11am
Gothic Voices
The Unknown Lover
Great Witley Church
Buy tickets: £19

Catherine King - Mezzo Soprano
Julian Podger - Tenor
Leigh Nixon - Tenor
Steven Harrold - Tenor
Stephen Charlesworth - Baritone

Medieval Love Songs by Solage and Machaut

Excellence, refinement, purity, spirituality; these are words which constantly recur in notices of Gothic Voices' concerts and recordings. Add to that their consistently praised perfection of ensemble, sonority and intonation, and their superb international reputation in the field of medieval vocal music comes as no surprise. Founded in 1980 and featuring their current personnel since 1995, Gothic Voices have made more than 20 CDs on the Hyperion label, three of them Gramophone award winners. Their concert programmes exploit the extraordinary diversity of timbre and texture possible in music varying from one to four voices, taking full advantage of the wealth of experience which the individual singers bring to the group. Gothic Voices have given highly-acclaimed performances throughout Europe and both North and South America, pursuing their quest to bring music from the medieval world into the mainstream, making it accessible to today's audiences without compromising its integrity.

This programme is a show case for the complete works of Solage, a late 14th Century French composer about whom very little is known. This selection of beautiful love songs demonstrates the variety of his gifts as a composer.

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