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2 unusual facts about Paul Hillier


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The alto and bass voices and oboe and bassoon are always M-voices (Hillier's coinage, referring to the melody voice in a tintinnabuli configuration); the soprano and tenor voices and violin and cello are always T-voices (again, Hillier's coinage referring to the harmonizing voice).

Paul Hillier

In 2001, he became the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.


Else Torp

She is a member of Paul Hillier's Theatre of Voices, with whom she sings ancient and baroque works of composers such as Abelard, Lassus, Tallis, and Schütz as well as contemporary creations such as by Cage, Stockhausen, and Pärt.


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