Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Grey Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Australia
ROBERT HOLLINGWORTH: DIRECTOR & COUNTERTENOR
ALISON HILL: SOPRANO
KIRSTY HOPKINS: SOPRANO
ELEANOR MINNEY: MEZZO-SOPRANO
MATTHEW LONG: TENOR NICHOLAS
HURNDALL SMITH: TENOR
GREG SKIDMORE: BARITONE
CHARLES GIBBS: BASS
This exciting English vocal ensemble makes its debut Australian national tour with a characteristic mix of old and new, tossing early madrigals in with spectacular new works to create a delicious musical salad!
Pronounced Ee fah-joe-LEEnee (‘the little beans’), the group is acclaimed for its fearless performances of music that demand the utmost from its singers. This is extreme a cappella that ranges from the hyper-real playfulness of Janequin’s sung description of a Renaissance hunting party, to the rich imagery of a Monteverdi madrigal.
Director Robert Hollingworth leads the singers and audience effortlessly through countries and centuries, and pays tribute to his native Great Britain with Adrian Williams’ extraordinary Hymn to Awe and the exquisite sentiments of Inheritance, which was Herbert Howell’s contribution to the Queen’s coronation. The concert also features a new piece by Australian composer Andrew Schultz, especially commissioned for I Fagiolini and Musica Viva by Geoff Stearn.
Lovers of great singing and choral music will welcome making the acquaintance of this superb group!
VICTORIA
Alma redemptoris mater
GIBBONS
O clap your hands
CROCE
Il gioco dell’Occa
MONTEVERDI
Madrigals (selection)
JANEQUIN
La Chasse
INTERVAL
POULENC
Sept chansons
SCHULTZ
La Molière Imaginaire [world premiere]
WILLIAMS
Hymn to Awe
Before I Fagiolini’s performance, Musica Viva in association with Opera Queensland offers you the unique opportunity to attend a Masterclass with the highly acclaimed Robert Hollingsworth, Director of the superb British vocal ensemble I Fagiolini. See him work with young local singers, in an open lesson format, ending with a Q&A between Robert and the audience.
5 August, OperaQ Studio, South Bank
http://www.qtix.com.au/event/MVA_Fagiolini_Masterclass_15.aspx
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