I worked with all six of these wonderful singers when I was a young chorister, singing in The Three Choirs Festival at Worcester, Hereford & Gloucester cathedrals.
My great favourite was Gerald English. His unique timbre, perfect intonation and excellent diction were most memorable - even to a 12 year old boy!
Mezzo soprano operatic Mary Thomas was born in 1935. She was strongly associated with the composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, and served as his principal soprano in his ensemble The Fires Of London.
ALFRED GEORGE DELLER (CBE) (31 May 1912 – 16 July 1979), was an English singer and one of the main figures in popularizing the return of the countertenor voice in Renaissance and Baroque music during the 20th Century.
The DELLER CONSORT, one of the earliest groups to revive English Baroque and pre-Baroque music, was established in 1950 by countertenor Alfred Deller. The small ensemble championed works by then-ignored composers such as Henry Purcell and John Dowland and sang Elizabethan and Italian madrigals.
MAURICE GUY SMALLMAN BEVAN was born in 1921, the son, grandson and great-grandson of Anglican clergymen. His brother Roger founded the Bevan family choir, which toured widely and recorded with many of his 14 children between the 1950s and 1970s. Maurice was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, but was soon called up to join the army. He became a vicar choral at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir in the late 1940s, where he met Deller.
I worked with all six of these wonderful singers when I was a young chorister, singing in The Three Choirs Festival at Worcester, Hereford & Gloucester cathedrals.
My great favourite was Gerald English. His unique timbre, perfect intonation and excellent diction were most memorable - even to a 12 year old boy!
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EILEEN POULTER was a operatic soprano.
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MARY THOMAS
Mezzo soprano operatic Mary Thomas was born in 1935. She was strongly associated with the composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, and served as his principal soprano in his ensemble The Fires Of London.
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ALFRED GEORGE DELLER (CBE) (31 May 1912 – 16 July 1979), was an English singer and one of the main figures in popularizing the return of the countertenor voice in Renaissance and Baroque music during the 20th Century.
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WILFRED BROWN (1922–1971) was an accomplished English tenor.
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GERALD ENGLISH (Tenor)
Born: November 6, 1925 - England
The English tenor, Gerald English, studied at the Royal College of Music, and was a pupil of Jennifer Ryan.
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The DELLER CONSORT, one of the earliest groups to revive English Baroque and pre-Baroque music, was established in 1950 by countertenor Alfred Deller. The small ensemble championed works by then-ignored composers such as Henry Purcell and John Dowland and sang Elizabethan and Italian madrigals.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
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MAURICE GUY SMALLMAN BEVAN was born in 1921, the son, grandson and great-grandson of Anglican clergymen. His brother Roger founded the Bevan family choir, which toured widely and recorded with many of his 14 children between the 1950s and 1970s. Maurice was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, but was soon called up to join the army. He became a vicar choral at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir in the late 1940s, where he met Deller.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
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