Events

Motets and Chansons from the French Court, featuring four earthly queens, the Queen of Heaven, texts from the Song of Songs, and more.

After the Gesualdo Six concert, tune in to this late-night candle-lit musical meditation with the organist Huw Morgan and the Gesualdo Six.

Open from 10am to 5pm on Saturday Look at the instruments, and talk to the exhibition managers - who might encourage you to try out an instrument.

Leah Stuttard, medieval harpist, singer, composer and teacher, invites singers to this workshop, which does not require music-reading skills. Singing will be largely "by ear", based on medieval manuscripts.

Simon Pickard, director of the Gloucester Waites, will talk about about the origin, history and repertoire of these colourfully-uniformed street musicians who from the Middle Ages onwards provided music in towns and cities in England, Scotland and further afield.

Alison is a viol player with the Chelys Consort of Viols and with The Linarol Consort. She has a love of working with singers, and is the viol player for the female polyphonic ensemble Musica Secreta. Alison is an experienced and highly-regarded tutor.

Music by Thomas Tallis & William Byrd for voices and viols

An opportunity to play the harpsichord with expert tuition on the technique and expressive power of this instrument; or you can watch, enjoy the music, and learn.

Sacred choral music for the evening by Henry Purcell, the greatest name in English baroque music.