Banbury Early Music Festival - Lizzie Gutteridge Concert

Concert title: Consort of 1: Looping through time - the Medieval set

Looping Through Time explores historically informed interpretations of pieces from historical manuscripts. The music is given the lightest of modern make-overs with the aid of live looping equipment which records and plays back what happens on stage. Much of this material lends itself well to the layers and cycles that can be produced using the loop station, and most of the musical arrangements are based on the premise of "what might a person from the period when this tune was written have done with this technology, had they had the chance?" I have set myself a few ground rules - no special effects, nothing louder than the natural acoustic sounds produced by the historical instruments and every note of every show will be played live on the day - nothing pre-recorded. Although the music and instruments will be briefly introduced and explained between pieces, the emphasis is on the music's own ability to intrigue, enlighten and entertain. I hope that this show will introduce period music to new audiences as well as giving current fans a new way to experience something familiar.