Below are details of Fiori Musicali's forthcoming concerts.
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17 May 2008 - Northampton, All Saints, 7.00pm
Grace Davidson soprano,
Sophie Polhill soprano, Daniel Turner / Alastair Putt / Will Hale tenors, Boys of All Saints' Choir Northampton, Fiori Musicali Choir & Orchestra, Penelope Rapson director
In the early 17th century many fine musicians were drawn to the splendid Saint Mark's basilica in Venice, amongst them Monteverdi one of the greatest composers of his age.
The brass and strings of Fiori Musicali join forces with the boys of All Saints', Northampton and the Fiori Musicali Choir to bring alive Monteverdi's magnificent masterpiece the Marian Vespers of 1610 one of the musical pinnacles of the Italian baroque.
Monteverdi - 1610 Vespers
Presented in conjunction with the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery's summer-long Venezia! festival a celebration of the cultural and historical highlights of magical Venice and through the generous financial support of members of Fiori's new Silver Jubilee Club.
"Once she did hold the gorgeous East in fee; and was the safeguard of the West" Wordsworth
INFORMATION
Tickets £10 (restricted view), £15, £20; funded by Orchestras Live in partnership with Northamptonshire CC.
30 May 2008 - Nassington, Prebendal Manor, 7.30pm by kind invitation of Jane Baile
1 June 2008 - Courteenhall, Courteenhall House, 7.00pm by kind invitation of Charles & Joan Wake
Grace Davidson soprano, Katy Bircher flute, Penny Veryard viola, Penelope Rapson harpsichord
The very first public opera house opened in Venice in 1637. Ever since, musicians have flocked to the city to write for the greatest singers of the day. Popular soprano Grace Davidson sings enchanting operatic arias and cantatas written by some of the many composers who visited this magical city.
Handel - Aria from Agrippina'
Hasse - Quel vago seno
Tartini - Flute sonata in D
Caldara - Begl'occhi adorata
Handel - Crudel tiranno Amor
Albinoni - Lontananza crudelOptional fork supper after the Courteenhall concert.
Presented in conjunction with the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery's Venezia! festival.
INFORMATION
Tickets £17 (30 May), £18 (1 June); funded by South Northamptonshire Council. Courteenhall supper £15.
14 June 2008 - Rutland, Empingham, St Peter, 7.00pm
15 June 2008 - Althorp, Picture Gallery, 6.15pm by kind permission of Lord Spencer
Pamela Thorby recorder, Gail Hennessy oboe, Wiebke Thormählen violin, Ursula Leveaux bassoon, David Miller lute, Fiori Musicali Chamber Ensemble, Penelope Rapson harpsichord
Pamela Thorby bewitching recorder player and featured artist on the million-selling Adiemus albums joins Fiori for a dazzling display of baroque chamber concertos. A sparkling evening of music for recorder, oboe, bassoon, violin and continuo by Antonio Vivaldi. Venice 's most famous musical son.
Vivaldi - Concerto in G minor
Vivaldi - Concerto La Pastorella in D
Vivaldi - Trio in A minor for recorder and basoon
Vivaldi - Trio in G minor for recorder, oboe and bassoonOptional dinner at the White Horse after the Empingham concert.
You are welcome to picnic in the grounds before the Althorp concert from 4.30pm.Presented in conjunction with the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery's Venezia! festival and the Althorp Literary Festival.
INFORMATION
Tickets £14 (14 June), £27 (15 June, includes pre-concert champagne and voucher worth up 30% off tickets for Althorp Literary Festival); funded by Orchestras Live in partnership with Northamptonshire CC. Empingham dinner £25.
21 June 2008 - Everdon, St Mary, 6.30pm
Grace Davidson soprano, Fiori Musicali Choir & Orchestra, Penelope Rapson director
Choir, soloists, trumpets, oboes and strings in a grand feast of music from the English baroque, including Handel's recently rediscovered Gloria sung by soprano Grace Davidson, and one of the splendid coronation anthems Handel wrote for George II.
Handel - Coronation anthem Let thy hand be strengthened
Stanley - Concerto grosso no.4 in G
Purcell - Te Deum and Jubilate
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Boyce - Symphony no.1 in B flat
Handel - GloriaGenerously supported by a member of Fiori's new Silver Jubilee Club.
INFORMATION
Tickets £12, £18; funded by Orchestras Live in partnership with Northamptonshire CC.
29 June 2008 - Wolfhampcote, St Peter, 6.30pm by kind permission of The Churches Conservation Trust
Fiori Musicali Choir, Sophie Polhill soprano, Penelope Rapson director
Glorious renaissance music by Tallis and Tye some of the great musical luminaries of the 16th century.
Tallis' remarkable motet in 40 parts (for eight five-part choirs) is the crowning glory of this year's Wolfhampcote concert.
The isolated medieval church virtually all that remains of this deserted village is the atmospheric backdrop for this evocative music, performed by candlelight.
Tallis - Spem in alium nunquam habui
Hildegard - Plainchant
Byrd - Ave verum corpus
Tallis - Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
Tye - Euge bone Mass
INFORMATION
Tickets £14.
5 July 2008 - Boughton House, Great Hall, 7.30pm by gracious permission of the
Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry
6 July 2008 - Eydon, St Nicholas, 7.30pm
James Bowman countertenor, Jeremy West cornetto, Kerstin Linder-Dewan violin, David Miller lute, Penelope Rapson organ
Batoni's fine painting in the Great Hall at Boughton, depicting the Marquis of Monthermer on his Italian tour holding a score of Corelli's opus 5 violin sonatas, inspires a programme of brilliant 17th-century Venetian music for violin, cornetto, lute, organ and countertenor.
Performing at Boughton House one of Northamptonshire's most palatial country houses and in the delightful rural setting at Eydon, Fiori present music that 17th-century grand tourists to Venice might have heard in the palaces of La Serenissima.
Internationally distinguished singer James Bowman, who has starred in many of the world's great opera houses, heads an illustrious cast of musicians.
Corelli - Sonata for violin op.5 no.6
Monteverdi - Arnalta's lullaby from Poppea
Castello - Sonata for violin and cornetto
Monteverdi - Si dolce e'l tormento
Cima - Sonata for cornetto
Riccio - Jubilent omnesPresented in conjunction with the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery's Venezia! festival.
INFORMATION
Tickets £27 (5 July, includes interval champagne), £12 (6 July); funded by South Northamptonshire Council.
11 July 2008 - Bedfordshire, Turvey, Turvey House, 7.30pm by kind invitation of Mr & Mrs Daniel Hanbury
12 July 2008 - Aynhoe Park, Orangery, 7.00pm by kind invitation of James Perkins
13 July 2008 - Northampton, St Peter, 7.00pm by kind permission of The Churches Conservation Trust
Pamela Thorby recorder, Pauline Nobes violin, Penelope Rapson organ
A galaxy of famous composers were active in Venice in the mid 18th century.
Pamela Thorby (virtuoso recorder player) and Pauline Nobes (who regularly leads the Academy of Ancient Music) bring alive the music of this colourful period.
Albinoni - Trio Sonata in G minor
Scarlatti - Sonata in E minor K81
Nogueira - La folia
Albinoni - Trio Sonata in B minorThree unique settings all open specially to Fiori Musicali audiences for the Venezia! festival:
the fine late 18th-century Turvey House with its swagger façade', overlooking the Ouse;
the striking Orangery at Aynhoe Park, replete with Italianate plasterworks;
and the hidden Norman jewel of St Peter's in Northampton 's Marefair, with its stunning interior.
Presented in conjunction with the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery's Venezia! festival.
INFORMATION
Tickets £18 (11 July), £22 (12 July, includes interval champagne), £12 (13 July); funded by South Northamptonshire Council.
19 July 2008 - Leicestershire, Loughborough, All Saints, 8.00pm
20 July 2008 - Castle Ashby, St Mary Magdalene, 7.00 pm
Kerstin Linder-Dewan violin, Grace Davidson soprano, Fiori Musicali Chamber Orchestra, Penelope Rapson director
A Vivaldi extravaganza. The celebrated Four Seasons concertos stand alongside virtuoso operatic music for soprano and strings by Venice 's best known composer.
Fiori Musicali perform this popular programme twice in the handsome 14th-century church in Loughborough, and in the fine estate church of St Mary Magdalene, nestling in the grounds of Castle Ashby House perfect venues for Fiori's traditional high summer concert.
Vivaldi - Sinfonia L'Incoronazione di Dario
Vivaldi - Alma oppressa
Vivaldi - Agitata da due venti
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Vivaldi - In furoreOptional champagne reception at The Falcon beforehand and/or dinner there after the Castle Ashby concert.
Presented in conjunction with the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery's Venezia! festival.
INFORMATION
Tickets £10, £14 (19 July), £18 (20 July); funded by Orchestras Live in partnership with South Northamptonshire Council. Castle Ashby reception £10, dinner £25.
9 August 2008 - Fotheringhay, St Mary the Virgin & All Saints, 7.00pm
James Bowman countertenor, Pamela Thorby recorder, Adrian Woodward trumpet, Gail Hennessy oboe, Kerstin Linder-Dewan / Malu Lin Swayne violins, Fiori Musicali Chamber Orchestra, Penelope Rapson director
The glories of Venetian baroque music spread right across Europe even the great JS Bach in Saxony fell under the spell, penning his famous Brandenburg Concertos after the style of the ever-popular Vivaldi.
Enjoy a spectacular feast of baroque concertos in the historic church at Fotheringhay, where the orchestra are joined once again by the inimitable James Bowman.
Albinoni - Oboe concerto
Vivaldi - Stabat Mater
Vivaldi - Concerto for two violins op.3 no.8
Marcello - Torno a voi
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.2Optional dinner at the Falcon after the concert.
The final concert in conjunction with the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery's Venezia! festival.
INFORMATION
Tickets £10 (limited view), £16; funded by Orchestras Live in partnership with Northamptonshire CC. Dinner £30.
11 September 2008 - Derbyshire, Melbourne, St Michael with St Mary, 7.30pm
13 September 2008 - France, Saint Loup de Naud (Seine et Marne), St Benedict, 7.00pm
Grace Davidson soprano, Kerstin Linder-Dewan / Malu Lin Swayne violins, Pamela Thorby / Katy Bircher recorders, Adrian Woodward trumpet, Gail Hennessy oboe, Fiori Musicali Chamber Orchestra, Penelope Rapson director
Returning by popular demand to this year's St Loup de Naud Festival near Paris, Fiori present JS Bach's jubilant cantata for soprano, trumpet and strings Jauchzet Gott with young soprano Grace Davidson.
This festive programme of cantatas and concertos including Bach's famous Brandenburg Concerto no.2 can also be heard in the fine Norman church in Melbourne, south Derbyshire, as part of the festival there.
Bach - Jauchzet Gott
Bach - Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut
Vivaldi - Concerto for two violins op.3 no.8
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.2Presented as part of the Melbourne Festival and the Festival of Saint Loup de Naud.
INFORMATION
Tickets £10, £17 (11 September), e-mail apres-midi-saint-loup@wannadoo.fr (13 September).
2 October 2008 - Oxfordshire, Church Hanborough, St Peter & Paul, 7.30pm
4 October 2008 - Cambridgeshire, Thorney, Abbey, 7.30pm
5 October 2008 - Fawsley, St Mary the Virgin, 7.00pm
James Bowman countertenor, Jane Downer oboe, Fiori Musicali Chamber Ensemble, Penelope Rapson harpsichord
Bach's beautiful valedictory cantata Ich habe genug, with its poignant oboe obbligato, is the centrepiece in this autumnal programme.
Joining Fiori Musicali is illustrious countertenor James Bowman a living legend whose distinguished career has taken him to many of the world's great opera houses.
Bach - Ich habe genug
Zelenka - Lamentatio pro Die Veneris Sancto
Janitsch - O Haupt voll BlutPresented as part of Hanborough's 900th anniversary celebrations.
Optional dinner at Fawsley Hall Hotel after the Fawsley concert.
INFORMATION
Tickets £15 (2 October), £12 (4 October), £15 (5 October); funded by West Oxfordshire DC, Hanborough Parish Council and the Duke of Marlborough, and by Orchestras Live in partnership with Northamptonshire CC. Fawsley dinner £39.
31 October 2008 - Derbyshire, Chesterfield, St Mary & All Saints (The Crooked Spire), 7.30pm
Pamela Thorby recorder, Katy Bircher flute, Gail Hennessy oboe, Penelope Rapson harpsichord
Magical recorder player togther with Fiori present dazzling baroque music for recorder, flute, oboe and continuo, including a brilliant arrangement of Pachelbel's famous canon.
Quantz - Sonata for flute and recorder
Bach - Sonata in E minor for flute
Janitsch - Quadro in G
Vivaldi - Sonata for cello in A minor
Pachelbel - Canon (arrangement)Presented as part of the Chesterfield Market Festival.
INFORMATION
Tickets 01246 345777 from 1 June, or e-mail tourism@chesterfield.co.uk.
7 December 2008 - Towcester, St Lawrence, 7.30pm
Grace Davidson soprano, Fiori Musicali Chamber Orchestra, Penelope Rapson director
Soprano Grace Davidson sings two of JS Bach's most sublime cantatas.
A sumptuous pre-Christmas programme featuring Corelli's familiar Christmas Concerto alongside rare music by Silesian baroque composer JG Janitsch by candlelight.
Corelli - Christmas Concerto op.6 no.8
Janitsch - O Haupt voll Blut
Bach - Cantata Ich bin vergnügt
Handel - Concerto ΰ quattro in D minor
Bach - Cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut
INFORMATION
Tickets £10, £15; funded by Orchestras Live in partnership with South Northamptonshire Council.
23 December 2008 - Northampton, Guildhall, 7.00pm
Grace Davidson soprano, Timothy Travers-Brown countertenor, Thomas Hobbs tenor, Simon Birchall bass, Fiori Musicali Choir and Orchestra, Penelope Rapson director
Begin Christmas in style with Fiori's popular traditional performance of Messiah a blaze of trumpets and drums, with choir, soloists and orchestra this year in Northampton's magnificent Guildhall.
Handel - Messiah
INFORMATION
Tickets £10, £15, £20; funded by Orchestras Live in partnership with Northamptonshire CC.
17 January 2009 - Sulgrave, Sulgrave Manor, 7.30pm
Maggie Cole fortepiano, Thomas Hobbs tenor
Celebrity concert with rising star Thomas Hobs tenor and distinguished fortepianist Maggie Cole back by popular request.
In the historic setting of Sulgrave Manor they perform Schubert's much loved song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin.
Schubert - Die Schöne Müllerin
INFORMATION
Tickets £19 (includes interval champagne); funded by South Northamptonshire Council.
Other concerts also taking part in 2008/9, Fiori's Silver Jubilee season, are shown below:
2 August 2008 - Althorp, Saloon
INFORMATION
To book, or to request a free copy of our 2008/9 jubilee season brochure, please click here.