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I Fagiolini: 'Insalata I Fagiolini'

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Friday, April 24, 2015
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Duke Performances
Duke Performances 2014/2015 Season

I Fagiolini, winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Ensemble Award, are a British vocal ensemble of six singers specializing in dynamic, historically informed performances of renaissance vocal music. Far from ¿stand and deliver' performers, I Fagiolini invest their concerts with a theatrical style that seeks to capture the spirit of the music.With a program title that plays on the ensemble's name and translates as "A Salad of Green Beans," I Fagiolini present a meal fit for a king at Baldwin Auditorium seasoned with the ensemble's signature blend of dramatic skill and flawless technique. The program of madrigals, chansons, and ensaladas -- songs with mixtures of languages and rhythms, written as entertainments for the Valencian court -- had the Guardian raving, "bean salads rarely come as good as this ... For all the humor, the program worked beautifully because of the deadly serious musicianship that is I Fagiolini's gold standard." For complete program, click "more information."