Musical Director        Paul Ellis

Consort of Early Instruments

led by  Keith McGowan

Master of Historical Music

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London

   PROGRAMME INCLUDES

            Padilla           Missa Ego flos campi 
               Fernandes      Xicochi conetzintle
               Araujo           Los conflades de la estleya
               Alonso Lobo   Versa est in luctum
               Franco           Salve Regina
               Zespedes       Convidando esta la noche
               Hernandez     Sancta Maria, e!
               Capillas         Magnificat

We are really looking forward to working on this programme of Latin American baroque music.

The Spanish Conquistadores laid claim to vast tracts of what we now call Latin America (from Chile north into New Mexico and east into Venezuela) and introduced many components of Latin European culture, including the musical heritage of the Catholic Church. Over time, this resulted in an astonishing fusion of European Renaissance and early Baroque with the vibrant musical culture which already existed among the New World cultures discovered in Central and South Americas. This distinctive and exciting musical treasury is now making its way back to Europe and is frequently heard on Classic FM. You are warmly invited to attend this concert of old New World music!