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Trouvere are medieval musicians Paul Leigh and Gill Page

We have been playing music together for nearly twenty years, and our particular love is for the music of the high middle ages - the time of the crusades and of the arts of courtly love. We enjoy rediscovering, recreating and re-interpreting the magnificent music of these times, based on thorough historical research alongside our musical experience and understanding. We are also the directors of Medieval Music in the Dales - the UK's only festival of medieval music.

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The rich interweaving of strings is perhaps our signature sound, played on the gittern and harp. But we have an amazing array of instruments, and also love to combine flutes and harp, bagpipe and hurdy-gurdy, whistles and drums...

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We like to give a medieval context to our performances and to that end we often perform in authentic clothes of the period - another of Gill’s enthusiasms!

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Trouvere are based in North Yorkshire, UK.

The really big project that we are working on is the 'Ludus Danielis'. If you don't know about this medieval source already, you have certainly been missing out! This church play, likely from the late twelfth century and telling two of the Old Testament stories about the prophet Daniel, is stuffed full of wonderful tunes to accompany the stories of The Writing on the Wall and Daniel In The Lions' Den. We have enjoyed playing many of these tunes for some years now, and have finally decided to produce our own edition of the music, ready for performance at this year's Richmond MayFest and at the Swaledale Festival, and for recording as a new album over the course of the coming year. We are delighted to be working on this project with some outstanding musicians - Richard de Winter (of course!), his brother David de Winter, singer Martin Lamb and the awesomely talented Stef Conner and Juliet Primrose. This is probably our biggest project ever! and we will be keeping you updated on it.
 

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New out this year will be a CD version of our 'Outremer: Beyond the Sea' album from 2018.  This should be available in our online shops in March.  This was funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign in January.  Thanks to everyone for helping out!

 

As we are not Spring chickens anymore, we are doing fewer outdoor events than in previous years, but we are still very active rehearsing, creating, arranging and recording medieval music of many kinds.  We just recently acquired a new carillon - a set of tuned bells hanging on a frame.  These instruments are often seen in the iconography so it's great to finally get our hands on one!
 

The easiest way to listen to our music is on streaming services, but you can also buy downloads on Bandcamp or CDs from our Etsy Shop. Here are all the links!

 

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Events for 2025 are coming in and more will be added as soon as we have firm information!
All the events listed here are public events, although these days many are ticketed and you might need to contact the relevant organisation in advance. It would be great to see you!

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Upcoming public events for 2025

16th-18th April - Alnwick Castle
3rd May - The play of Daniel - concert for Richmond MayFest at St. Agatha's Church in Easby.  5pm.
26th May - Ludus Danielis - concert for Swaledale Festival at St. Michael's Church in Spennythorne. 4pm.

7th-8th June - Chepstow Castle

18th July - Medieval Music for the Leyburn U3A (more details to follow).
23rd-27th July - Alnwick Castle

14th-17th August - Alnwick Castle

12th-14th September - Medieval Music in the Dales

27th September - Medieval music workshop - The Ludus Danielis for NEEMF at Burley-in-Wharfedale Methodist Church. All day event.

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Background image  from the British Museum Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts  - a free and incomparable resource.

Trouvere are based in North Yorkshire, England.

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