Including music by Henry Purcell, James MacMillan, Caroline Shaw, Kate Bush and Hildegard of Bingen.

Papagena is a rarity in the UK, an all-female consort of five professional singers set up to explore music from medieval times to the present day written specifically for female voices. The group’s programming defies pigeonholing; drawing richly on traditional folk music and women’s working songs from around the world, Papagena juxtaposes these pieces with more classical repertoire from Kassia and Hildegard of Bingen to Imogen Heap and Katy Perry, as well as writing its own material and commissioning from an eclectic range of composers including Errollyn Wallen, Oliver Tarney, Janet Wheeler, John Duggan, Liz Dilnot Johnson and Jim Clements.

Launched in 2015, the group has performed at numerous festivals and venues throughout the UK with recent performances in Winchester Cathedral, The Stables - Milton Keynes, Southwell Minister, Powderham Castle, Christchurch Priory, the Three Choirs Festival and the Ryedale Festival. Internationally, Papagena has performed in Ireland, Scotland and recently a collaboration with harpist Victoria Davies, recorder player Francesca Clements and the Rotterdam Conservatoire, premiering new works written specifically for the group.