Armonico Consort

Armonico Consort is a British company founded in 2001 by Christopher Monks in the United Kingdom. They specialize in Renaissance and Baroque music performances. In 2002, they established a series of academies to provide choral training for schoolchildren. They gained international recognition through collaborations with notable figures such as Sir Willard White, Dame Emma Kirkby, and Dame Evelyn Glennie. Their innovative productions include Henry Purcell's The Fairy-Queen (2005) and Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Barbican Centre in London (2007). Their opera Too Hot to Handel, featuring music by George Frideric Handel, received highly positive reviews in 2012. They performed around 50 concerts annually at venues such as the Barbican and Wigmore Hall, and their audio releases include the highly acclaimed Naked Byrd (2010).