Cut Circle

“…To love another—would humiliate my heart,” sings the devoted lover in the famous song “D’ung aultre amer,” evoking the power of love to captivate, nourish, and, on occasion, destroy. Love can be earthly and sensual; it can also be spiritual and divine, as when a Biblical figure is cast as the object of desire. In this program, led by Stanford Associate Professor of Music Jesse Rodin, Cut Circle will perform music of both romantic and spiritual intensity by Du Fay, Ockeghem, Josquin, and their contemporaries.