Welcome to the website for Musica Donum Dei -
the leading professional baroque ensemble of the East Midlands.

“MDD are champions of the Baroque repertoire, familiar and unfamiliar.” - Nottingham Evening Post, 26 June 2007

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What we sound like
Purcell: The Fairy Queen:
Third Act Tune – Hornpipe
From our CD All the world’s a stage
Listen to tracks from all our CDs here

Our repertoire includes instrumental and vocal music from the early 17th to the mid-18th centuries: the age of Monteverdi, Purcell, Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach and Handel.

We are known for our unusual and accessible programmes. We often use readings, dramatisations and visual images alongside the music to evoke the spirit of the age in lively and imaginative ways.

We perform in concert halls, regional arts centres, country houses and churches throughout the Midlands, London – anywhere!

We can offer:

A chamber ensemble of five or six performers

A trio (flute/recorder or violin, cello or
viola da gamba and harpsichord)

A full-sized baroque or classical orchestra to join your choir in works such as the Monteverdi Vespers, Bach St Matthew Passion or Mozart Requiem. For more details on MDD’s work with choirs click here

Members of the ensemble are involved in historical research to revive neglected works,
and we are also active in commissioning new ones; we held our first composers’ competition in Spring 2006.

We hope you enjoy exploring our website
and that you will want to come and hear the group performing.

If you have any comments, queries or suggestions, please get in touch by clicking here

You can also contact MDD by post: 47 Church Street, Bramcote Village, Nottingham, NG9 3HD,
or by phone on 0115 922 6631.

“...every nuance of the players’ collaboration can be observed as they watch each other’s every move and listen to every phrase as if participants in the most intimate conversation.” - Nottingham Evening Post, 29 June 2005

Above: MDD at Holme Pierrepont Hall, Nottingham, December 2006