Idrîsî Ensemble
Union Chapel, N1 2UN , [Venue Details]For this special London Jazz Festival appearance the Idrîsî Ensemble presents a one-off programme exploring bold new terrain and original works that blend ancient sonorities with modern invention.
Pioneering a fresh approach to historical performance, Idrîsî Ensemble draws on period manuscripts, endangered oral traditions, and UNESCO-protected repertoires. They sing the Mediterranean not as a boundary between identities, but as a living archive of exchange, migration, and evolution.
As the UK’s only ensemble specialising in the performance of Old Roman chant, this show is a genre-defying journey through reconstructed medieval modes and rhythmic improvisation, blurring the lines between past and present.
Directed by scholar-musicians with deep roots in medieval literature, music archaeology, and postcolonial historiography.
James Weeks, director of EXAUDI, described their sound as a “total gamechanger” and “not mere escapist nostalgia, but a living, exploratory art of real power.”
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Admission: £27.50
Event Type: seated
Seating: Unreserved
Performer name: Idrîsî Ensemble
Doors open: 5:00 pm
Age restriction: Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult
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For this special London Jazz Festival appearance the Idrîsî Ensemble presents a one-off programme exploring bold new terrain and original works that blend ancient sonorities with modern invention.
Pioneering a fresh approach to historical performance, Idrîsî Ensemble draws on period manuscripts, endangered oral traditions, and UNESCO-protected repertoires. They sing the Mediterranean not as a boundary between identities, but as a living archive of exchange, migration, and evolution.
As the UK’s only ensemble specialising in the performance of Old Roman chant, this show is a genre-defying journey through reconstructed medieval modes and rhythmic improvisation, blurring the lines between past and present.
Directed by scholar-musicians with deep roots in medieval literature, music archaeology, and postcolonial historiography.
James Weeks, director of EXAUDI, described their sound as a “total gamechanger” and “not mere escapist nostalgia, but a living, exploratory art of real power.”
Admission: £27.50
Event Type: seated
Seating: Unreserved
Performer name: Idrîsî Ensemble
Doors open: 5:00 pm
Age restriction: Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult
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