Me!!! It was my good fortune to discover medieval and Renaissance music one fine day
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I went on to attempt the Renaissance flute and collect every disk I could find, music is the life blood of compassion.
WrangerJohn,
Do you know of the Medieval Fair held in Sweden on the island of Gotland every August? You should bring your flute and you would fit right in with the enthusiastic amateurs (and profs) playing the music of this period!
On this island there are 92 medieval churches, and during this week you can listen to (and join -- honest!) groups of musicians playing period instruments (many in period garb: I know a guy who spent thousands of Euros on a chain mail shirt that he only gets to wear this one week per year!
Some of the more famous musicians perform in these medieval churches -- a friend attended one such performance in a small 12th century church, lit only by beeswax candles flickering in the warm breeze. She said it was incredibly moving...
I have not attended the medieval festival myself (yet!) but I keep so many good things about it that I have added it to my bucket list. Everybody I know who went once -- kept going back.
A little Googling will get you many links (in English). I am not paid by Swedish Tourism or the like (honest!), but your writing speaks clearly of your passion -- why not join others with the same passion, and do so in churches and castles going back to 1100 to 1300? In fact, some of your recordings were probably made on Gotland -- a couple of the churches are renowned for their acoustics and are often used for such period recordings.
Cheers,
John