Rune

Angela Hicks soprano, Daniel Thomson tenor, Jean Kelly harp

May Robertson vielle, Daniel Scott recorders & portative organ

Decameron Musicale

Giovanni Boccaccio wrote his masterwork Decameron after the outbreak of the Plague in Florence, 1348. It is a tale in which a group of friends, sequestered from the horrors of the plague in a rural villa, share stories with each other to entertain, rouse, and move. This programme is a mosaic of musical stories from early modern Europe featuring music by Landini, de Vitry, Dunstable, Binchois, and Machaut, and threaded with medieval music from more distant times and places, just as Boccaccio weaved together stories from as far away places as India and the Middle East.

The finer details…

'Behind the Music' FREE pre-concert talk: 7.45pm

Interval: None

Estimated finish: 9.30pm

Tickets

Front Nave: £28 full price | £3 child/student

Middle Nave: £18 full price | £9 under-35s | £3 child/student

Sides: £13 full price | £3 child/student