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Amor mi fa cantar: Music from the Italian Middle Ages
Songs of love, desire, and the hunt, from one of the earliest sources of Italian secular polyphony.
Add to my Calendar 01-03-2019 20:00 01-03-2019 22:00 36 Amor mi fa cantar: Music from the Italian Middle Ages "Embrace me, sweetheart, kiss me, and then leave, lest my jealous husband should hear us...”The Rossi Codex, named for the nineteenth-century collector who was its most recent private owner, is a collection of (mostly anonymous) madrigals, cacce, and ballate from fourteenth-century Italy. Join us as we explore songs of love, desire, and the hunt, all from one of the earliest sources of Italian secular polyphony. Trinity College Chapel, Oxford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Trinity College Chapel
Trinity College
Broad Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3BH
England
Programme
Various – Rossi Codex
Performers
Lachlan Hughes – Tenor
Helen Hughson – Alto
Jacob Mariani – lute
Programme Note
"Embrace me, sweetheart, kiss me, and then leave, lest my jealous husband should hear us...”
The Rossi Codex, named for the nineteenth-century collector who was its most recent private owner, is a collection of (mostly anonymous) madrigals, cacce, and ballate from fourteenth-century Italy. Join us as we explore songs of love, desire, and the hunt, all from one of the earliest sources of Italian secular polyphony.