Elle disoit faictes tout

In this charming chanson, Nicolas Pagnier paints a playful scene of a woman who first coyly requests gentle affection but soon, warming to the moment, urges her companion to be bolder. The text, a delightful exploration of evolving desire, is set for four-part men's voices (STTB) in its original French. Pagnier’s music captures the light-hearted, sometimes teasing, spirit of the Renaissance chanson, a popular secular genre of its time. The writing is both expressive of the text and idiomatic for the voices, making it a refreshing and engaging choice for a choir looking to explore this rich period of vocal music.