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Les Délices: Songs about Hope

  • Huntington Recital Hall at Capitol University 1 College and Main Columbus, OH (map)

Presented by Early Music in Columbus, Songs of Hope sees Les Délices return to the world of the Romance of the Rosee, where the allegorical character Hope (Esperance) sustains a courtly lover through the thousand pains of lovesickness and teaches him to find delight instead of suffering. Presented in collaboration with Boston’s Blue Heron, this program explores a group of 14th-century songs in the hypnotic late-medieval Ars subtilior style that draw inspiration from each other’s words and music. Works by Machaut, Senleches, Caserta, and Galiot, and others.

Earlier Event: January 16
Les Délices: Lessons in Love
Later Event: January 18
Les Délices: Medieval Dance Party