In 1973 the Taverner Choir, Consort and Players (TCCP) made their début at the
Bath International Music Festival. The group was founded by
Andrew Parrott at the suggestion of composer Sir
Michael Tippett. Parrott had a keen interest in the "golden age of
polyphony", the era of
English Renaissance music, and formed a specialist choir along with a
chamber ensemble and a
Renaissance or
Baroque orchestra, devoted to authentic performance of European classical music from the 15th-17th centuries. Parrott's group was formed during the flourishing of the British
Early music revival during the 1970s, when orchestras and choirs such as
Christopher Hogwood's
Academy of Ancient Music,
The English Concert under
Trevor Pinnock and
The Tallis Scholars under
Peter Phillips began to emerge, advancing the performance of early Western art music informed by scholarly research and using period instruments. ==Awards==