"...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)About Musica Donum Dei
Right: MDD at Holme Pierrepont Hall, Nottingham, December 2006
Musica Donum Dei is based in Nottinghamshire, but performs throughout the Midlands and over an increasingly wide area beyond.
We perform music from Monteverdi to Mozart, and 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.
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. As well as chamber groups of five to eight players,
we can also provide a full-sized baroque or classical orchestra for
choral works such as the Monteverdi Vespers, Bach St
Matthew Passion or Mozart Requiem.
The ensemble varies in size according to the programme:
A chamber ensemble of five or six performers
A trio (flute/recorder or violin, cello or viola da gamba and harpsichord)
A chamber orchestra with a chamber choir of hand-picked singers for mixed choral and orchestral programmes
A full-sized baroque or classical orchestra to join your choir in works such as Messiah, or Bach's Mass in B Minor (for more details on MDD's work with choirs click here)
This page last updated 5 July 2007