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Organizers: Libby Dorsch and Danuta Shanzer MC: Fred Ahl Reconstructing the Pronunciation of Dead Languages: Carol Rosen Medieval Arabic: (a) a poem by Abu Nuwas (d. c. 813) (b) a short poem by Ibn Abi Tahir (d. 893) about his friend Abu al-`Ayna's eloquence (c) an elegy by same on an executed rebel/heretic, Shawkat Toorawa Middle Scots: Gavin Douglas, "The Death of Turnus" from the Aeneid, Gordon Teskey Middle English: "Havelok the Dane," Jen Watkins Middle Dutch: "Karel ende Elegast," Yuliya Komska, John Tauzel, Quirinus Pennings Occitan: "Alba" Alice Colby Hall Byzantine Greek: "Excerpt from the Life of Leo of Catania," Susan Wessel Middle Welsh: "Mabinogi," Rebecca Daly, Carrie Fox, Wayne Harbert, Irene Pollock, Mimi Moynes Middle High German: Wolfram von Eschenbach, "Sine klâwen durh die wolken sint geslagen," Art Groos Reagan Russell (Harp), "Au renouvel du tens" and a 13th-century lai (Arr. Deborah Frion) Medieval Slavic: "The Igor Tale," Wayles Brown and Savely Senderovich Old English: "Satan's speech" from the OE Genesis B, Ross Leasure Old French: Placita Coronae ca. 1250 "De Home ke est pris pur mort de homme, sey defendant " and "A Horse Thief's Tricky Plea," Rob Henry, Paul Hyams, Melanie Turpin Old High German: Ludwigslied, Jessica Bauman, Wayne Harbert, Ellert Jóhannsson, Johanna Kramer, Jeffrey Turco Susan Wessel (Flute) and Laura Goldberg (Violin) Old Spanish: "El Cantar de Mio Cid" Eric Lief Medieval Italian: Dante, Inferno 1.1-87, Bernd Goehring Middle English: Late 15th C. Advent Carol, John Sebastian Old Norse: "Western Scandinavian Performance Art," a Faroese Song and Dance "Ólavur Riddararos": Ken Baitsholts, Evelyn Browne, Ellert Jóhannsson, Marybeth Polhill, John Sebastian, Jeffrey Turco, Kim Zarins Medieval Catalan: Jordi de Sant Jordi (1395?-1424), "Desert d'amics," & Ausias March, "O vos, mesquins," Jordi Sanchez Marti Middle Dutch: "Het Kwezelken" Martijna Briggs and students from Dutch 121 Old Irish: "Winter has come," "The Hermitage," and "The Necessity of Reading" Johanna Kramer Medieval Latin: Hrotswitha, Scenes from the "Dulcitius" Andy Cain, Libby Dorsch, Johanna Kramer, Lauren Schwarzmann, John Sebastian Medieval Galician-Portuguese: Libby Dorsch (Vocal and Harp) "Cantigas de Santa Maria," vocal coaching kindly provided by Judith Peraino |
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