Guillaume de Machaut: Le Remède de Fortune

June 17, 2026, 10:00 pm

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a king on his throne hears advice from bishops and monks
Charlemagne in council, from Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, 14th century (detail)

Marc Mauillon and friends Maud Haering, Angélique Mauillon, Nolwenn Le Guern, and Pierre Hamon bring us the romance Le Remède de Fortune, a “dit,” or narrative poem with music by Guillame de Machaut, fourteenth-century Europe’s greatest poet, composer and exemplar of the ars nova musical style. Tonight’s program was recorded live in concert May 17, 2025 in Sion’s Valère Basilica as part of Les Riches Heures de Valère Early Music Festival.

Thanks to WFMT’s association with the European Broadcasting Union, we’re able to bring you tonight’s program as a stream for 30 days following the broadcast on wfmt.com’s On Demand page.

Playlist

Guillaume de Machaut (ca 1300-1377)
Le Remède de Fortune
– Qui n’aroit d’autre deport (lai)
– Tel rit au main qui au soir pleure (complainte)
– Joye, plaisance et douce nourriture (chant royal)
– En amer a douce vie (balladelle)
– Dame, de qui toute ma joye vient (ballade)
– Dame a vous sans retollir (chanson balladée)
– Dame, mon cuer en vous remaint (rondelet)

ARTISTS
Marc Mauillon, vocals
Angélique Mauillon, gothic harp
Nolwenn Le Guern, vielle
Pierre Hamon, flute, bagpipes, percussion