Amuse-Bouche

Amuse-Bouche

• Inspired by the famous Physiologie du go?t and the French obsession with food, Amuse-Bouche is I Fagiolini's delicious departure from early music that coincides with the ensemble's 30th anniversary of its founding

Sensual to the ear, this famous slow movement is uniquely arranged for voices and piano with a text by Verlaine<br>Pianist will be Anna Markland, the second ever BBC Young Musician of the Year (from 1982) who has run a parallel career as a singer with I Fagiolini since its inception.<br><br>Based on the famous and influential French food book Physiologie du goût (The Physiology of Taste) by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Published in December 1825, two months before his death, it has not been out of print since.<br><br>An outlandish (part-erotic) look at the French obsession with food:<br>9 ½ weeks meets Jacques Brel meets Raymond Blanc. <br><br>Written in 1953 but unperformed/recorded in any country since. <br><br>Offers advice on (1) how to pace yourself at a meal (2) the erotic properties of the black truffle (3) problematic effects of food on the digestion… and much more...<br><br>The musics rich 12-voice palette owes something to Poulenc but as much to a Parisian cafe.<br><br>Consume and enjoy...