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Obsessed with the Medieval Mediterranean 📖
Director: @thomasfournil

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A French folk song with medieval roots in Occitania, ~ ‘Rossignolet du Bois’ tells of a young lover seeks courting advice from a nightingale.

Sung by our @noum_._ and @thomasfournil 🌿

Tickets to our @unionchapeluk show, November 16th are on sale now, link in bio!

#medieval #frenchfolk #occitan #occitania #medievalmusic #ancient #ancientmusic #chanting #chant #manuscript #médiéval #medievale by @idrisi.ensemble

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Here’s a Greek polyphony from our Ireland debut at @stfinbarrescathedral, with solo voices @dunja_botic @irini.arabatzi @konstantinosglynos and clarinet by @dover.oliver.

Thank you to @corkmidsummer and @orla_o_byrne for such a warm welcome. We fell in love with Cork.

#greekpolyphony #epirus #greekmusic #polyphony #livemusic taken in Cork, Ireland by @idrisi.ensemble

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CURRENT CLASSES NOW FULL

We are hoping to open new Tuesday and Wednesday evening cohorts soon. To join the waiting list and get a head start for a future intake, please use the Choir School Waiting List link in our bio and choose the day that works best for you.

Classes run twice a month near Liverpool Street, exploring medieval and Mediterranean vocal traditions, early notation, ornamentation and polyphony.

#MusicEducation #VocalTraining #SingingWorkshop #ChoirWorkshop #adultlearning taken in London, United Kingdom by @idrisi.ensemble

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Trinity & Quadrivium is coming to Brighton, London and Nottingham this June. ✨

Photos from our first performance in St Leonards - described as “a brilliant and vibrant evening”, with “soaring and beautiful sounds” creating “a serene, hypnotic and reverent soundscape”.

A virtuosic concert of medieval trios and quartets, exploring the interweaving of science and the sacred through geometry, arithmetic and symbolism.

Fri 26 June - Brighton - 19:30
Sat 27 June - London - 19:30
Mon 29 June - Nottingham - 19:30

Tickets via our website.

Photos: @gregory_heath_jazz_photography

#trinityandquadrivium #earlymusic #medievalmusic #livemusic #culturalheritage by @idrisi.ensemble

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Idrîsî Ensemble are making their hugely anticipated Irish debut as part of Cork Midsummer Festival 2026. ✨🇮🇪

13 June, 7pm
St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork

Plus: Old Roman chant workshop & talk with @thomasfournil
Friday 12 June, 1pm

Book both via the Idrîsî website, link in the bio. taken in St. Fin Barre's Cathedral by @idrisi.ensemble

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Flame, stone and flower: Lucie Rose Galvani painting the cover art for our song ‘Dieus Sal la Terra’.

@lucie_rose_art works on paper with handmade paints, natural medieval pigments, and miniature painting techniques. The fire is built from cinnabar and orpiment - mineral pigments as luminous as they are toxic. The rock is layered with ochres, green earth and slate.

For the flower, we took inspiration from Saxifraga × conradiae - a rare, little-documented Corsican hybrid, naturally occurring through a meeting of island and mainland. It felt like a fitting image for a Corsican song sung in medieval Occitan.

What do the flame, rock and flower symbolise to you?

#medievalart #naturalpigments #paghjella #symbolism #handcrafted by @idrisi.ensemble

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Layale singing an insiraf - an Andalusi form born in medieval Spain (al-Andalus), still sung in Algeria, in an 11-beat (11/16) cycle.

Kanun: @konstantinosglynos
Kaval: @dover.oliver
Percussion: @prathxox

#insiraf #algeria #andalusimusic #medievalspain #northafricanmusic taken in London, United Kingdom by @idrisi.ensemble

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Isadora sings ‘Fargisn Blut’ live @unionchapeluk.

A Tkhine is a Yiddish devotional prayer, typically written and sung by women, making them unique in a world where Hebrew prayer and study were historically heavily male-dominated.

@rebbe_tzn wrote this tkhine using words from ‘A New Soul Remembrance Tkhine for the Martyrs of a Pogrom’, preserved in Shas Tkhine by Rav Peninim, for the album ‘Lider Mit Palestine’. The title of the song translates as ‘Spilled Blood’.

Camera operator, sound recording and editor: @ignacio_lusardi_monteverde
Camera operator: @conrad__armstrong

#jewishmusic #yiddish #womeninmusic #livemusic #devotionalmusic taken in Union Chapel by @idrisi.ensemble

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Kyrie Eleison from Corsica, at Temple Church, London. “Lord, have mercy”; the world needs it.
Watch the full video on YouTube. Link in bio.

Lead voices: @dunja_botic (bassu), @noum_._ (secunda), @elizaoakes_ (terza)
Choir: @taymuzik1572, @henrytozer, @leoleoleomaa, @thomasfournil
Direction: @thomasfournil

Production Director, Editor and Sound Mixing: @ignacio_lusardi_monteverde
Sound Recording Assistant: @ethan.lieber
Roving Camera Operator: @jivahousden
Additional Camera: @fin_rowland
Long Shot Camera: @hmwrfilm
Colour Grading: @haridas_stewart
Colour Grading Consultant: Hyunwoo Yoo

#KyrieEleison #CorsicanPolyphony #EarlyMusic #SacredMusic #TempleChurch taken in Temple Church by @idrisi.ensemble

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Finnish Ingrian rune song (runolaulu) about exile, longing, constraint, survival. Read Kerttu’s full reflection and the song’s story on Idrîsî Ensemble’s new blog. Link in bio.

#runolaulu #runesinging #oraltradition #finnishmusic #acappella by @idrisi.ensemble

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@idrisi.ensemble brought Mediterranean medieval and traditional music to life at a sold-out KOKO performance, from centuries-old Roman chants to Corsican and Greek polyphonies.

🎥 Filmed by KOKO Productions, the evening was an immersive journey through history and tradition, speaking powerfully to the present.

Watch the full performance of Μαριόλα / Κλαίν’ οι πέρδικες on YouTube via the link in our bio. taken in KOKO London by @idrisi.ensemble

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Back at Cheltenham College Chapel 🤍 One of our favourite spaces, with truly sublime acoustics.

We’re returning with a refreshed programme, sharing what we’ve been exploring since our last visit: new medieval discoveries set alongside living traditions from Corsica, Greece, Finland and beyond.

Tickets go on sale 26 March, 10am. @cheltfestivals ✨

#idrisiensemble #cheltfestivals #cheltmusicfestival #cheltenham #livemusic taken in Cheltenham College Chapel by @idrisi.ensemble

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