Sian Ricketts, soprano & recorders
Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano & percussion
David McCormick, vielle
Niccolo Seligmann, vielle & percussion
Long before iPods, these the trouvères of Northern France penned the music they wanted to hear and share. Their songs of public and private adoration wove together allusions both sacred and secular– creating mystical and spicy meditations on love and longing. Alkemie has reconstructed much of this program from medieval manuscripts – bringing new life to an art form with strong oral and improvisatory traditions.