Instrument: Vocal Ensemble

Agony, ecstasy and a double murder: Bill Barclay and The Gesualdo Six combine for a theatrical concert celebrating the life – and death – of the Renaissance composer.

Alice Nellis' staging of Purcell's masterpiece is both historically faithful and innovatively modern. With Collegium 1704 providing the early music chops, it's a rare treat.

Tenebrae transforms the Elbphilharmonie into a living instrument, exploring centuries of choral music through spatialised sound, Pärt’s tintinnabuli, Renaissance masterpieces and contemporary innovations in a vivid acoustic experiment.

Václav Luks launches a celebration of his ensemble's 20th anniversary with a seductive secular treatment of sacred music.

Only Bells and Horses: Garland transforms a Peckham car park into a dreamlike, chaotic spectacle of musicians, objects and voices – thrilling, poignant and unabashedly emotional.

In their Lammermuir Festival debut, I Fagiolini strike spiritual and musical gold with the Monteverdi Vespers... at least in the first half.