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TONUS PEREGRINUS is one of the most exciting young ensembles in Britain, with major successes in both early music and new music, including the prestigious Cannes Classical Award for the ensembles debut release of Arvo Pärts Passio, and a shortlisted nomination for the first-ever BBC Music Magazine Awards in 2006 for part of a series of milestones of early Western music, Sacred Music from Notre-Dame Cathedral. Critical acclaim in the BBC Music Magazine, The Telegraph, and The Gramophone speaks for itself: utterly spellbinding, utterly beguiling, captivating excitement, gloriously sung by this superb choir, as does the selection first of Passio, and then of Seven Letters and other sacred choral music (Hyperion CDA67507) as Editors Choice in The Gramophone. TONUS PEREGRINUS was founded while director Antony Pitts was studying under Dr Edward Higginbottom at New College, Oxford. The name tonus peregrinus is taken from an ancient plainchant psalm tone dating back to Jewish liturgical sources linked to the Passover, and hence the Last Supper. This chant has a different starting-note in each half, so was called the wandering tone, and also gained the nickname of tonus novissimus, the newest tone. TONUS PEREGRINUS combines these two characteristics in a repertoire that ranges far and wide from the end of the Dark Ages to scores fresh from the printer, and has an interpretative approach that is both authentic and highly original. TONUS PEREGRINUS has a history of performing at unusual occasions, including the memorial for former audience member Alexander Litvinenko. The ensembles a cappella version of Tears for Fearss Mad World can be found on iTunes, and CDs as well as scores of Antony Pittss music are available from www.tonusperegrinus.co.uk.
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