Oslo’s Trio Mediaeval presents a reconstruction of a
13th century votive Mass to the Virgin Mary, based
on surviving manuscripts from a Benedectine Abbey
in the English Midlands. Inserted amid the medieval
music are a Credo and Benedicamus Domino specially
composed for this programme by Gavin Bryars: the
old and the new intermingle in the work of this vocal
ensemble. Anna Maria Friman: “The members of Trio
Mediaeval feel that performing medieval music today
gives us the freedom to let our imagination and ideas
flow, as though we are creating contemporary music.”
