Polyhymnia: Carmina Burana
Sat, May 10
|St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Churh
Songs of Morals and Mockery, Drinking and Gaming, and the Art of Love. With special guests Concordian Dawn Christopher Preston Thompson -Director
Time & Location
May 10, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Churh, 552 West End Ave, New York, NY 10024, USA
About the event
In our first collaboration with the medieval ensemble Concordian Dawn, we will present selections from the iconic collection of 254 poems discovered in the library of Benediktbeuern in Bavaria in 1803. The poems, set to popular songs of the day, reveal an international cross-border connection and collaboration. The subject matter ranges from sexually explicit depictions of love and dalliance to celebrations and joys of the tavern and blatant satire of the established church.