| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2012 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 53: Remarkable vocal variety and colour from I Fagiolini's Italian Vespers |
 The scene is 1612 in Venice: a great battle has been won against the dreaded Ottoman Empire, and in celebration, evening prayers are ordered to be set to music specially composed by the great Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi and others. It's an imaginary scene, of course, actually taking place in this late Prom at London's Royal Albert Hall, and dreamt up by Robert Hollingworth, director of the period ensemble I Fagiolini.
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| 21-Jun-2012 National Museum Cardiff | In Venetia: QuintEssential perform and evening of Gabrieli and contemporaries |
 The celebrated Giovanni Gabrieli, one of the most innovative and influential composers of the Venetian school, exacting the transition between the Renaissance and Baroque musical periods, died on 12 August 1612. Four hundred years on, QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble with guest soloists soprano Grace Davidson and tenor Steven Harrold present In Venetia, the headline concert of the Gregynog Festival 2012 and a tribute to this exceptional man.
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| 2-Jun-2012 Durham Cathedral | The NCEM Composers' Awards set in context by the Tallis Scholars |
 A competition for young composers run by the National Centre for Early Music may perhaps, at first glance, sound like a contradiction, but the winning pieces, performed tonight by the Tallis Scholars in Durham Cathedral, acknowledged the glories of early polyphonic choral music whilst conveying their composers’ own distinct musical ideas.
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