LuminaVocalEnsemble's video: Lumina: Medieval song A chantar by C12 troubaritz Beatriz Comtesse de Dia - live in concert

'A chantar' by Beatriz, Comtessa de Dia (fl 1175-1212) Live performance by Lumina Vocal Ensemble 900 Years of Women Composers' in the Adelaide Fringe Festival, March 2021 at the Torrens Parade Ground Drill Hall in Adelaide. Lumina's first performance in time of COVID! Recording by Kenneth Pope and Video by Cabana Productions. Narrators: Lizzie Zeuner and Imogen Deller-Evans. Lute: Tim Kersten, Rebec: Eleanor Pope, Bowed psaltery: Meg Pope Singers: Melinda Pike, Penny Dally, Anna Pope, Fiona O'Connor & Kate Tretheway. Find scores, CDs and info @luminavocal : https://luminavocal.com.au Latest news: https://www.facebook.com/LuminaVocal Beatriz, Comtessa de Dia was seething passion when she wrote A chantar. The most famous troubaritz (or female troubadour) of the late 12th century, Beatriz was of noble birth, and lived and performed in the courts and grand houses of Provence and southern France. Sadly, although several of her poems survive, only one song has been found – a song so full of heartbreak that it cannot fail to touch the listener. She writes of her lover – full of anger, passion, hurt and betrayal. "I must sing of what I do not want, I am so angry with the one whom I love, Because I love him more than anything: Mercy nor courtesy moves him, Neither does my beauty, nor my worthiness, nor my good sense, For I am deceived and betrayed, as much as I should be, if I were ugly. "I take comfort because I never did anything wrong, Friend, towards you in anything, Rather I love you more than Seguin did Valensa, And I am greatly pleased that I conquered you in love, My friend, because you are the most worthy; You are arrogant to me in words and appearance, And yet you are so friendly towards everyone else."