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I Fagiolini

Re-Wilding The Wasteland

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“Sublime music from I Fagiolini” ★★★★ The Times

With guest appearance and readings by actress Ellise Chappell known for her role as Morwenna in Poldark.

Tomas Luis de Victoria O Vos Omnes
William Byrd Deus venerunt gentes v1
Ben Rowarth Deus venerunt gentes v2-3
Kenneth Leighton God’s grandeur (Gerald Manley Hopkins)
Tomás Luis de Victoria Caligaverunt oculi mei
Joanna Marsh Geocentric (PattiAnn Rogers)
Ralph Vaughan Williams  Silence and Music (Ursula Wood)
Tomás Luis de Victoria Ecce quomodo  moritur
Shruthi Rajasekar Ganga’s Peace
Joanna Marsh The World is Charged – John F. Deane

TS Eliot’s The Waste Land was written in the wake of the catastrophic upheavals of the First World War and the Spanish Flu.  100 years on, I Fagiolini’s new programme is inspired by Eliot’s ground breaking poem – turmoil and disorder gradually replaced by renewal; it’s also inspired by David Attenborough’s witness statement to re-wild the world. This is an abundant mix of music and poetry, placing old masterpieces beside extraordinary new work written in the last year.

It’s another stunning evening of singing from I Fagiolini, who will be joined by actress Ellise Chappell – best known for her role as Morwenna Chynoweth in Poldark – reading poetry and excerpts of text.

View texts and translations for this concert

I Fagiolini

Ellise Chappell

IFag_Photo_Credit Matthew Brodie

Listen to a snippet

An interview with Joanna Marsh, one of the programme's composers, and I Fagiolini's Robert Hollingworth:

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Pre-event Food & Drink

Enjoy delicious drinks and light bites from our Café Bar ahead of the event.

Available to pre-order when booking your tickets, you can choose from a selection of house drinks on arrival, accompanied by a mezze board of bread, dips, olives, stuffed peppers, falafel, feta cheese and garden salad (all vegetarian). Just select which option – for one or two people – you would like, before checkout. Or if you’ve already booked, please email boxoffice@stgeorgesbristol.co.uk to add your food to your order.

Your pre-ordered food and drink will be available to collect from the Café Bar from 90 minutes before the event. It’s the perfect way to begin your event experience at St George’s!