5:00 PM

St. Ann’s Parish; 82 Shore Road, Old Lyme

BLUE HERON

A French Songbook, c. 1350-1470

From Machaut to Okeghem

Blue Heron presents a recital of medieval French song – ballades, rondeaux, and virelais by the 14th-century poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut and his successors through the mid-15th century, including Gilles Binchois, Guillaume Du Fay, and Johannes Okeghem. The program includes songs in praise of Love and My Lady, songs of heartbreak, a song of spring, a drinking song, and a virtuosic instrumental arrangement of a famous song by Binchois.

Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano

Jason McStoots, tenor

Charles Weaver, lute

Scott Metcalfe, fiddle & harp, artistic director

Program subject to change.

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