Subscriptions and Single Tickets go on sale August 15, 2024
FEATURED ARTISTS
Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Scott Metcalfe, vielle & gothic harp
Debra Nagy, recorders, douçaines, harp, and voice
14th Century Avant-garde
Friday, November 22, 2024, 7:30 pm
First Congregational Church of Hudson
47 Aurora St, Hudson, Ohio
Medieval music sounded remarkably modern in the hands of forward-thinking composers like Guillaume de Machaut, Jacob Senleches, and Johannes Suzoy. Their music displayed freedom of thought, fearlessly explored rhythmic complexity, and pushed the limits of what was possible to both notate and perform. Stellar singers Sophie Michaux and James Reese join multi-instrumentalists Scott Metcalfe and Debra Nagy for this mesmerizing program.
This concert will not be filmed. Instead, Virtual Subscribers will enjoy the re-release of Machaut’s Lai of the Fountain (2021).
Musical Program
I. Song as Object
“Ma fin est mon commencement” – Guillaume de Machaut
“La harpe de la melodie” – Jacob de Senleches
“Tout par compas” – Baude Cordier
II. Perfection in Nature
“Rose, liz, printemps, verdure” – Machaut
“O rosa bella” – Johannes Ciconia
“Rose sans per” – Anonymous
III. Courtly Love – Circles of Influence
“Esperance qui en mon cuer” Anonymous
“Ay mi! Dame de valour & Je vivroie liement – Machaut (arr. Nagy)
“En amer a douce vie” – Machaut
IV. Triumph of Reason – Music and Mathematics
“Pictagoras, Jabol et Orpheus” – Johannes Suzoy
“De ce que foul pense” – Pierre de Molins
“Sience n’a nul annemi” – Matheus de Sancto Johanne
V. Carnal Pleasure – or, The Birds and the Bees
“Bel fiore dança” – Anonymous (Faenza Codex)
“Ma tre dol rossignol” – Borlet? (Trebol?)
“He tres doulz rossignol” – Borlet
“Je voy le bon temps” – Anonymous