Date: Friday 13 February 2015 1.05 - 1.55pm
Venue: Bishopsgate Institute
Featured Artists: Joglaresa Belinda Sykes
800 years ago, events in the City of London proved to be the tipping point in the long-running battle between King John and the Barons. With medieval harps, fidel, lute, percussion, bagpipes and voices, Joglaresa perform songs that challenge the authority of kings, criticise the Roman Curia, and highlight the lives, loves, imprisonment and taxation of ordinary folk (…or barons…) at the time of the Magna Carta.
Joglaresa has a sound that is at once traditional and contemporary - combining intoxicating elements of Medieval, Middle Eastern, Flamenco and Celtic music, performed by outstanding international performers from classical, world, folk and jazz, and directed by Belinda Sykes.
‘Joglaresa's imaginative use of improvisation creates an exciting air of authenticity ... compulsive rhythmic energy ... luxuriantly ornamental solos’ The Telegraph
Part of the City of London Corporation's on going celebration of arts in the City.
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