Siglo de Oro

Performing Ensemble

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. Since its acclaimed debut at the Spitalfields Festival in 2014, Siglo de Oro has performed all over the UK, Europe, and North America, recorded five albums for Delphian Records, and broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 3.

Siglo de Oro’s recordings with Delphian Records range from fifteenth-century music written for Milan Cathedral to new pieces for choir and saxophone composed specifically for the ensemble. Among these albums was the world premiere recording of a late-Renaissance 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.

Siglo de Oro has long been committed to performing contemporary music. The ensemble has regularly commissioned new works, including pieces by Kerensa Briggs, Owain Park, Ben Rowarth and Marisse Cato. Siglo de Oro gave the first performance of Emily Hall’s hotel-based opera Found and Lost, and has an ongoing association with the charity Multitude of Voyces, whose mission is to promote the work of under-represented composers.

In the 2024-25 season, the group will take up a three-concert residency at Wigmore Hall, as well as giving concerts across the UK and in Canada, the United States, and Finland.

Photograph of Siglo de Oro by Kaupo Kikkas. Used with permission.