The project’s purpose is to highlight and explore Spain’s diasporic history and patrimony with a focus on the revival of music that is often forgotten in modern programming of Historical Performance.
El Converso is a musical representation of the
experiences and journeys into exile of three historical
Sephardic Jewish figures from the 16th and 17th
centuries. The program takes us on a journey through
the Iberian Peninsula, Eastern Europe, and Colonial New
Spain, through the eyes of Luis de Milán, Abraham de Cáceres, and Luis de Carvájal.
THIS PROGRAM DELVES INTO THE PROFOUNDLY EXPRESSIVE WORLD OF EARLY 17TH-CENTURY ENGLISH MELANCHOLY MIXED WITH THE DIVERSE REPERTOIRES OF THE FOLKLORIC TRAINDOORS OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA. THIS CONCERT ALSO COMMEMORIZES THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JOHN DOWLAND (1563–1626), ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPOSERS AND LUTENISTS OF THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE.
The repertoire highlights 5 manuscripts from Peru, Mexico, and Chile
to provide a musical taste of what had survived from the late 17th to
18th centuries. A selection of music
reconstructed from melodies for solo voice, scores for a single
instrument, and arrangements of accompanied songs are included
in this program.
