| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 29-May-2013 Cadogan Hall | The Tallis Scholars at 40, Gesualdo at 400 at Cadogan Hall |
 Celebrating their 40th anniversary year, The Tallis Scholars presented a programme of Renaissance polyphony centred around another anniversary – that of Carlo Gesualdo, the 400th anniversary of whose death falls this year. The first half of the concert was a complete performance of Gesualdo’s masterpiece, the Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday (1611). This dramatic sequence of texts is treated with passion and virtuosity by Gesualdo, and made use of the singers’ full range of vocal colour and texture.Read full review... | |
| 8-Feb-2013 Cadogan Hall | Insalata I Fagiolini at Cadogan Hall |
 I Fagiolini is a vocal group I have been trying to see live for quite a while now, so I was extremely excited to be attending the London offering of Insalata I Fagiolini at Cadogan Hall. Performing early repertoire in a fresh and exciting way is their niche (within a niche, within a niche, as we were informed by director Robert Hollingworth) and tonight we were to be treated to an evening of madrigals, some of which were inventively staged to illustrate the narrative of the text.Read full review... | |
