A talk by Father Andrew Horsman on the York Gradual and the soundscape of the medieval Mass, exploring the historical context and recovery of this 600-year-old manuscript.
Father Andrew Horsman is talking about the York Gradual at All Saints North Street on Tuesday 7 July, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. It's a lunchtime session, so it fits into a working day rather than taking up an evening.
The York Gradual is a piece of music history that's spent a long time out of the public eye. It contains the complete music for the pre-Reformation Mass in the north of England, hand-written on parchment over 600 years ago. For centuries, it's been the only surviving copy of its kind, tucked away in a small Nottinghamshire parish. Because of that, it's the only source we have for how the music in the parishes of northern England would have sounded before the Reformation.
Father Andrew Horsman has spent years bringing it back. He's meticulously reproduced the original, and the work has now been published for the first time. During the talk, he'll explain the historical context of the York Gradual and walk the audience through the process of its recovery. The whole thing is set in the historic surroundings of All Saints North Street, which gives the subject a bit of a home turf feel.
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It's a free event, with a suggested donation of £5. It runs from 12:30 to 1:30 pm on Tuesday 7 July at All Saints North Street.
