I Fagiolini sing “Music to Hear” on Radio 3

I Fagiolini (Robert Hollingworth) will sing Sonnet 8 (Music to Hear) at Wigmore Hall on Monday 11 April 2016 at 1pm as part of the Radio 3 Lunchtime series. Premièred in 2015 by the Chamber Choir of National Youth Choirs Great Britain in Southwark and Durham, the piece will have March 2016 performances by ULCC (Colin Durrant) and Chandos Chamber Choir (James Davey). NYCGB plan further repeats in July and October 2016

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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 8 – “Music To Hear” First performance Wednesday 1st July

Southwark Cathedral in the City of London Festival National Youth Chamber Choir, conductor Ben Parry. As part of an all-Shakespeare programme The Play’s The Thing ,the NYCGB Chamber Choir will give the premiere of this SATB setting of the poet’s attempt to persuade a young man to get married by drawing an analogy between the harmonies of music and wedded bliss. https://www.nycgb.org.uk/summerfest15

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