De Profundis

Founded by Mark Dourish in 2011, DE PROFUNDIS presents concerts of continental Renaissance polyphony at the original lower pitch, employing the adult male singers appropriate to the period. Hailed as “ace” by The Guardian, the group performs with many of the world’s leading early music conductors, including Robert Hollingworth, David Skinner, Jeremy Summerly, and Andrew Parrott.

Between 2014 and 2020 De Profundis released three albums of Spanish Renaissance sacred music on the Hyperion label, winning plaudits in Gramophone magazine, on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review, and in the UK and Spanish press. Their recording of music by Sebastián de Vivanco, conducted by Robert Hollingworth, was one of the Discs of the Year in El País. They have made many appearances in Spain, including at the International Music Festival at Las Navas del Marqués, The El Greco Festival in Toledo, and the Tomás Luis de Victoria Festival in Ávila.

In 2022 the choir launched their landmark ‘Morales Project’ to perform and record the complete masses and Magnificats of Cristóbal de Morales, the founding father of the Spanish Renaissance school. The first album in the series was released in March 2023 and was awarded a Diapason d’Or. The second album (Requiem for five voices and Officium defunctorum) is due for release in 2024.