Piper, Strike Up!: Music, Songs, and Dance Inspired by the Luttrell Psalter

Performed by de Mowbray’s Musicke

When: Tuesday 08 July, 20.30-22.00
Where: Stage@Leeds: Stage 2
Price: £14.50

De Mowbray’s Musicke will come to the Leeds IMC for a concert of medieval music, songs, and dance inspired by the images and themes of the magnificent 14^th-century manuscript, the Luttrell Psalter.

Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, in addition to his manor in Lincolnshire, had an estate in Hooton Pagnell, South Yorkshire, in the first half of the 14^th century. Towards the end of his life, he commissioned a lavishly illuminated book of psalms which has been described as ‘the most significant English medieval manuscript’. The Luttrell Psalter is perhaps best known for the illuminations that crowd its pages, featuring a profusion of marginal and hybrid creatures as well as detailed scenes of daily life in the rural medieval England. Also ornamenting its pages are images of a wide variety of musical instruments from harps and psalteries to bagpipes and shawms.

De Mowbray’s Musicke will be playing reproductions of all the musical instruments that are depicted in the psalter, bringing these images to life, from the court of the Luttrells to their countryside activities.

Formed in 2010, De Mowbray’s Musicke play a wide range of instruments of the medieval and Tudor periods, focussing on music, songs, and dances. De Mowbray’s Musicke’s work takes them around the country: to historic sites (such as Bolsover Castle and Warkworth Castle), concert venues, and dance halls. You can see us at our website www.demowbray.info.

Before the concert, at 19.00, there will be a short demonstration and explanation of some of the instruments that de Mowbray’s Musicke will be playing later in the evening