Pardon my French. You’ll hear a lot of it – and medieval French, no less – as the Noontime Concerts return to The Classical Network.

We continue our partnership with Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) with a program titled “Love to My Liking: Refrains of Desire in Gothic France.” The ensemble Alkemie will present music on anonymous texts of the 13th century.

Alkemie is made up of Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano, harp and percussion; David McCormick, vielle; Elena Mullins, soprano and percussion; Sian Ricketts, soprano and recorders; and Niccolo Seligmann, vielle and percussion.

The concert took place on May 18 at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 50th St. and Park Avenue, in midtown Manhattan. More information about the upcoming season of free lunchtime performances in GEMS’ Midtown Concerts series may be found at midtownconcerts.org.

Then stick around for a belated birthday celebration for French composer Darius Milhaud, who got lost in the shuffle of American music yesterday for Labor Day. We’ll also have a symphony by Anton Bruckner, also born on yesterday’s date.

That’s over 600 years of music history, from 12 to 4 p.m., on WWFM The Classical Network and wwfm.org.