Ensemble de Musique Ancienne de Morienval

Three musicians come together to form a group, L’Ensemble de Musique Ancienne de Morienval, a town situated just north of Paris.

The performance of early music requires a fair dose of erudition and knowledge of the original material. We can compare it to the process that poets bring to translation as they strive, through careful attention to the languages at hand, to remain ‘true to the text’ without forfeiting their personal vision. Poets are cognizant of how the careful process of interpretation/translation informs and transforms their own creative activity.

In relationship to the musical works they approach, the initial trio, Nathalie, Claire and Berry, invite other musicians to join them to explore and perform early music repertories stretching from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century. 

Berry Hayward