Bagpipes apart, the Scots are not unmusical, so it’s bizarre that at St Andrews University they have no music faculty: a sad omission in a place so civilised. But there are platforms for performance. And among them is the annual St Andrews Voices Festival, a concentrated dose of singing that sweeps opera, cabaret and choirs into the town over a long weekend.
The choral focus this time round was on the masterly, one-to-a-part vocal ensemble I Fagiolini, a group whose name means Little Beans and tells you they don’t take themselves too seriously.
