成人快手

Aled Jones introduces highlights of vocal group I Fagiolini's 25th-anniversary concert at the North Wales International Music Festival. Plus news of a choral competition which brought a new generation of composers to Abbey Road studios for a chance to record with the London Symphony Orchestra.

The name 'I Fagiolini' (the little beans) was never meant to last. But 25 years after their debut in Oxford the group still hasn't got around to coming up with something new. Director Robert Hollingworth is in the studio to explain why, and to look back on a career which has seen the group remain at the vanguard of period vocal performance. Music comes from the group's celebratory performance at the North Wales International Music Festival with works by Monteverdi, Milhaud, Orlando Gough and the King's Singers.

Also, news of a recent choral competition which gave eight winners the chance to record with the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor/composer Eric Whitacre at Abbey Road. Producer Jonathan Allen joins Aled to introduce some of the winning music and reflect on 80 years of recording at the legendary studios.