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Composer of the Week: Machaut and the Rise of Polyphony: 3: The True Poem

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod looks at Guillaume de Machaut's long narrative poem Le Voir Dit - the autobiographical story of how the poet, approaching 60, came to know a young woman called Peronne and fall in love with her.
Plourez Dames ; Nes Qu'on Porroit Oxford Camerata, director Jeremy Summerly Lai de Bonne Espérance Matthew Brook (baritone) Dix et Sept Cinq
Oxford Camerata, director Jeremy Summerly
Quant Theseus Ensemble Pan: Laurie Monahan (mezzo), Michael Collver (countertenor), Shira Kammen and Randall Cook (medieval fiddles)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Plourez Dames
Baritone:
Matthew Brook
Director:
Jeremy Summerly
Unknown:
Laurie Monahan
Unknown:
Michael Collver
Unknown:
Shira Kammen
Unknown:
Randall Cook
Source: Radio Times

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