Mark Deller
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Mark Deller is a countertenor
, the son of the first modern countertenor, Alfred Deller
. Mark Deller has been a member of the choirs of St John's College, Cambridge
, and St Paul's Cathedral
. Since 1962 he has been a member of the Deller Consort. While his career has tended to be in ensembles rather than as a soloist, his discography includes solo performances of note:
Countertenor
A countertenor is a male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of a contralto, mezzo-soprano, or a soprano, usually through use of falsetto, or far more rarely than normal, modal voice. A pre-pubescent male who has this ability is called a treble...
, the son of the first modern countertenor, Alfred Deller
Alfred Deller
Alfred George Deller CBE , was an English singer and one of the main figures in popularizing the return of the countertenor voice in Renaissance and Baroque music during the 20th Century....
. Mark Deller has been a member of the choirs of St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
, and St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother...
. Since 1962 he has been a member of the Deller Consort. While his career has tended to be in ensembles rather than as a soloist, his discography includes solo performances of note:
- Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
´s duet Sound the Trumpet on Vanguard recordsVanguard RecordsVanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...
with the Dellers, father and son, as the two countertenor soloists. - Handel's dramatic oratorio Semele.