“And thick and fast they came at last, and more and more and more”, streaming into St Mary & All Saints’, Fotheringhay, to hear the final tour de force of Fiori’s summer series – Handel’s scintillating showpiece for soloists, choir and strings, Dixit Dominus. Given in one of Northamptonshire’s most historically interesting churches (close to the . . .
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Full house at Castle Ashby
Fiori’s idyllic high summer concert at Castle Ashby did everything it said on the tin. Fiori have had an annual high summer concert in the estate church at Castle Ashby for over two decades. Always a popular occasion, the programme this year featured well known . . .
More »»The Italian Job
Rehearsing in the torrid late July heat of Tuscany – not far from the birthplace of the great 15th-century painter Piero della Francesca – Fiori’s choristers broadcast a little of the English musical renaissance to passing tourists . . .
Staunton Harold
What an atmospheric setting for Haydn and Mozart! The picturesque lakeside backdrop, the impressive 18th-century hall crammed to the gunwales with eager music lovers, an idyllic English summer evening, sun streaming in through the windows, and then …
More »»Old meets new
Palm Sunday saw the confluence of several musical traditions. Young aspiring soloists from Oakham School making their first outing with period instruments, the inimitable James Bowman . . .
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