His flutes shine like otherworldly beams of light.

Early Music America, Magazine Summer 2009

Since more than 30 years Norbert Rodenkirchen dedicates himself to the artistic dialogue between old and new sounds, between middle ages and today. Besides intensive regular work with internationally acclaimed ensembles like Sequentia and Dialogos as well as with his own medieval ensemble project Candens Lilium Norbert Rodenkirchen has created various medieval solo programs, most of which are also available on CD. Here you can find recent projects which are all available for live performances. Please don´t hesitate to ask for more details (via the contact button)!

The new program "Occidentana - Flute before 1000" presents instrumental versions of medieval monody from the Carolingina period and earlier - played on medieval traverso. A main genre of the program is the "sequela", a melodic model for sequence poems, beginning with the "Liber hymnorum" of the monk Notker Balbulus of St Gallen. These early tunes were also used as instrumentals and are complemented by melodic fragments from late antiquity. Also featured are improvisations on the Merovingian Severin´s Lyre, the earliest find of a Cologne musical instrument from the 7th century and archaic compositions by Norbert Rodenkirchen.  In Europe this program can be booked directly by contacting Norbert Rodenkirchen, see "contact". For USA and Canada please contact the agency Seth Cooper Arts, see link below. Concerts in the USA are planned for April and late October 2026!

"De juer et de baler" is the title of the duo program of Pierre Hamon and Norbert Rodenkirchen. It was featured at the Early Music Festival Vancouver 2025 and is presented on CD at nemu records! 

"Hameln anno 1284 / Medieval flute music - On the trails of the Pied Piper" is the most popular program of Norbert Rodenkirchen and brought him into more than 15 countries. Commissioned by the WDR radio as a live program about the historic backgrounds of the ratcatcher legend from the perspective of Early Music it develops the flute performance of a wandering musician of the late 13th century, who plays tunes by Wizlaw of Ruegen and old slawic dance fragments, using flutes of that period. The city of Hameln used Norbert´s CD for its successful UNESCO application as world cultural heritage. An absolute highlight was the invitation to play this solo program at the prestigious Boston Early Music Festival in 2015. In springtime 2022 Norbert Rodenkirchen released a live CD of this solo program, recorded at Konzertkirken in Copenhagen. In August 2022 Norbert Rodenkirchen played "Hameln anno 1284" at the 19th Early Music Festival in Ukraine. 

In Europe this program can be booked directly by contacting Norbert Rodenkirchen, see "contact". For USA and Canada please contact the agency Seth Cooper Arts, see link below. 

Contemplative flute music of the Middle Ages

This colorful live program was premiered by Early Music Vancouver in June 2018. It is very well suited for churches.  The CD "Medieval Echoes" at nemu records can be ordered here or on bandcamp.

Ensemble project for 6 musicians, also trio version available (voc., fl., fiddle):

Carmina Burana Today

Candens Lilium 

Artistic direction (transcriptions, reconstructions, arrangements): Norbert Rodenkirchen

A completely new approach to the medieval Carmina Burana with Sabine Lutzenberger, Ian Harrison, Hanna Geisel, Philipp Lamprecht, Albrecht Maurer and Norbert Rodenkirchen (with shawms, bagpipes, drums, flutes, harp, fiddle, rebec, flutes and voices).