Amy tu te complains

Mathias Sohier was a composer of chansons in the French Renaissance tradition. This secular work for STTB voices is a setting of a French text exploring the pain of love. The lyrics speak of the singer lamenting with a friend that the same love which has inflamed their hearts can offer no solace to one without blame falling upon the other. The composer captures the melancholic sentiment of the text through the interplay of the four vocal lines, creating a poignant reflection on the frustrations and inequalities that can arise in matters of the heart. Sohier's chanson provides a moving example of secular part-music from the period.