10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign
10 years ago, in December 2014, Siglo de Oro made its professional debut at the Spitalfields Festival. The group made a positive impression on the critics: Geoff Brown, reviewing for The Arts Desk, wrote "I’d happily hear Siglo de Oro sing on every day of the year."
A decade later, after six recordings and over 100 more concerts, the group is still thriving. The 2024-25 season will be one of the group's busiest yet, with concerts in the US, Canada, Finland, and across the UK, and a three-concert residency at London's Wigmore Hall.
Over the years, the group has asked for help from its supporters for various recording and video projects. A few people have asked how they might help us in our anniversary year, and so we have decided to launch this fundraising page.
We've listed some rewards on our page which we hope might be tempting, and give you an idea of the sort of things we would be grateful to receive your help with. By donating this amount, you really will be covering the exact of cost of something that will help drive the group forward. If something that you'd like to give to us isn't on the list, just give us a shout.
Finally, thank you for reading this far, and for supporting us on our journey to this point. We're very grateful for all the help we receive, and if financial assistance isn't something you can offer the group, the act of sharing our fundraising page on social media will also be extremely effective.
Siglo de Oro is a registered charity (no. 1182321) and some donations may be eligble for Gift Aid, with donors' permission.
About Siglo de Oro
Siglo de Oro is one of the leading British vocal ensembles of its generation. The group is recognised internationally for its golden tone, fresh interpretations, and innovative programming.
The ensemble is best known for its work in early music, with a repertoire stretching from Hildegard of Bingen to Dieterich Buxtehude. In particular, Siglo de Oro specialises in bringing to life repertoire that has been neglected for centuries. This has led to projects based around music by composers such as Hermann Matthias Werrecore, Sulpitia Cesis, and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, bringing their long-forgotten music to new audiences in concerts, videos and recordings.
Siglo de Oro is also dedicated to performing contemporary music. Past projects have included the premiere of Emily Hall’s hotel-based opera, Found and Lost, a performance of Stockhausen’s Stimmung at Birmingham University, and a collaboration with the charity Multitude of Voyces, whose mission is to promote the work of underrepresented composers. So far, the group has recorded eight works from Multitude of Voyces’ volumes of sacred music by women, including new works by Emily Hazrati, Yshani Perinpanayagam and Alison Willis.
Siglo de Oro’s recordings with Delphian Records range from music written for Milan Cathedral in around 1500, to new commissions composed for the group. Amongst these was the world premiere recording of a mass by Hieronymus Praetorius, released in 2018, which was BBC Music Magazine’s Choral and Song Album of the Month. Siglo de Oro’s most recent recording, The Mysterious Motet Book of 1539, reached number 9 in the UK specialist classical chart, and was one of Music Web International’s Recordings of the Year for 2022.
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