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Next concerts:

Saturday, 28 June 2025 at 5 p.m. in Walferdange church: Hidden gems of the Renaissance. Works by Victoria (who, to be sure, is less unknown than the other composers), Jean de Chaynée, Derrick Gerarde, Giovanni Contino, Michael Deiss, Jacobus Vaet and Hugh Sturmy, as well as plainchant (Ut queant laxis and Inviolata) and music from the Middle Ages: Kyrie by Nicolas Merques, motets by Leonel Power, an Italian lauda and songs from the Codex Calixtinus and the LLibre Vermell. Instrumental music from the LLibre Vermell played on the nyckelharpa by Vincent Soubeyran.

Sunday, 29 June 2025 at 4 p.m. in Strassen church: the same programme as for the concert on the previous day.

Sunday, 19 October 2025 at 5 p.m. in Walferdange church: More hidden gems of the Renaissance, with organ music played by Mark Brafield. (Mark will also give an organ recital in Luxembourg cathedral on Saturday, 18 October.)

The Art of Music's most recent performances were:

- Sunday, 16 March 2025: concert in memory of the Art of Music's former baritone Alan Carlisle. The concert, given by various performers, included a performance of Fauré's Requiem, and the Art of Music sang three pieces.

- an Advent concert on 1 December 2024 in Strassen church, together with Catriona Gillham (soprano) and with interludes played by Vincent Soubeyran on the nyckelharpa. The collection raised EUR 650 for the charities supported by Strassen Advent Bazaar.

- on 16 June 2024 in Strassen church: medieval and Renaissance choral music, as at the concert on 9 June, with interludes played by Vincent Soubeyran on the nyckelharpa. The retiring collection in aid of Coopération Humanitaire Luxembourg (chlux.lu) raised EUR 468.

- on 9 June 2024 at Walferdange church. The retiring collection raised EUR 380 for the charitable association Tricentenaire. A programme of medieval and Renaissance choral music was interspersed with English and French organ music from the 16th and 17th centuries played by local organist Roger Goodwyn. The medieval component consisted of music by Hildegard of Bingen, Peter Abelard and Francesco Landini, while the composers represented in the Renaissance category came mainly from the Flemish lands.

Before that, the Art of Music performed on Sunday, 25 February 2024 in the Anglican Arts Festival in Luxembourg City (settings of texts drawn from the psalms) and on Sunday, 22 October 2023 in Waldbillig church, with a programme focusing particularly on William Byrd, to mark the 400th anniversary of the composer's death. Sadly, the concert in October 2023 was the ensemble's last ever concert with Edward Seymour, who had been its bass and its true foundation for the past 30 years. We wish him well in his thoroughly deserved retirement.

The Art of Music is looking for an alto and a baritone, and there could be an opening for an additional bass. Please see under News.

The Art of Music is a small vocal ensemble based in Luxembourg, specialising particularly in the performance of music from the Renaissance. Since 1997, Josy Peschon has recorded more than 10 CDs of its concert performances, and information about them can be found on his website, Flash Compact Editioun.

The Art of Music can be contacted at: mickswithinbank@gmail.com