Mudéjar specialises in early Spanish music from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. The songs and melodies which were performed over these four hundred years reflect the changing historical context and the varied character of their composers and arrangers - jongleurs and minstrels, clerics and troubadours, not to mention a king or two. Each according to the style of his time expressed his feelings, be it through hymns, processional music, ballads, military marches or love songs. Human sentiments being universal, this implies a seamless continuity of musical development. However, what makes the Iberian peninsula unique during this period is the coexistence of three cultures derived from three distinct religions – Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

On the other hand, what music hath joined together, religious rivalries can put asunder. The music passed from one group to another, its melody, lyrics or rhythm changing as it went, Muslim or Jewish influences on Christian music being tailored to avoid censorship by the Inquisition. We can trace the development of these three traditions and their influence on each other by studying the written music which has survived in codices and songbooks alongside the oral tradition, discovering that - while the origins of any particular piece of music may be obscure – its emergence from the cultural mix is extraordinarily rich and complex.

Mudéjar offers concert programmes organised around a single theme, such as Holy Night – Christmas carols from the Spanish Renaissance, The Music of Kings (Alfonso X The Wise, Teobaldo I of Navarra, Moorish Kings) and Border Ballads of the XV and XVI century. More usually, we combine music from the three cultures, seasoned with dances, fantasies and cradlesongs, in programmes such as The Traces of Al-Andalus in the Music of Spain, Letters to the Moorish King, At the Gates of Granada and Christians, Arabs and Jews in Spain.

Original programmes can, of course, be designed to suit particular events.