Event details
Our concert surveys the rich and complex world of medieval Spanish music, reflecting the interplay between Christian, Moslem and Jewish people living on the Iberian peninsula in the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the victory of Christian rulers in 1492.
The main work is the complete set of 14th-century songs celebrating the Virgin Mary, preserved in the Llibre Vermell (‘Red Book’) held in the monastic library at Montserrat, Spain. We will also perform a few of the over 400 Cantigas de Santa Maria (‘Songs for the Virgin’), collected by Alfonso X of Castile (1221-84), as well as Sephardic Jewish music originating during the period. La Rosa enflorece (‘The Rose Blossom’) is a characteristic Sephardic love song.
The choir is joined by vocal soloists, soprano Amanda Hargreaves and baritone Alex Owens, and a talented group playing an array of musical instruments typically used in medieval Spain, many of them with Islamic origins.
Accessibility at this space
Companion Cards and Carers Cards are accepted for this event.
Accessibility features include:
- accessible car parking
- automatic doors
- accessible toilets
- ramps
- clear signage
- tactile signage
- lifts
- wide passageways.