Polish Early Music Ensemble that focuses on faithful recreation of Medieval music
The ensemble’s main goal is professional and historically accurate music performance. Musicians use faithful copies of medieval musical instruments such as tenor and alto vielles, gittern, frame drum, hurdy-gurdy and medieval recorder and perform in outfits based on the ones depicted in Medieval iconography. Apart from early music performance, members of the ensemble are passionate Medieval reenactors.
The Medievals
The ensemble’s repertoire amounts to over a dozen folk and religious European historical compositions (vocal – instrumental pieces – always sung in their respective original languages, instrumental pieces and dances)
Their performances are often coupled with professional Medieval dance courses for the audience.
Adrianna Ciemińska
vielle tenorowa, śpiewtenor vielle, vocal
Karina Rażnikiewicz
lead vocal, alto vielle
Liubou Tsudzila
flute, b.vocal
Paweł Tomaszewski
Hurdy gurdy, b. vocal
Paulina Andrzejak
frame drumm
Mikołaj Wojtczak
Gitterne, b.vocal
The story of
In program
Live Medieval music performance with instruments’ presentation and a lecture about their history, origin and the contents of performed compositions.
Piotr Kasiłowski – arrangement
Paulina Andrzejak – frame drum
Adrianna Ciemińska – vielle
Karina Raźnikiewicz – voice
Liubou Tsudzila – medieval recorder
Rafał Klej – gittern
Paweł Tomaszewski – hurdy-gurdy
guest cast – Sebastian Sierka, Karol Matusiak, Kacper Karabin
produced by – CINEMAGIC
recordings, mix & mastering – Oskar Tracz
Additionally, the ensemble can teach a class about Medieval dance to the audience during the live performance.
Records
The Medievals - EP 1
Premiere 1.05.2022
- Place: GOK Ustronie Morskie
- Made by: O&K Studio
- Producer: Oskar Tracz
The Medievals - La Serena
Premiere 18.09.2022
- Academia Musica Judaica
- Akademia Muzyczna w Gdańsku
- project coordinator: prof. dr hab. Marcin Zdunik, dr Maja Miro
