UMS Concert Program, February 11, 1979: Les Menestrels --

Concert: Fortyninth
Complete Series: Sixteenth Annual Chamber
Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIG
Les Menestrels
Viennese Ensemble for Early Music
Sunday Afternoon, February 11, 1979, at 2:30 Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
"Invitation to the Dance"
"Dansereye" (1551)--Rondo .... Hans NewsiedlerTilman Susato
"Balletti per cantare, sonare et ballare" (1594) . Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi
Introduttione a i balletti L'humorista
II ballerino L'inamorato
"Orchesographie" (Langres 1596) Thoughts about dancing . Thoinot Arbeau
Bransle de la grenee (about 1612)......Michael Praetorius
La mouline............Michael Praetorius
"Orchesographie," Thoughts about dancing.....Thoinot Arbeau
Le philou............Michael Praetorius
Pavane; Basse danse; Tourdion (1529).....Pierre Attaignant
"Cancionero del palacio" (about 1530)........Anonymous
Ora baila tu Pase l'agoa Con amores mi madre
Rondo..........Hans NewsiedlerTilman Susato
INTERMISSION Centennial Season--Fortyninth Concert Sixteenth Annual Chamber Arts Series
Dance of Valresia....... ..... Anonymous
"Strassburger Chronik"--"Ein seltzam sucht ..." . . . . Kleinkawel
Dance (about 1240)......... . . Anonymous
"Chansonier du Roi"--Two Dances (about 1325)..... Anonymous
"Titurel"--"Da huop sich michel reie ..."...... Anonymous
Ecco la primavera..........Francesco Landini
(d. 1397)
Entre vous nouviaux maries (15th century).....Jean le Grant
Quant la saison (13th century).........Anonymous
Je veuil chanter...........Guillaume Dufay
(c. 14001474)
Lamento di Tristano (Italy, 14th century)......Anonymous
"Ju heia! wie er sprank ..."......Neidhart von Reuenthal
(c. 11801240)
Istanpita parlamento 1
Istanpita tre fontane (Italy, 14th century)......Anonymous
Istanpita ghaetta
Members of Les Menestrels
Taina Kataja, Soprano John Patrick Thomas, Countertenor
Eva Brunner, String instruments Michel Walter, Cornetto, trombone, etc.
Klaus Walter, Luth and woodwind Instruments
Khosro Soltani, Doublereed instruments
Les Menestrels, a Viennese ensemble formed in 1963, performs music from the 13th to 16th centuries using more than seventy original instruments of the period. The ensemble has participated in festivals in Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Lucerne, Dubrovnik, Spain, and Flanders, and has taken part in many theater symposiums. They have concertized throughout Europe and Scandinavia and are currently making their first North American tour.
The Instruments
Trebble and tenorfiddles, rebec, gambas of the 16th century, hurdygurdy, medieval and renaissance luths and mandoras, vihuela, harp, psalter, shawms, crommornes, dulcians, cornetto, recorders, slide trumpet, trombone, keyholehorn, bagpipe, fife, galoubet, douchaine, portativ, different percussion instruments.
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