Join early music group Joglaresa for a plague party (see Boccaccio’s Decameron!) where the knights are villainous and the dancers seductive. Alongside the medieval ‘hit’, Machaut’s Douce Dame, there are many lesser-known pieces that you’ll wish you’d always known – some of medieval Europe’s ‘funkiest’ tunes (it wasn’t all plainchant you know)!
Obviously, Joglaresa draw upon the 1270’s rather than the 1970’s.
Any reference to the 1970’s is entirely… coincidental intentional.
Programme includes : ‘The Lascivious Knight’ (Je chevauchoie l’autrier), ‘The Thieving Knight’ (Ali u a penedenca), ‘The Knight who Got Castrated by the Virgin Mary’ (Sempr’ acha Santa Maria), ‘The Imprisoned Knight’ (De muitas guisas), plus many dance songs and compositions/arrangements of medieval song by us modern minstrels – all delivered with the group’s inimitable energy and cheer.
“magic and menace”
The Times“never a dull moment… brilliantly off kilter”
BBC Music Magazine“unhinged”
The Arts Desk“exciting air of authenticity, compulsive rhythmic energy,
luxuriantly ornamental solos”
The Telegraph