The Vocal Kaleidoscope


The most suitable programme for promoters wanting a more general selection of a capella repertoire.
Below is one example based on 8 singers.
This list of pieces is an example and must be confirmed with I Fagiolini before going to print.


Ludwig Senfl – Das G’läut zu Speyer
From our Theatre of Music programme.

Byrd – Three motets
including the 8-voice masterwork Ad Dominum cum tribularer

Hildegard of Bingen
From the ‘Symphony of the harmony of celestial revelations'

Great motets
Masterpieces of the Renaissance for up to 8 voices, sometimes for double-choir
sometimes using unusual techniques which have set them apart as classics of their time.

interval

Charles Stanford – The Blue Bird
Bo Holten – First Snow

Two classic 20th century partsongs

Anon - Donnell Og
Haunting traditional Irish lament

Poulenc – Sept Chansons
Rarely heard passionate, lyrical settings of Éluard and Apollinnaire from the 1930s
or a 20th/21st century work by a contemporary British composer. Full description of commissions at here

Three South African pieces
Works written for I Fagiolini from South African composers involved in the collaboration
with a choir from Soweto and released as the album
Simunye on Warner.