Contre le Temps
The four singers of Contre le Temps delve into the world of 14th-century courtly love. With poetry and music from Le Roman de la Rose and Guillaume de Machaut's Remède de Fortune, a quest for the unattainable rose unfolds. With the power of polyphonic songs and monodic poems, the quartet reveals the fiery desire and mysterious allure of medieval love.
Programme
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The Springtime
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Anonymous
Venez oïr vrais amoureus
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Guillaume de Machaut
Qui n’aroit autre deport
c1300-1377 -
Anonymous
Contre le Temps
Entry into the Dream -
Egidius de Francia
Rose et lis ay veu
(from: Chantilly Codex, c1350-1400, f. 22)14th century -
Guillaume Dufay
Je me complains
The Wonders in the Garden1397-1474 -
Guillaume de Machaut
Et pour ce engendree s’est douche pensee
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Demos le Grant
Se je chant mains que ne suel
(from: Ivrea Codex, f. 52v)
Cupid and the rosed. 1352 -
Anonymous
En remirant vo douce portraiture
(from: MS B 1328, Le Labo, Cambrai, f. 15)13th/14th century -
Guillaume de Machaut
Fors tant, qu’en aucune manière
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Anonymous
Toujours servir
(from: MS J.II.9, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, Turin, f.158v)
The Pain of the Lover15th century -
Anonymous
Qui n’a le cuer
(from: MS J.II.9)15th century -
Guillaume de Machaut
Amour que j’en pri
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Guillaume le Rouge
Se je fais dueil, three-voice virelai
1385-1450 -
Guillaume de Machaut
Et pour ce sans nul descort
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Guillaume Dufay
Ma belle dame souveraine
Programme subject to change
Musicians
- Karin Weston, Cécile Walch soprano
- Amy Farnell, Julia Marty mezzo-soprano
