Folger Consort: SEVEN SONGS OF LOVE February 15, 2008

Celebrate St. Valentine’s Day with SEVEN SONGS OF LOVE, Western Europe’s first song cycle by 13th-century Gallician poet/singer Martin Codax. Troubadours’ songs and lively dances for fiddles, harps, citole, flutes, and percussion celebrate the joy of love requited. With soprano Johana Arnold, instrumentalists Robert Eisenstein, Christopher Kendall, and other guests. February 15-17.

Robert Aubry Davis, host of WETA's Around Town, leads a free, lively discussion with the performers before the Friday concert at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $30—202.544.7077 or www.folger.edu/consort.

Friday at 8pm (pre-concert discussion 7pm); Saturday at 5pm & 8pm; Sunday at 2pm.

Official Website: http://www.folger.edu/consort