City of Fools: Medieval Songs of Rule & Misrule

Camerata's op-ed on power seekers and ugly politics! Shortly before an important American election, this new program evokes age-old themes of justice and corruption. Minstrel songs from medieval France, Provençe, and Germany, amazingly contemporary in their language, provide an amusing and sharply-etched perspective on our current travails. Includes pungent selections from the Play of Daniel, Carmina Burana, and Roman de Fauvel; and works by gifted musican-poets Philippe le Chancelier, Bertran de Born, and Thibault de Champagne. Camerata's musicains are joined by young professionals from the Longy School of Music of Bard College.

Anne Azéma, director, voice, hurdy-gurdy
Jordan Weatherston Pitts, voice
Christa Patton, winds, harp
Shira Kammen, vielle, harp
Joel Cohen, narrator, lauta