“Ethno Album of the Year” is the nomination attained for their most recent album by Ensemble Gamut!, whose “refreshing, soothing, intriguing and enlightening” music has attracted international interest across genres. This exceptional harp, jouhikko, blockflute (recorder) and voice trio from Finland, who combine and daringly rearrange elements from medieval music and Finnish folk songs, intertwining improvisation and electronic soundscapes, will be playing the London launch of their third album “MI”, an exploration of the boundary between the living and the non-living, asking what is alive and what has already faded into extinction. The endangered flowers of the Arctic are a central focus, with this a rallying cry to protect them: there is still time.

From wild flowers to walled gardens: mystical spell-songs, ‘rūn’ in Old English, are the inspiration for the recently formed London-based Rune, whose fascination with the rare and touching beauty of music dating back 700 years runs deep. They present 14^th century Boccaccio’s Decameron, a mosaic of musical stories from early modern Europe, portraying various aspects of human nature and experience through some of the most beautiful music of the time. 

This special double bill concert draws together two different ensembles whose common love of harp, recorder, ancient strings and vocals are sure to impress. A unique performance in a beautiful church in a part of London where history is not lacking.

There will be a cash bar.  The church is a 4 minute walk from Rotherhithe Station, close to the Mayflower Pub.