A romp through the Middle Ages, where the knights are villainous, the dancers seductive and even the lullabies are groovy. This one-hour programme includes Mediaeval hits such as Machaut’s ‘Douce dame joli’ and ‘Cuncti simus concanentes’ alongside lesser-known pieces such as ‘De muitas guisas’ (‘The imprisoned knight’), ‘Ali u a penedenca’ (‘The thieving knight’) and ‘Sempr’ acha Sancta Maria’ (The knight castrated by the Virgin Mary’), all performed with the group’s inimitable energy and cheer.

Joglaresa is one of Britain’s leading Mediaeval groups, regularly touring the world from Amsterdam to the Yemen. It is renowned for transcending boundaries, drawing on Irish, English, Maghrebi, Balkan and Middle Eastern traditions to inform its innovative approach to European Mediaeval music.

‘Never a dull moment … brilliantly off-kilter’, BBC Music Magazine

Supported by a grant from the Continuo Foundation

Tickets: £15 (£7.50 for full-time students)
SOLD OUT (but tickets are available for the repeat performance at 1pm)