Yves Daniel-Lesur is known by his commentators as a master of vocal and choral writing in 20th Century France. His most celebrated choral work, Le Cantique des Cantiques (1952), represents the style of unaccompanied choral music from the Renaissance period, which became a trend during the composer’s time. This concert features Daniel-Lesur’s Le Cantique des Cantiques for twelve-part unaccompanied choir, in juxtaposition to its Renaissance origins , unaccompanied choral music by Guillaume Dufay, Orlando de Lassus, Claude le Jeune, and other French Renaissance composers, as well as selections of love poems from Song of Songs and French chansons. Le Cantique des Cantiques will present its Hong Kong and Asia première at this Le French May Associated Project 2014. Programme Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474) Mon cœur me fait tous dispenser Anima mea liquefacta est Guillaume Bouzignac (1587-1641) Surge, amica mea Claudin de Sermisy (1490-1562) Tant que vivray J’aime le cœur de m’amie Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) Audi dulcis amica mea Tota Pulchra es Veni dilecte mi Claude Le Jeune (1530-1600) Qu’est devenu ce bel œil Reveci veni du printemps Yves Daniel-Lesur (1908-2002) Le Cantique des Cantique, avec texts du lecture I. Dialogue II. La Voix du Bien-Aimé III. Le Songe IV. Le Roi Salomon V. Le jardin clos VI. La Sulamite VII. Epithalame