I Fagiolini, founded by Robert Hollingworth during his student years in Oxford, celebrates its 40th anniversary season with a programme spanning the gamut of the internationally renowned British solo-voice ensemble's repertoire. It opens with a pristine jewel of Renaissance sacred polyphony, Victoria's setting of Alma Redemptoris mater for eight voices, before diving deeply into secular madrigals from Elizabethan England and Baroque Italy. Thrilling contemporary works by Joanna Marsh and Adrian Williams lead to pieces from Daniel-Lesur's sublime Song of Songs cycle and a closing masterclass in cabaret cool from the 'Little Beans'.

Programme:

Tomás Luis de Victoria Alma Redemptoris mater
John Wilbye Sweet hony sucking bees
Thomas Weelkes Noell, adew thou courts delight
Ludwig Senfl Das G'läut zu Seyer
Orazio Vecchi Daspuò che stabilao
Claudio Monteverdi Sfogava con le stelle SV 78
Anima mia, perdona
Adrian Williams Sweetest Love
Joanna Marsh Batter My Heart
Geocentric
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur Le Cantique des Cantiques: II. La voix du bien-aimé; V. Le jardin clos
Léo Ferré Chanson d'automne

Performers:

I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth director