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This week, the spotlight is on Guillaume de Machaut, the 14th century poet-composer whose works inspired Chaucer and other poets. We'll hear his groundbreaking Messe de Nostre Dame plus secular virelai and ballades, with performances by Diabolus in Musica and the Orlando Consort.

  • Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame. Performed by Diabolus in Musica.
  • Guillaume de Machaut: Joie plaisance. Performed by Ensemble Gilles Binchois.
  • Guillaume de Machaut: J’aim sans penser. Performed by Ensemble Gilles Binchois.
  • Guillaume de Machaut: Dame ne regardes pas. Performed by Randall Cook & Emmanuel Bonnardot, medieval fiddles.
  • Guillaume de Machaut: Honte paour doubtance. Performed by Randall Cook & Pierre Harnon, recorders.
  • Guillaume de Machaut: Comment puet on miex. Performed by The Orlando Consort.
  • Guillaume de Machaut: Douce dame, tant com vivray. Performed by The Orlando Consort.
  • Francois Andrieu: Armes, amours. Performed by Ensemble PAN.
  • Guillaume de Machaut: Ma fin est mon commencement. Performed by The Hilliard Ensemble.
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