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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thanks to all who came to our Tallis gig last night. What fun it was! Now might I recommend visiting the I Fagiolini YouTube channel at 6pm tonight? Robert H is presenting an intro to Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers to go along with Fag's fabulous new recording of the work www.youtube.com/results?sear...

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It’s concert day again! Big audience expected. Come and join the fun - plenty of tickets available on the door. Tallis - 7:30pm - Little St Mary’s - conducted by Tallis expert, David Skinner. Woo-hoo!

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Concert tonight! Oodles of Tallis - many of his all-time favourites - expert conducting from David Skinner - a beautiful setting. Resistance is useless... Details and tickets from bit.ly/DPTallis or on the door.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Why is this girl so excited? Because she's just booked her ticket for our Tallis concert tomorrow, that's why. Do you want to be as happy as her? Of course you do! All of (well, several of) your Tallis favourites all in one place - Little St Mary's at 7:30pm. Details and tickets from bit.ly/DPTallis

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Concert countdown - 2 days to go until our Tallis-fest in Little St Mary's! Have you got your ticket? We'll be performing several of Tallis's Greatest Hits - will your favourite be among them? Come and find out! bit.ly/DPTallis

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our Tallis gig is in 3 days! Our first (and probably only) English programme. 12th Sept, Little St Mary's. Missa Puer natus est nobis, English anthems, Loquebantur, Suscipe quaeso and other favourites, conducted by David Skinner. What's not to like? Get your tickets now! bit.ly/DPTallis

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Thomas Tallis - 'All thinges made newe'

Sacred music by Thomas Tallis for Catholic and Protestant monarchs

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Byrd remained a Catholic during the Protestant revolution. Did Tallis? We don't know for sure, but the joy in Tallis's Missa Puer natus est nobis and Byrd choosing Tallis as godfather to his son provides circumstantial evidence. Come and judge for yourself! This Sat, Cambridge. Tix - bit.ly/DPTallis

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Thomas Tallis - 'All thinges made newe'

Sacred music by Thomas Tallis for Catholic and Protestant monarchs

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This Saturday we'll take you on an amazing stylistic journey with Thomas Tallis: Eton Choirbook style under Henry VIII, then musical austerity under the early Protestants, then Catholic luxury under Mary Tudor, then his late style under Elizabeth. See you there! Tickets from bit.ly/DPTallis

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Thomas Tallis - 'All thinges made newe'

Sacred music by Thomas Tallis for Catholic and Protestant monarchs

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Gig next Saturday - a *great* programme of music by Tallis - tickets at bit.ly/DPTallis. Meantime we’re in a new rehearsal venue. Any guesses?

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Two weeks today we'll be performing some Tallis's greatest hits in Little St Mary's, Cambridge. Do you love Tallis? Of course you do! Come and hear his music given the 'historically-informed' treatment with De Profundis and David Skinner. bit.ly/DPTallis

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Thomas Tallis - 'All thinges made newe'

Sacred music by Thomas Tallis for Catholic and Protestant monarchs

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Pic 1 - a publicity shot of the esteemed Eamonn Dougan, conducting us in his treasured Irish Rugby Union top. Pic 2 - a version of the same photograph that our record company suggested would be a "considerable improvement". I'm staying out of this.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Postering around Cambridge for next month’s Tallis-fest. (Thank heavens for cooler weather!) Tickets from bit.ly/DPTallis Do come - it’s going to be a blast.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In a month's time we'll be performing music by Thomas Tallis in Cambridge, conducted by David Skinner. Tickets from bit.ly/DPTallis Do join us!

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It was today 500 years ago (!) that Morales was appointed maestro at Avila Cathedral. The late, great Bruno Turner advised us to include a setting of the Lessons on the album where there was a "greater than 50% chance that it was written by Morales". So here we are.

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Parce mihi, Domine

Cristobal de Morales, De Profundis, Eamonn Dougan · Morales: Requiem a 5 & Officium defunctorum · Song · 2025

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Today is the Feast of the Transfiguration when Jesus went all glowy and Peter started wittering about putting up tents for the important new people on the scene. Regardless of the weirdness, Vivanco wrote a beautiful motet for the occasion. What a trooper.

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Sebastián de Vivanco, De Profundis, Robert Hollingworth - Assumpsit Jesus Petrum

Listen to Assumpsit Jesus Petrum by Sebastián de Vivanco, De Profundis, Robert Hollingworth.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It was 10 years ago today that we released our first CD, music by Victoria's teacher Bernardino de Ribera, maestro at Ávila cathedral. This is where our Spanish Cathedral Music journey began. It's been quite the trip!

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Ribera: Magnificats & motets | Hyperion Streaming

All that remains of the choirbook in Toledo Cathedral devoted to the works of ‘Bernardinus Ribera’ is a magnificent, mutilated torso. These are premiere recordings of the surviving output of a…

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Want to know how to start a fight in UK choral circles? Ask "Who was better, Tallis or Byrd?" We're not saying, but Byrd was in no doubt that Tallis had the crown. Make up your own mind: come and hear Tallis's finest on Sat 12th Sept at Little St Mary's, Cambridge. bit.ly/DPTallis

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

After an initial minor technical glitch, the Tallis gig box office is open for business. Who doesn't love the Lamentations, Loquebantur, If ye love me and so many other Tallis favourites? 12th September at Little St Mary's Church, conducted by David Skinner. Love to see you there! bit.ly/DPTallis

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Thomas Tallis - 'All thinges made newe'

Sacred music by Thomas Tallis for Catholic and Protestant monarchs

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This past week we've sent the final edit of Morales volume 4 to Coro Records - Missa Ave Maria, Missa Si bona suscepimus, and Magnificat tertii toni. We've listened to it a lot but still it sounds bloomin' gorgeous! To be released in November 2026.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The online box office for our September concert opens today! On Sat 12th Sept we'll be joined by David Skinner (Alamire) in a programme of sacred music by Thomas Tallis. If ye love me, the Lamentations, Hear the voice and prayer, Missa Si bona suscepimus and many other favourites. bit.ly/DPTallis

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Thomas Tallis - 'All thinges made newe'

Sacred music by Thomas Tallis for Catholic and Protestant monarchs

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Nothing like a nice bit of Wensleydale to power you through a CD editing session. #crackingeditgrommet!

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Allegri's a little after our time but this track's sure worth a listen: the Miserere (stop yawning!) sung at the right pitch and with suitably florid ornamentation. It also has the best tenor suspension in the world. This will be 14 mins of your life well spent.

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Miserere à neuf voix - Version avec ornementations baroques

Gregorio Allegri, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus · Allegri: Miserere, messe, motets · Song · 1994

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It was otd in 2018 that our Vivanco disc was released: ‘The 'Hosanna' of the Mass is supremely inventive and worth the price of admission on its own' (Gramophone) 'A well-tuned ensemble with particularly strong bass singers’ (BBC Music Magazine). Yay!

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Vivanco: Missa Assumpsit Jesus & motets | Hyperion Streaming

The opulent male voices of De Profundis bring the complex—and gorgeous—sonic tapestries woven by Sebastián de Vivanco in Renaissance Spain thrillingly to life.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A lovely episode of the Choral Chihuahua podcast, commemorating the Iberian musicologist Bruno Turner who died very recently. The episode is full of love, admiration, respect and gratitude, and finishes with a beautiful performance of Lobo's 'Versa est in luctum'.

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Bruno Turner | CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

Choral chat with Robert Hollingworth, Eamonn Dougan and Nicholas Mulroy

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

In April we recorded Morales vol 5. Here's a behind-the-scenes look as we recorded the Sanctus from Missa Tristezas me matan, including a 'Health & Safety at Work' moment with Robert. youtu.be/qogyyd1Cs_I Breaking news - Morales can *really* write a Sanctus! (The album comes out next Spring).

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Morales, Missa Tristezas me matan (Sanctus)

Clip from recording sessions, April 2026. Morales, Missa Tristezas me matan (Sanctus). Conductor Robert Hollingworth.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

So sad to hear of Bruno Turner's passing today at the age of 95. He was the doyen of Spanish renaissance musicologists, the driving force behind our Ribera, Vivanco, and Esquivel albums, and a ready source of knowledge and encouragement for the Morales Project. A giant among men.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Fab review (& top 10 place) for our CD in Spanish music mag RITMO: “This superb recording demonstrates that Renaissance sacred music can be intense and inspired and can speak to a troubled world like our own. This series promises to be a milestone in [Morales's] discography.” orcd.co/dpmoralesiii

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It was ten years ago today that we gave a concert of music by Ribera in the glittering Sacristy of Toledo Cathedral - the highlight of our first Spanish tour. We've come a long way since then, but our commitment to the highlights of Spanish Renaissance sacred music is as stong as ever.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's time for you Monday Wallow (TM). From now until you start on your Advent calendar, the Marian antiphon of choice is the Salve regina. Here is Juan Esquivel's gorgeous setting - the piece that closed our 2020 Hyperion album of his music.

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Salve Regina

Juan Esquivel, Eamonn Dougan, De Profundis · Esquivel: Missa Hortus conclusus, Magnificat & Motets · Song · 2020

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This Sunday is the Feast of the Visitation when Mary extemporised the text of the Magnificat. Discussing our latest Morales CD, Radio 3 said "between the masses there's a beautiful Magnificat. I'm so happy they're going to be recording them all because they're not well known". 😁 orcd.co/dpmoralesiii

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Another nice review of CD3, this time from Robert Hughill. "Richness and imagination. The Morales Project moves to CORO and demonstrates the richness to be found in the composer's less-known masses when performing at the original pitch." We could get used to all of this.

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Richness & imagination: the all-male ensemble De Profundis continues its exploration of Morales with two masses based on L’homme armé

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

De Profundis is made up of some pretty fine singers. Here's most of the gang that just finished recording volume 5 of the Morales series. But I know what you're asking yourself. What do we all do the rest of the time? Here y'go...

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What we also do (apart from singing in De Profundis)

Here's (most of) the group that sang in volume 5 of the Morales Project (coming out on CORO Records, Spring 2027) telling us what they do the rest of the time.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Great review of the new album on the Gramophone website: "The singers of De Profundis are in excellent voice throughout [and] the album is completed by an impressive recording of the Magnificat secundi toni [under] the ever-reliable Robert Hollingworth" Buy/stream/download here: orcd.co/dpmoralesiii

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Our new album featured on BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics this morning. After playing a track the host, Georgia Mann, said, "I love the richness of the sound they make, a bit like several bottles of excellent red!"😄 (She then said it's out on Harmonia Mundi, but we know *that's* wrong, don't we?!)

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Thanks to all those who pre-ordered the new album or who have bought, downloaded, or streamed it since it was released last Friday. I'm delighted to say that we've come it No. 6 in the Official Classical Chart! If you've not yet got a copy, you can pick one up here: orcd.co/dpmoralesiii

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Some pics from our recent Morales sessions with Robert Hollingworth in London. My favourite Robert quote of the week? "Where's my pencil? WHERE is my PENCIL?! It's RED! I mean, WHAT IS THE POINT.... oh, here it is." Gotta love 'im!

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Morales vol 3 was released on Friday and has already had some brilliant reviews! "Hollingworth conducts precise and sonorous performances" - Guardian "Very sumptuous sound...a beautiful recording...really perfect" - BBC Radio 3, Record Review. Stream/download/buy the album here: orcd.co/dpmoralesiii

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Last recording day of Morales volume 5. Recordings are run on carbs, so we’re keeping the troops happy.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Day 2 in the Big Morales House. Hoping for a pigeon-free day!

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Back to St Jude-on-the-Hill to record the latest volume of our Morales series with Robert Hollingworth. All set fair once we’d got rid of the two pigeons in the church that were adding their cooing in a less-than-authentic way!

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This is going to be quite a week! First, we go to St Jude-on-the-Hill in London to record volume 5 of our Morales series. Then volume 3 comes out on Friday. (You can listen to extracts and pre-order the album here: orcd.co/dpmoralesiii Did someone say 'gin'...?

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Our new CD (Morales L'homme armé masses) comes out on 1st May, and the second single from the album is released tomorrow! You'll be able to hear it here: orcd.co/dpmoralesiii and there you can also pre-order the album. That helps us by boosting our first week chart position. Ahhhh, go on...!

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De Profundis - Morales: L'homme armé Masses & Magnificat secundi

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

We gave a concert on Saturday and you won't BELIEVE what happened next! Actually, you probably will. We got ready to take the music into the studio - Morales vol 5 here we come! Meantime vol 3 is comes out on 1st May! You can pre-order here orcd.co/dpmoralesiii and listen to one of the tracks. 😁 🎉 😁

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

When travel disruption delays many singers and the conductor, one way to pass the time is to get the Gesualdo Six’s Guy James to lead a stretching workshop…

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

It's time to go from left to right! Let's face it - the tv is rubbish and you're not really enjoying that novel. What you need is some lovely 16th century music in your life, & we've got some for you. Morales in Cambridge, conducted by Robert Hollingworth. You lucky people! bit.ly/DPMorales5

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

T minus 2 days. Concert on Saturday. Spanish Renaissance loveliness. Have you got your ticket? bit.ly/DPMorales5

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

It's that I Fagiolini guy again! This time he's directing us in a gorgeous programme of music by Cristóbal de Morales - 'The Light of Spain in Music' The concert is on this Saturday, Little St Mary's Church, Cambridge at 7:30pm. Details and tickets from bit.ly/DPMorales5 See you there!

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Cristobal de Morales - The Light of Spain in Music

De Profundis continues its Morales Project with two beautiful Masses and the Magnificat quarti toni, conducted by Robert Hollingworth.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Double post today! 1. We have a gig on Saturday conducted by Robert Hollingworth - details at bit.ly/DPMorales5. Gorgeous stuff - niche, but nice. Do come! 2. New CD is released on 1st May. Do please consider pre-ordering using this link: orcd.co/dpmoralesiii. We'll love you forever. (Ts&Cs apply).

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Cristobal de Morales - The Light of Spain in Music

De Profundis continues its Morales Project with two beautiful Masses and the Magnificat quarti toni, conducted by Robert Hollingworth.

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Cambridge is a bit overcast today, but we’re going to bring some Spanish sunshine to Pembroke College Chapel - rehearsing vol 5 of the Morales series with Robert Hollingworth. This one’s got the ‘Wow’ factor! Tickets at bit.ly/DPMorales5

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De Profundis @dpchoir.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Woo-hoo, it's (single) Release Day! Click on the link and choose either 'Spotify' or 'Apple Music' to stream the track. Then have a wallow in the Kyrie from the Missa L'homme arme for four voices. The full album comes out on 1st May - our first CORO release!

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De Profundis - Morales: L'homme armé Masses & Magnificat secundi

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