Hwæt! Old English meets new music in this recital of Medieval riddles. In a unique concert experience, select favorites from the Exeter Book collection (ca. 970 CE) have been set to music in the original Old English alongside new translations. Are you clever enough to guess the subject of each riddle? Then don’t miss “The Riddles Recital” where you will have the chance to hear early Medieval poetry as you’ve never heard it before!

Composers Keith Allegretti, Ben Tibbetts, and Amy Herman will enchant you with songs for harp, horn, flute, piccolo, waterphone, piano, mezzo, and tenor. Dive into the culture of  pre-Conquest England, and learn about the creative process behind these works. Cuman ye ond hlysten!