The clocks have changed. The seasons change. And Fiori are gearing up for our winter season. To kick things off we have a concert on 22 November – St Cecilia’s Day.
St Cecilia is patron saint of music and musicians and Fiori are very excited to be able to put on the first modern-day professional public performance of Quirino Colombani’s oratorio Il Martire di Santa Cecilia (with grateful acknowledgement to the Continuo Foundation for enabling this to happen, and to our academic friends in Oregon for so generously allowing us to use their research).
Taking place in the Church of St Mary, Great Brington in Northamptonshire, where the tombs of Spencer family are to be found, this concert is a unique opportunity to discover completely new music from the turn of the 18th century, composed by a skilled and successful Roman composer, albeit little known today, who worked for Prince Ruspoli and the d’Este family.
This music has been hidden away in libraries for over three hundred years and now we have the chance to bring it to life again with a stunning array of soloists joing the Fiori Musicali Chamber Ensemble.
The role of Cecilia (soprano) will be sung by Judit Felszeghy, Valerian (alto, Judith Daykin), his brother Tiburtio (tenor) sung by rising star Jonathan Hanley and the Roman prefect Almachio (bass) will sung by Andrew Tipple.
Read more about St Cecilia on the Continuo website.
Recipe of the month – Pumpkin soup with pumpkin oil