Concordia is an all female ensemble consisting of 7 voices and specialising in renaissance music. Led by Jane Ford, a musical teacher of some standing, they have performed actively within the North East of England. The key aim of the group is to bring renaissance music to a broader audience, while expanding the musical experiences of both the younger members and its audiences.

Their first CD, Sanctus Spiritus, was recorded in the chapel of the magnificent Raby Castle in Staindrop, Teesdale, by kind permission of Lord Barnard. It consists of 16 Elizabethan madrigals, sacred and secular, including Fair Phyllis, Now is the Month of Maying and In Pace In Idipsum, by a variety of composers such as Thomas Morley, John Dowland and Palestrina. The repertoire, arranged for unaccompanied female voices, being 400 years old, was extremely fun to sing and has proved to be popular with a wide ranging audience. The ensemble recently featured on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour.

You can preview some of the madrigals by clicking the links below...

Click the links below to listen to some samples of Concordia's music

Note: All samples are in an MP3 format and will open with your default media software.

• Come Again Sweet Love (824kb, 70 secs)
• Fair Phyllis (543kb, 46 secs)
• Now is the month of maying (517kb, 44 secs)

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Track listing:

1. Now is the month of Maying
   Thomas Morley, arr John West
2. Come again sweet love
   John Dowland, arr John West
3. The Silver Swan
   Orlando Gibbons, arr John West
4. Fair Phyllis
   John Farmer, arr Noel Cox
5. Thus sings my dearest jewel
   Thomas Weelkes, arr Craig Monson
6. Flora gave me fairest flowers
   John Wilbye, arr H A Chambers
7. Those dainty daffodillies
   Thomas Morley, arr Basil Ramsey
8. Tell me what master hand
   Palestrina, arr Henry Coates
9. Oken Leaves
   Thomas Ravenscroft
10. What is love but mourning?
    Philip Rosseter, arr Carl Shavitz
11. Weep you no more sad fountains
    John Dowland
12. In pace in idipsum
    Orlande de Lassus
13. Adoramus te Christe
    Paolo Agostini
14. Hodie Christus natus est
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
15. Crist and Sainte Marie
    St Godric
16. Alleluia
    W.A Mozart