Blondel
Cover Story
Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation
What makes a song leap across national boundaries and language barriers, slip from the secular to the ecclesiastic, and remain at the top of the charts for more than 70 years? We don’t have the formula, but we know why these pieces wedged themselves into the cultural background of medieval Europe. The music is fabulous.
Cover Story tracks connections between people, places, texts and music. It follows the evolution of popular late medieval melodies across Europe as they are copied, rearranged and repurposed over years, and even decades.
Cover Story tracks connections between people, places, texts and music. It follows the evolution of popular late medieval melodies across Europe as they are copied, rearranged and repurposed over years, and even decades.
Sat, 4 October 2025
Selly Oak Methodist Church, Birmingham
6:00pm
£15 (£10 concessions)- ➕1 other performance
Full Event Details
What makes a song leap across national boundaries and language barriers, slip from the secular to the ecclesiastic, and remain at the top of the charts for more than 70 years? We don’t have the formula, but we know why these pieces wedged themselves into the cultural background of medieval Europe. The music is fabulous.
Cover Story tracks connections between people, places, texts and music. It follows the evolution of popular late medieval melodies across Europe as they are copied, rearranged and repurposed over years, and even decades.
Venue Details & Map
Location
Selly Oak Methodist Church, Birmingham
Langleys Road Birmingham B29 6HT
Other performances
In addition to the performance listed above, this concert will also be performed as follows:
Colchester Early Music