Restoring Lost Songs: Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy

Welcome to the website for the project Restoring Lost Songs: Boethius’ ’Consolation of Philosophy’, led by Prof Sam Barrett. This resource provides access to source materials, explains techniques of reconstruction, and offers versions of songs created to date in collaboration with Ensemble Sequentia

Sequentia performing

Sequentia Performances

These videos represent initial attempts at reconstructing two songs from the 'Consolation of Philosophy', performed by Sequentia at Pembroke College in 2016.

Sequentia play an excerpt from their reconstructed version of I:1 Carmina qui q… Sequentia play an excerpt from their reconstructed version of I:2 Heu quam prae…