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The Way of the Pilgrim

THE TORONTO CONSORT
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When Geoffrey Chaucer used the conceit of a pilgrimage to act as the framing device for his remarkable collection of stories known as "The Canterbury Tales," he settled on one of the few situations in medieval society in which people from all walks of life - knight, monk, squire, ploughman, doctor, miller, prioress - might plausibly encounter each other long enough to tell a story. "Folk" of all kinds did go on pilgrimages, from serfs to princes, and the variety of "Canterbury Tales" is not mere artifice. …

Pilgrims and Crusaders I
[1] Como poden per sas culpas • Anonymous 13th c.
[2] Seigneurs, sachiez • Thibaut de Champagne (1201-1253)
[3] Ben pode Santa Maria • Anonymous 13th c.
[4] Chevalier, mult estes guariz • Anonymous 13th c.
[5] Quen quer que na Virgen fia • Anonymous 13th c.

Wandering Scholars • the Carmina Burana
[6] Clauso chronos • Anonymous 13th c.
[7] Virent prata • Anonymous 13th c.
[8] Bonum est confidere • Anonymous 13th c.
[9] Bache bene venies • Anonymous 13th c.

The Last of the Minnesänger
[10] Es fuegt sich • Oswald von Wolkenstein (c.1377-1445)

Pilgrims and Crusaders II
[11] Jerusalem se plaint • Huon de Saint•Quentin (fl.1210-1230)
[12] Nu alerst • Walther von der Vogelweide (c.1170-c.1230)
[13] Dame einsi est • Thibaut de Champagne
[14] Li departirs • Chardon de Croisilles (fl.1220-1245)
[15] Los set gotxs recomptarem • Anonymous 14th c.

Total Program Length: 65:42

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