Details
6.30pm – 7.15pm at Christ Church Spitalfields
7.30pm – 11.00pm at The English Restaurant
£59 – includes concert at Christ Church Spitalfields followed by three-course meal and music at The English Restaurant
£12 – concert at Christ Church Spitalfields only
The Orlando Consort
Anon. Notre Dame de Paris In paupertatis predio
Anon. Montpellier Codex Chançonette/Ainc voir/A la cheminée/Par verité
Adam de la Halle Prenés l’abre/Hé resveille toi Robin
Guillaume de Machaut Nes que on porroit
Anon. Fountains Abbey Apparuerunt apostolis v. Spiritus Domini
Richard Smert Nowell, nowell: The boarës head
Anon. Si quis amat
Guillaume Dufay Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys
Loyset Compère Un franc archier
Sile fragor
Anon. La plus grant chière
Is there a more irresistible combination than good food and good music? The Orlando Consort’s programme of music from 1250-1550 features beautiful religious works and lively secular pieces that document all aspects of food, including feasting, shopping, recipes and table manners. Their culinary journey takes them from medieval France to early renaissance Italy by way of Burgundy and England, surprisingly the ‘food capital’ of the age. After a diversion to the Iberian peninsula, they conclude in Germany with lively songs that are a true celebration of ale and… eggs!
“The Orlando Consort’s performances are staggeringly beautiful”
The Times