uire Cleveland is a professional choral ensemble, founded in 2008, to perform the glorious choral masterpieces of the late Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras, and beyond. Members of the ensemble are soloists and choral leaders at many of the major churches in the greater Cleveland area. Under the artistic direction of Ross W. Duffin, Quire Cleveland offers northern Ohio an outstanding professional ensemble of unaccompanied voices.
Debut Concert: “Sing Joyfully!”
sacred choral music from Tudor England — Sep 24, 08
The 2008-09 season of the Helen D. Schubert Concert Series opens with the début performance of Quire Cleveland in a concert entitled “Sing Joyfully!” — featuring sacred choral music from Tudor England. The program includes William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, as well as works by Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons, and Thomas Weelkes.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 7:30 pm
St. John Cathedral
1007 Superior Avenue East
Cleveland, Ohio
This concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are required. For more information, call 216-771-6666 or email gheislman@dioceseofcleveland.org.
Newly Formed Quire Cleveland Will Focus on A Cappella Early Music
Donald Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer — May 22, 08
Cleveland is about to acquire Quire Cleveland, a professional choral ensemble devoted largely to a cappella works from the late medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras. The group’s music director will be Peter Bennett, a British-born music faculty member at Case Western Reserve University and a conductor-scholar with extensive experience in early music.
The 18-member Quire, whose name is a 16th-century spelling of choir, will make its debut Wednesday, Sept. 24, at St. John Cathedral in downtown Cleveland with “Sing Joyfully!” The free program will comprise sacred choral music from Tudor England, including William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices and pieces by Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons and Thomas Weelkes. Read more (1) »
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Quotes
—sophistication, cohesion and clarity ... have become the ensemble’s hallmarks
—sophisticated yet accessible concert ... beautifully performed
—an inspiring mastery of blend and intonation
—Quire floated the haunting lines on streams of the freshest air.
—performances of crystalline clarity and expressive urgency
—A keen sense of shading and shape pervaded everything the chorus touched.
—Quire gave splendidly idiomatic performances
—[Tim] Brown and his newfound friends achieved something on the order of bliss.