Christmas Concert

A group of choral scholars from Cambridge University performed a programme of medieval music for Christmastide on 24th November 2017. The concert explored, through performance, ways in which medieval musicians made use of familiar Christmas melodies, often recasting them and elaborating upon them in fascinating ways.

A particular emphasis was placed on the repertory studied by the Cambridge team, that is, music of 13th-century Paris, where these issues and techniques played a key role. This free concert took place at Selwyn College Chapel, Cambridge, at 7.30pm.

A short impression for those who couldn’t visit the concert: Angelus ad virginem, a Medieval Carol.