A troubadour of the Auvergne, Peirol was “a poor knightwho became a jongleur”. His attractive melodies bear lyrics of love, pain,…
Books of Hours were personal prayer books, but the words were the formal Latin of the Liturgy. Except in many cases…
The Chastelain de Couci has been celebrated as a singer of songs of love and crusades ever since his own time.…
This concert weaves together creative works by two remarkable self-proclaimed 'strong voices'. In the C10th Hrotsvit (c.935-c.1000) played on her own…
Big-Foot Bertha & the Minstrel King Part of a series of Sunday morning concerts of medieval music, readings and images, this…
Acord: Medieval Performance Ensemble We open our 2024 series with a charming wander through all manner of gardens, real, symbolic, allegorical…
BLACK BOOKS OF HOURS & “BURGUNDIAN BLACK” In the 1460s and 1470s there was a trend, as short-lived as it was…
Since many folk in the antipodes celebrate Christmas in Winter which for us is June -July, if you were also going…
We are about to have the last rehearsal for the fourth concert of our 2024 series at the Kathleen Syme Library,…
We've got the last rehearsal for this concert today and it is all looking heavenly. This is a concert in two…