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Gothic Voices' 25th anniversary season is in many ways its most exciting yet. Having given in 2005 the first performance and made the first recordings of Andrew Keeling's "Powered by Joy" (a 13 minute work with medieval texts specially commissioned by Gothic Voices) early in 2006 the group recorded the complete works of the 14th century French composer Solage, together with a number of contrasting songs by his earlier contemporary Machaut. Solage's music is some of the most challenging repertoire that Gothic Voices has ever encountered, yet so familiar with his Ars subtilior style have the singers become that they are able to make even the most virtuosic works sound effortless and second nature to them. The new CD - The Unknown Lover - is due for release in September 2006 and will appear on the innovative and well-respected Avie label. At the same time a brand-new concert programme featuring the repertoire of the new CD will be available to promoters.

There is still so much more of this wonderful repertory to explore, and Gothic Voices' mission is to bring it to a much wider public by communicating with and involving audiences at their concerts. The ensemble's performances shed new light on medieval music, which might at first glance seem unfamiliar and austere, and yet is revealed by them as gloriously rich and strange.