In this pre-concert talk, Dr Sam Barrett gives an insight into the reconstruction process behind the lost songs of Boethius.

Medieval Latin Song from c.800 to c.1200

Old Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge

Sam Barrett and Sequentia film a documentary telling the story behind the making of the Boethian song repertory. 

Sequentia present their programme 'Monks Singing Pagans' at the University of Vermont Lane Series.

Hopkins Centre for the Arts, Dartmouth College, presents:

Premiere of 'Monks Singing Pagans: Medieval songs of heroes, gods and strong women'

Benjamin Bagby voice, harps
Hanna Marti voice, harp
Norbert Rodenkirchen bone flutes, wooden flutes

Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia present songs from Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy. The melodies are reconstructed from a rediscovered leaf of the 11th-century 'Cambridge Songs Manuscript'.

A workshop for early music singers, flautists and harpists delivered by Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia, in association with Sam Barrett. The workshop will explore a range of Latin song repertories, including Boethian song and selections from Sequentia's new concert programme, 'Monks Singing Pagans'. 

Sam Barrett and Sequentia lead an open rehearsal and discussion of the reconstruction process behind the lost songs of Boethius, at Pembroke College, Cambridge.

'Lost Songs of the Early Middle Ages: Horace, Beowulf and Boethius', A Lecture/Presentation by Benjamin Bagby and Sam Barrett

Ohio State University, 28 April 2015

Benjamin Bagby and Sam Barrett, present “The metra of Boethius’s De consolatione philosophiae including a musical performance” [co-sponsored by Medieval Studies Seminar]