Courtly music from the 13th and 14th centuries

For 2 voices, 1 organetto, 1 instrumentalist (vielle, vihuela, flutes, chalumeau)

This program is a window into the human soul, caught between the sweetness and the torments of love. Voices, bowed vielles, organetto, flutes, and the vihuela de penola come together for a romantic adventure once sung by poet-musicians.

A small theatre of intimacy, inhabited by desire, sadness, partings, beauty, and sensuality. The courtly music of the 13th and 14th centuries celebrates a refined, chivalric ideal, but also the doubts and uncertainties of the heart.

Anonymous songs, works by troubadours and trouvères, by Bernard de Ventadorn, Jaufre Rudel, Beatriz de Dia, Gace Brulé, and anonymous motets from the Montpellier manuscript.