Reid Chamber Concert

Date:

Thursday, January 27, 1977

Time:

7.30 pm

Season/No:

1976-1977

'The Pursuit of Love'

A programme of French music from the 13th to the 15th centuries in celebration of the 600th anniversary of the death of Machaut; also including works by Adam de la Halle, Binchois and Dufay.

Venue:

Reid Concert Hall

Participant(s):

Landini Consort

Richard Hill - countertenor
Richard Orton - tenor
Elizabeth Liddle
Margaret McCaul
John Bryan
Peter Syrus - director

crumhorns, cornamuse, shawms, curtals, recorders, gemshorn, portative organ, rebecs, viols, medieval fiddle, lute, citole, psaltery and percussion.

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

Programme

Medieval songs and dances

Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (d. 1207)
Kalenda maya (troubadour estampida)
Ja n'amerai autre / In seculum (anonymous hocket a4; Montpellier Codex)
In seculum (anonymous instrumental motet a3)

Adam de la Halle (c.1230-1287)
Amours et ma dame aussi (rondeau a3)
Pour mon cuer (anonymous trouvere rotrouenge)
La sexte estampie royal (anonymous monophonic dance)

Guillaume de Machaut (le noble rethorique 1300-1377)
De toutes flours (ballade a4)
De Fortune me doy pleindre (ballade; two versions a3)
Dame, vostre doulz viaire debonnaire, (monophonic virelai)
Quant je sui mis au retour (monophonic virelai)

The late fourteenth-century Mannerists

Anthonello de Caserta
Dame e'onour en qui (ballade a3; performed instrumentally)

Baude Cordier
Dame excellent (ballade a4)
Belle, bonne, sage (rondeau a3; performed instrumentally)

Gilet Velut
Laissies ester vostres chans de liesse (a3)
Or sus, vous dormez trop (anonymous virelai a3)

Guillaume de Machaut
Se mesdisans en acort (monophonic virelai)
Tant doucement me sens emprisonnes (rondeau a4)
En mon cuer a un descort (virelai a2)
Dame, a qui m'ottri (monophonic virelai)
Rose, liz, printemps (rondeau a4)

Music at the Court of Burgundy

Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474)
Resvellies vous et faits chiere lye, (ballade a3; 1423)
Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys (rondeau a3; 1426)
La Spagna (anonymous basse danse)
Mon chier amy (ballade a3)
He, compaignons, resvelons nous (rondeau a4)

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