A medieval music concert featuring works by Guillaume Dufay and Henri Arnaut de Zwolle, performed on recorders and other historical instruments.
Stars of the Night comes to St Nicholas' Church on Sunday 18 October, a concert of music for three recorders and other medieval instruments. The programme is built around the court of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1396–1467), a place where astrology sat at the heart of court life: court astrologers advised on medicine and politics, and even designed new musical instruments.
Much of the music is by Guillaume Dufay, but the evening focuses on Henri Arnaut de Zwolle, whose work captured the Burgundian fascination with linking science, healing and music. The repertoire includes some of the earliest surviving keyboard intabulations alongside courtly songs of love-sickness and remedy, all performed on three recorders and other medieval instruments. It's a glimpse into a world where the stars and the music were thought to be part of the same order.
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St Nicholas' Church is on Church Street, BN1 3LJ, and the music starts at 18:30. Tickets are £20 standard, £10 concession, and children go free.
