Marian Consort

The Marian Consort is a British vocal ensemble led by founder and artistic director Rory McCleery. They perform early music going back as far as the 12th century, and specialize in Medieval and Renaissance music, as well as contemporary music. They tour internationally, typically performing with eight singers, with McCleery conducting.
Since 2022 they record on the Linn Records label.
Formed in 2008, they tour internationally and have released more than a dozen albums. They have performed newly commissioned music and world premieres of music by a number of contemporary composers. For 2024–2025 the Consort established a talent development program for composers, Emerging Voices.
The Marian Consort is known as a champion of the music of 16th-century Black composer Vicente Lusitano. They have performed his music at the BBC Proms and elsewhere and recorded the first commercial recordings of music from Lusitano's 1551 volume “Liber Primus Epigramatum.”
In 2024 they became a partner in the 2024 Choir & Organ New Music Series.

Discography

Una poesia muta: Art in early Cinquecento Venice – Linn Records, 2025A Winged Woman – Linn Records, 2024Inviolata – Linn Records, 2022Vicente Lusitano: Motets – Linn Records, 2022Adriatic Voyage - Seventeenth-Century Music From Venice To Dalmatia – Delphian Records, 2021Singing In Secret: Clandestine Catholic Music By William Byrd – Delphian Records, 2020In Sorrow's Footsteps – Delphian, 2018Pater Peccavi: Music Of Lamentation From Renaissance Portugal – Delphian Records, 2018Music For The Queen Of Heaven: Contemporary Marian Motets – Delphian Records, 2017Stabat Mater – Delphian Records, 2016Gesualdo – Delphian Records, 2016Loquebantur: Music From The Baldwin Partbooks – Delphian Records, 2015Christmas with the Shepherds – Delphian Records, 2014Jean Maillard: Missa Je Suis Déshéritée & Motets – Delphian Records, 2013An Emerald In A Work Of Gold – Delphian Records, 2012O Virgo Benedicta – Delphian Records, 2010