Extasis

19 July at 3pm Tideswell Church

We welcome Joglaresa to a Festival highlight – our annual excursion to the beautiful fourteenth-century ‘Cathedral of the Peak’.

Outside the restraints of religious rites, musicians and poets through the ages have created euphoric music celebrating their faiths. It is the thirteenth century. Christian pilgrims at Montserrat sing and dance so ecstatically that they have to celebrate outside the church! Music is forbidden in Mosques, yet mystic Sufi brotherhoods gather privately to sing of their religious intoxication. Having already observed their formal religious rites in the Synagogue, Jews return home to sing hymns informally and joyously.

The brilliant musicians of Joglaresa, with infectious enthusiasm and peerless skill, will have you dancing and singing all the way home!

A felicitous exchange of ideas between Christian Europe and the Middle East The Guardian

Irresistibly catchy tunes… Joglaresa's imaginative use of improvisation creates an exciting air of authenticity… compulsive rhythmic energy with luxuriantly ornamental solos The Daily Telegraph