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The Medievals – Early Music Ensemble

The Medievals – Early Music Ensemble

We are six professional musicians passionate about medieval reenactment. We recreate the 13th and 15th centuries. We perform at battle reenactments, historical picnics and private events.

The ensemble

The Medievals early music ensemble

The ensemble

We draw on courtly and popular music of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries — songs, dances and instrumental pieces in their original languages, played on replica period instruments so the sound belongs in a castle, a camp or a feast.

Performance authenticity

Historical dress is sewn from iconography. The instruments are artisan replicas: vielles, gittern, lute, recorders, shawm, frame drums. For an organizer that means one picture: music, costume and instruments as a single miniature.

Offer

Medieval concerts and event music

Five performance formats. We arrive with costumes, instruments and a finished programme.

  • Concert with instrument stories

    A medieval-music concert with a presentation of the instruments — how they are built and where they come from — and an introduction to the history and meaning of the repertoire. Medieval dance workshops can also be led during the live performance.

  • Festivals and knightly tournaments

    Energetic outdoor music, lively dances and songs that carry across a camp, arena or fair.

  • Castle and chamber events

    Courtly repertoire for historic rooms: castles, manor houses, cloisters and fireside halls.

  • Early-dance workshops

    Audience animation and traditional steps. A standalone workshop, or an addition to the concert. Guests listen — and dance, if you wish.

  • Ceremonies and banquets

    Music for historical weddings, feasts and themed events. Intimate, or with the full ensemble.

Line-up

Musicians and instruments

Six professional players on stage: the core line-up and one drummer.

Core line-up

  • Adrianna Ciemińska

    tenor vielle, voice

  • Aleksander Brych

    recorders

  • Jakub Grygiel

    gittern, lute, voice

  • Karina Raźnikiewicz

    voice, alto vielle

  • Liubou Tsudzila

    recorders, shawm, voice

Percussion

One of these people plays the drum at each concert.

  • Cezary Łagan

    drum

  • Paulina Andrzejak

    drum

  • Tiago Ragna

    drum

Music

Recordings

Albums and the music video. You’re welcome to get to know the ensemble’s sound.

Programme

The programme

The programme holds more than twenty European historical pieces, secular and sacred, sung in their original languages. We perform vocal-instrumental songs, instrumental works and dances.

  1. 01Guillaume de Machaut — Douce dame Jolie
  2. 02Guillaume de Machaut — Je vivroie liement
  3. 03Anonim — In taberna quando sumus (Carmina Burana)
  4. 04Raimbaut de Vaqueiras — Kalenda Maya
  5. 05Anonim — Tourdion
  6. 06Taniec węgierski
  7. 07Thoinot Arbeau — Branle d’Ecosse
  8. 08Giorgio Mainerio — Schiarazula Marazula
  9. 09The Medievals — Przemysław I i II
  10. 10Anonim — Cuncti simus concanentes: Ave Maria!
  11. 11The Medievals — Henryk
  12. 12Francuska pieśń ludowa — Ai vis lo lop
  1. 13Taniec — Skocz kap
  2. 14Taniec — Spikerina
  3. 15Alfons X Kastylijski — Cantiga 166: „Como Poden Per Sas Culpas”
  4. 16Anonim — Miri it is while summer ilast
  5. 17Mołdawski taniec ludowy — Drumul Draculi
  6. 18Thoinot Arbeau — Branle des Lavandieres (Praczki)
  7. 19Anonim — Her Mannelig
  8. 20Sefardyjska pieśń ludowa — Dourme dourme
  9. 21Alfons X Kastylijski — Cantiga 167: „Quen quer que na Virgen fia”
  10. 22Sefardyjska pieśń ludowa — Ah, el Novio no Quere Dinero
  11. 23Anonim — Dou way robin

Past work

Where we play: castles, tournaments, fairs

Selected kinds of venues and events we play.

  • Battle reenactments and knightly tournaments

  • Castles, manor houses and historic interiors

  • Historical picnics and fairs

  • Corporate events

  • Private ceremonies, banquets and themed weddings

Photos

Early-music ensemble gallery

Moments from concerts and sessions — how we look on stage and off.

Production

Materials for organizers

Downloadable files for organizers and press.

Book a concert

A short quote form: date, place, type of event. We reply within 48 hours.

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