Back in June 2024 Vache Baroque staged six multi-sensory concert experiences of Handel’s L’Allegro Part I (setting a text based on Milton) in collaboration with BitterSuite (a group that creates music experiences that take inspiration from and draw on expertise in both arts and wellbeing), Milton’s Cottage (a museum based in a house in Chalftont St Giles near The Vache where Milton once lived) and Bucks Council’s Integrated SEND Service (MSI Specialist Team).
This project has been awarded Best Collaboration 2024 by Bucks Culture as part of their inaugural Bucks Spark Awards.
Dancer Guides from BitterSuite led audience members through a blindfolded, immersive journey designed to heighten awareness of how sound and the senses unite. The performance features sopranos Sarah Gilford & Victoria Oruwari, alto Sarah Denbee, tenor Frederick Jones, baritone Malachy Frame, musical director Jonathan Darbourne. This short film created by videographer Hannah Lovell brings out the highlights of the project.
See the film on YouTube
,%20Hilary%20Cronin%20(Melissa)%20and%20Rowan%20Pierce%20(Oriana)%20Credit_%20Genevieve%20Girling%20(1).jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs's playful 'Love Island' setting for Handel's Amadigi in Buxton")
