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Quadrivium
Ellen Delahanty (voice), Bill Taylor (harp), Willem Mook (lute), Geert van Gele (recorder)
Addiction can be thought of as madness, and
here the addiction is to gambling and card
playing.
Three sets of musical playing cards were the inspiration
for this programme. Both the so-called
“Flötner and “Rumpoldt” decks of cards have pieces
of Renaissance polyphony printed on their backs.
The third set of cards comes from a Japanese card
game based on the poems called “waka”. This
concert mixes
Renaissance music and contemporary music
written for Quadrivium’s consort of instruments
Quadrivium is an ensemble specialising in late-medieval music,
particularly the Franco-Flemish repertoire of the 14th- and 15th
centuries. In medieval times, the Quadrivium represented the four
‘higher’ arts (arithmetica, geometrica, astronomia and musica.) The
ensemble Quadrivium unites four colors of the medieval musical
palette: voice, recorder, , harp, and lute. With their unique historical
instrumentarium, Quadrivium charms the audience with a wide array
of delicate instrumental colors, typical for the early polyphony of the
middle ages and early renaissance.
Friday, May 28, 8:30 pm
St Nicholas Collegiate Church
