| The Hilliard Ensemble, one of Europe’s leading vocal groups, celebrate their 30th anniversary in the spring of 2004. They comprise one alto, two tenors and one bass, and have a repertoire which spans the whole of the last millennium.
It is particularly interesting to see an ensemble who are simultaneously at the cutting edge of new music and of early music. Their repertoire also includes projects which bring the two worlds together, such as Officium, in which they sing renaissance polyphony while the saxophonist Jan Garbarek improvises.
In the world of early music, they’ve pioneered the revival of unfamiliar composers, such as Walter Frye. Their recent Morimur CD is a deeply moving exploration of Bach and death, and they will soon be releasing a CD of Bach motets.
In this interview, we spoke with two members of the ensemble — Steven Harrold (SH) and Rogers Covey-Crump (RCC). |
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