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Luminous! Courtly and Sacred Love in Medieval Song

The subtleties of courtly love – hidden desire, sweet partings, pure but unreciprocated devotion – shimmer with intensity in the masterworks of Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377), who has been called the last great poet who was also a musician.  Internationally-acclaimed Ensemble Parlamento presents the multi-dimensional beauty of his music along with the next generation of Italian composers who were influenced by his music, using historical reconstructions of the lute, flute, and vielle to accompany medieval love poetry which transcends both nation and time.