Songs for countertenor

Benjamin Irvine-Capel is a Choral Scholar of Exeter Cathedral and a recent graduate of Genesis Sixteen. He has previously sung in Portsmouth Cathedral Choir and as a Chorister of St Paul’s Cathedral.‌

Since moving to Devon, he has performed as a soloist for multiple groups, including the Wellington Choral Society, the Winkleigh Singers, the Three Spires Singers, and the Exmouth Choral Society, and at Powderham Castle, as well as as a member of the Dumnonii Consort.
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Further afield, he participated in Collegium Vocale, Gent’s Bach Academy, Bruges 2025 and now tours with the group to destinations as diverse as South Korea, Germany, and the Netherlands. Closer to home, he continues to sing as a founder-member with Contrepoint – a recently established eight-part consort – as well as deputising for Westminster Cathedral Choir and Lady Clare’s Consort.

Lutenist Kristiina Watt performs regularly with leading groups in the historical music scene and beyond, such as the Academy of Ancient Music, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers, The English Concert and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Kristiina plays a theorbo made by Klaus Jacobsen, a Baroque guitar made by Dallas Sutherland and Renaissance lutes by Martin Haycock. She particularly enjoys working with singers and regularly plays for consorts such as Ensemble Pro Victoria, The Marian Consort, Musica Sereta and Vache Baroque. She is featured on the Marian Consort’s latest CD, ‘Un Poesia Muta', in which her performance was reviewed as ’flawless’ by Gramophone Magazine.