time for the group, which has been operating within a professional context since 2018. www.thecaricesingers.co.uk/chair-of-the...

Nothing like the smell of freshly pressed releases - all coming to your ears in January and February 2025 🍊 Take a look and a listen here: www.delphianrecords.com/collections/... @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social @patrickallies.bsky.social @lottebettsdean.bsky.social

Hello everyone! Nice to see you here!

Perhaps it's because I spent yesterday making mincemeat, but today's not-yet-seasonal earworm is Convidando está la noche by the Mexican composer Juan García de Zéspedes, as sung by @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social on their wonderful Christmas in Puebla album. Like Whamageddon, but 17th century.