Belinda Paul, Emily Baines & Lizzie Gutteridge

shawms, bagpipes, recorders & percussion

Cover Story tracks connections between people, places, texts and music. It follows the spread of popular late medieval melodies across Europe, as they are copied, repurposed, and evolved over many decades.

What makes a song leap across national boundaries and language barriers, slip from the secular to the ecclesiastic, and remain at the top of the charts for more than 70 years? We don’t have the formula, but we know why these pieces wedged themselves into the cultural background of medieval Europe. The music is fabulous, and audiences today love it too.

“Absolutely FAB lovely music, great explanations”

“Fantastic concert a real joy to listen to such beautiful instruments played so well”

“They say there’s a first time for everything. This was our very first time to hear live Medieval music. And what a wonderful experience. Thanks for introducing us”