Grant from the Continuo Foundation

Fiori are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the Continuo Foundation for our Autumn/Winter series! This is fantastic news enabling us to give four exciting performances between now and the end of January:

12 Days of Christmas at Woodford cum Membris 9 December with members of His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts and the Fiori choir
12 Days of Christmas programme repeated at All Saints’ Parish Church, Bakewell 19 December
Mr Handel’s Messiah at Northampton Cathedral on 22 December
Telemann’s World at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery on 27 January

The Continuo Foundation’s aim is “to help UK period-instrument ensembles to create inspiring live music experiences for more people in more places, enhancing the lives of musicians and audiences of all ages in communities across the country.” To date, the Continuo Foundation have supported 95 projects engaging in over 630 freelance musicians, “…touring to under-served areas of the UK.” This is a vision about which Fiori also care passionately.

See our choir for Evensong

Just a quick note to let you know some good news. You can see Fiori for free! When the Fiori Choir sings traditional Sunday Evensong during the Summer months.

Lake Como

I teased you last month with mention of Fiori Musicali’s singing trip to the stunning Lake Como. So now you get to see what a great time was had by the choir because it turns out that it has some budding photographers.

What’s on the Fiori Journey

Fiori have a brilliant weekend lined up so I thought it only polite to let you know what’s on.

Fiori’s friends at the National Trust are hosting their live rehearsal on Saturday afternoon at the stunning Canon’s Ashby. It’s an open rehearsal which means that anyone can drop in and listen for free!

A week of festivals & fashion!

There are 2 exciting Fiori concerts over the next week to entertain you! First off is Fiori’s traditional choral concert at St Peter’s Church, Wolfhampcote this Sunday 29 June. This venue is Fiori’s version of Glastonbury; a remarkable occasion when both audience and Fiori Choir make for this isolated church in the middle of nowhere (so be prepared for a mini adventure to seek it out) to enjoy glorious renaissance choral music.

Handel’s Messiah explained

Handel is one of the giants of the baroque. But I don’t know much about him. Now, we can’t be having that can we especially around Christmas when his famous work Messiah is prominent? So I asked Penelope Rapson, Director of Fiori Musicali, what she knows about the composer. It might be easier to ask what she doesn’t know but here’s what she told me.

Fiori’s answer to Glastonbury!

It’s not often that you hear of a classical music concert likened to the mudfest that is Glastonbury but that’s just what you can expect from Fiori Musicali’s midsummer concert at Wolfhampcote. Obviously just without the mud and rain!