A Night’s Tale: The Tournament of Chauvency

Anne Azéma & Eric Mentzel direct
Featuring Shira Kammen, vielle & harp,
and an ensemble of UO students

Saturday, June 2, 2012, 8:00 p.m.

Anne Azéma and Eric Mentzel direct
“A Night’s Tale: The Tournament of Chauvency”
Featuring Shira Kammen, Vielle & harp, and an ensemble of UO students
Saturday, June 2
8 p.m. Willamette Hall Atrium, University of Oregon campus
Free and open to the public

Le Tournoi de Chauvency is a seductive tale of the tournament and festivities held at Chauvency-le-Château in October 1285, reported by the poet Jacques Bretel. The Musicians and the Romantics--the students of MUS 4/507 and RL 4/507--will perform magnificent songs and poems of youth, chivalry, erotic intrigue and passionate romance, as celebrated in more courtly times.

Anne Azéma’s visit is co-sponsored by: the Oregon Humanities Center’s Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities; the Tom and Carol Williams Fund for Undergraduate Education; the Robert M. Trotter Fund of the UO School of Music and Dance; the Giustina Family Professorship in Italian Language and Literature; the UO Department of Romance Languages; the UO Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs; the UO Dean of Graduate Research; the UO College of Arts and Sciences; and the UO Department of Comparative Literature.