Zephyrus

This year’s winter program, “Our Lady of Sorrows,” focuses on one of the most popular chansons of the fifteenth century, Gilles Binchois’s Comme femme desconfortée.  Setting a text in the voice of a woman whose lover has been taken by death, the chanson was repurposed in sacred polyphony, transforming its original meaning to refer to Mary’s grief over the death of Jesus.  A small ensemble sings music by Agricola, Josquin, Isaac, Senfl and others.