Repertoire and performances...

From the Trouveres and minstrels of the 13th century, to tunes and court dances of the 16th and 17th century... from post-gregorian music to the emergence of the "basso continuo", La Maurache, basing its work on serious musicology findings and on the creative freedom of its musicians, revives a rich and varied vocal and instrumental repertoire, stretching over five hundred years of Western music and testifies to the universal value of this so-called "Early Music"...

CONCERTS, MUSICAL TOURS, CULTURAL PERFORMANCE (Historical Monuments), MEDIEVAL FESTIVALS, PRIVATE MEDIEVAL PARTIES, RENAISSANCE BALLS (including the participation of a dancing master), PERFORMANCES (with dancers, actors, singers, choirs...), CONCERTS and LECTURES,(musical entertainment, dance)CONCERT- EXHIBITIONS (instruments, documents), TRAINING PERIODS (for specialized musicians and dancers), participation in cinema, television, theater works...

Other themes for concerts :

-"Flowers, gardens and birds", from the 13th and the 16th century, authors and songs often allude to Nature,
one of the focuses of medieval and Renaissance thinking, in which the Garden of Men strives towards this ideal and imaginary mirror image : the Garden of Eden.
-"Love and War", these are two Arts of the Comédie Humaine, two ideas that have been associated for many a year and exemplified by many musicians -notably English ones- in a particularly evocative way : French, English, Spanish, Italian, German chansons and instrumental pieces.
-"The Art of the Fiddle", the fiddle was the troubadour's, trouvere's and minstrel's favourite instrument. This theme offers an instrumental and vocal journey from the 10th to the 16th century, around different types of fiddles played in solos, accompaning songs, or included in instrumental ensemble...
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