Musica Antica
Jessica Eucker soprano
Camilla Seale mezzo-soprano
Tristram Cooke countertenor
Oliver Doyle tenor & harpsichord
Joachim Sabbat bass
Flora Fontanelli baroque violin
Jonatan Bougt baroque guitar
Peter Martin theorbo
Christmas in the New World II
Staged live at Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe, SE16 5HF.
Musica Antica Rotherhithe present a programme of 16th and 17th Century songs, carols, motets and dances written in the Americas, from some of the first indigenous songs transcribed by Europeans, to sacred music and dances written by composers of Mexica and Incan heritage in Nahuahtl and Quechua. The centrepiece of the evening is Mexican composer
Francisco López Capillas' as-yet unrecorded Hexachord Mass.
As ever, home infused gins, wine and mince pies will be available before and during the concert from the bar.
Programme
Cachua: Al Nacimiento de Christo Nuestro Señor
Mateo Flecha: San Sabeya Gugurumbe
Francisco López Capillas: Missa super scalam Aretinam
Hernando Franco: Sancta Maria, E
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Madre, la de los primores
Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco: Desvelado Dueno Mio
Mateo Flecha: El Jubilate
Hernando Franco: Lumen ad revelationem
Juan Pérez Bocanegra: Hanacpachap Cusicuinin
Cachua: La Serranita (instrumental)
Mateo Flecha: Riu, riu, chiu
Hernando Franco: Dios itlaçonantzinei
Anon, Bolivian: Dulce Jesus Mio
Anon, Peruvian: Cachua La Serranita