Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Details

St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate Church
Bishopsgate
City of London

London
EC2M 3TL
England


Programme

Hernando FrancoChristus factus est
Hernando FrancoLumen ad revelationem gentium
Gaspar FernandezXicochi xicochi
Juan Gutiérrez de PadillaStabat mater
Juan Gutiérrez de PadillaExultate justi in Domino
Juan Gutiérrez de PadillaMissa Ego flos campi
Francisco López CapillasTantum ergo
Francisco López CapillasAufer a nobis
Francisco López CapillasCui luna, sol et omnia
Juan García de ZéspedesConvidando está la noche
Miguel De Dallo y LanaLaudate Dominum omnes gentes
Domenico ZipoliO Daliso, da quel dì che partisti
Manuel de ZumayaLa bella incorrupta
Antonio EstévezMata del anima sola

Performers

Lucy Goddard – Director

Orlando Chamber Choir

Programme Note

When the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadores landed in Latin America, they cruelly earned their name, conquering the indigenous civilisations with guns, germs and steel. Throughout the 16th century, cultures clashed and slowly merged; and for all its darkness, the cloud of colonialism also rained down a resplendent musical mix which blended the wonder and wisdom of two worlds in its vibrant villancicos¡Ay!

From this melting pot we pour a captivating cocktail of plainchant with percussion, rhythmical Renaissance dance and off-beat baroque with exotic embellishments – ¡Oye! We follow the music (and the drumbeats) throughout a full liturgical year, singing you from country to country with reverberations all the way to contemporary Venezuela. At the core of our programme brightly blossoms Juan de Padilla’s Missa Ego flos campi, around which scintillate the sounds of Capillas, Franco, De Zéspedes and other shining musical stars.

The church will be a parasol under which your pew shall tremble with the sun-bright colours of their polyphony – ¡Apúntate!

Orlando Chamber Choir

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