I Fagiolini

Photo: Eric Richmond

I Fagiolini is a British solo-voice ensemble specialising in Renaissance and contemporary music, directed by Robert Hollingworth. It has released 17 CDs and 2 DVDs.  It is the only early music ensemble ever to be awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Ensemble Prize.

 

1612 Italian Vespers – new recording for Decca released on 4 June

How Like An Angel

Tickets have just gone on sale for I Fagiolini’s collaboration with the Australian contemporary circus group, Circa. How Like An Angel was commissioned jointly by Norfolk and Norwich and Perth International Festivals as part of the London 2012 Festival to mark Olympic year. The show takes place in four cathedrals around the UK – Norwich, Ely, Gloucester and Ripon – starting on 26 June. More details from the Norfolk and Norwich Festival site.

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

I Fagiolini’s director, Robert Hollingworth, has been Music Director on an unusual project with the cream of the UK’s Renaissance instrument players to set eleven Shakespeare sonnets as contemporary songs.  Vocalists are the fabulous Cara Dillon, Robin Scott and I Fagiolini! The recording was released on 23 April. You can buy it from Amazon.co.uk or from all other record shops.

Striggio on tour

I Fagiolini brings a programme including the Striggio Mass in 40 parts and the motet Ecce beatam lucem along with the new version of Tallis Spem in Alium with instruments to four venues around the UK. The concerts also include performances of the Gabrieli Magnificat, reconstructed by Hugh Keyte, which features on I Fagiolini’s new CD for Decca, released later this year.

Thanks to a grant from the National Lottery, through Arts Council England, I Fagiolini is able to work with an amateur choir in each venue, providing an opportunity for them to perform alongside the cream of the UK’s professional singers and instrumentalists.

The tour visits Cambridge, Bath, Tewkesbury and York. Full details on the diary page