Pastyme

GRIFFIN / 1992

A seminal influence on I Fagiolini’s director Robert Hollingworth was his school's early music group, The Gilbert Consort. Robert writes: “Led by Latin teacher Richard Rhodes with a passion normally reserved only for stamp-collecting and train-spotting, a small circle of us learnt how to strip a crumhorn, to sing risqué Renaissance texts in front of our parents and generally to enjoy the Munrow world. Close colleagues were the Leominster-based ensemble The Forbury Consort, run by Alan Crumpler, a wonderful instrument-maker whose craft has been enjoyed by musicians all over the world. He himself looked like a Hieronymous Bosch creation and his impromptu solo rendition of ‘Troly loly’ in the Brixton branch of Tesco between recording sessions will not be forgotten by the check-out staff.”