Meravelha teams up with Peter Walker for a brand new program. The Lionheart will be a program of medieval French songs chosen from the troubadour and trouvère repertoires that together tell a story of the life of Richard I. Despite (or perhaps because of) his great historical status, portrayals of King Richard I in the modern era tend to place him in the background as a sort of Deus ex machina figure who rides in to change the tide of an ongoing story (e.g., pardoning Robin Hood). Our program The Lionheart seeks to remedy this by telling the stories of this King’s own greatest adventures. The performance will include unaccompanied vocal pieces, original arrangements of monody with instrumental accompaniment, and instrumental pieces on harp, vielle, winds, hurdy-gurdy, citole and percussion.