Doulz amis

Sing this beautiful secular ballade by Guillaume de Machaut, a celebrated French poet and composer of the Ars Nova period. The piece is set for two voices, soprano and tenor, and sung in the original French. Its text expresses a lament of longing and complaint from a lover to their absent friend, detailing the pain of separation and the desperate need for comfort. The music reflects this emotional plea with elegant melodic lines and a sophisticated harmonic language characteristic of 14th-century courtly love songs. It would suit a concert programme looking for refined medieval repertoire.