MusicSources presents: Canconiér Choreomania Music for the Dancing Plagues of Medieval and Renaissance Europe Saturday, November 12th, 2011, 7:30 PM St. Alban’s Church, 1501 Washington, Albany, CA, 94707 Sunday, November 13th, 2011, 3:00 PM St. Luke's, 20 University Ave, Los Gatos, CA (new location!) $30 general/$25 for seniors, students, and MusicSources members Advance reservations (recommended) from MusicSources: (510) 528-1685 Cangoniér presents music for a fascinating and little-understood phenomenon: during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, certain areas (especially in Germany) experienced brief outbreaks of manic, “contagious” dancing that often afilicted dozens, or even hundreds Ordinary people would succumb to a compulsion to dance furiously for days or weeks on end, some to their deaths. Some feared that they had been cursed by saints, and perhaps gave in to mass hysteria, Music was offered for the dancers in the hope thet it would appease divine wrath Instrumental and vocal dance music, flagellant songs, penitential prayers, tarantellas, and more! Annette Bauer: recorder, flauto doppio, bagpipe, dulcian, bells, voice Phoebe Jevtovie: voice Shira Kammen: vielle, voice Tim Rayborn: hand drum, hylsung, tabor, voice, citole, psaltery With - Tom Zajac: bagpipe, pipe and tabor, sackbut, recorder, dulce melos, jaw harp, castanets, voice ‘www.canconier.com wwwanusicsources.org info@musicsources.org These concerts are supported by a professional development grant from ‘San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music.