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Abu Gosh, October 7, 2004. & Rehovot, November 2, 2004. A concert of Festive Baroque Music for Guadalupe from La Plata, Bolivia, c.1717 A Criolla Celebration Conductor and Musical Director: Myrna Herzog

 

Soloists: 
Tehila Goldstein, Nadia Lipchach: soprano
Ady Even-Or: alto
Dan Dunkelblum: tenor

Shahar Choir
Directed by Gila Brill
Shahar Choir Soloists: YiIfat Roth& Reut Barak: soprano, Keren Shilo & Tamar Gil: alto, Boaz Brill: tenor

The PHOENIX ensemble of early instruments
Directed by Myrna Herzog
Gal Shachar – Baroque violin; Alexander Fine – shawm; Barbara Schmutzler, Leonid Kremer, Richard Paley – dulcians; Lara Morris – recorders; David Shemer – harpsichord; Marina Minkin – organ; Eitan Hoffer – lute and Baroque guitar; Myrna Herzog – viola da gamba; Amit Tieffenbrunn – violone; Rony Iwryn, Michel Feldman – percussion.

Conception and musical edition:
Bernardo Illari
Sources: Correa and Frézier, original prints. Araujo’s Magnificat, Seminario de San Antonio Abad, Cusco (Peru), in microfilm at the Universidad de Chile (Santiago). Martínez Compañón, Biblioteca del Palacio Real, Madrid. All other pieces, Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia (Sucre).

 

about the concert:

This concert attempts to reproduce in sound the wealth and joy of The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which lasted ten days in the city of La Plata (also called Chuquisaca, and now known as Sucre, in Bolivia).
This musical recreation of the feast combines various kinds of Baroque sacred and popular music likely to be heard on the occasion of the Guadalupe festivities, including music especially written c.1717 by a native of Chuquisaca, Roque Jacinto de Chavarría (1688-1719).
The program was assembled especially for the Abu Gosh Festival by musicologist Bernardo Illari, with the aim of achieving the richest possible representation of how such a festival must have sounded: the colorful meeting-point of a variety of cultures, practices, expressions and people.

program:

Todo el mundo en general	Arr. by Francisco Correa de Arauxo (Facultad orgánica, Seville: 1626)
1. Vespers Villancico: Ángeles, ¡al facistol! Magnificat quarti toni	Anonymous (Sucre) Juan de Araujo (1649?-1712)
2. Mass Kyrie and Gloria from Misa (8º. tono) Villancico (at the Epistle): Silencio, pasito, quedito, quedo	Tomás de Torrejón y Velazco (1644-1728) Juan de Araujo
3. Procession Lanchas para bailar Hymn: María, todo es María	Anonymous (gathered by Martínez Compañón) Anonymous (gathered by Amédée François Frézier, Chile/Peru, c. 1713)
Cuatro: Ay del alma mía	Andrés Flores (1690-1754)
Cachua serranita	Anonymous (gathered by Baltasar J de Martínez Compañón, Trujillo, Peru, c. 1790)
4. Bullfighting Los toros: Baile de toritos Los toros: Oigan las fiestas de toros	Anonymous (gathered by M. M. Mercado) Roque Jacinto de Chavarría (1688-1719)
5. An Afternoon Salve Céfiro de las flores Salve: Alegría, risa, ha! Salve Regina	attr. to José Medina Roque Jacinto de Chavarría Juan de Araujo
A la flor del Alba	Roque Jacinto de Chavarría

photos from the concert in Rehovot:

Conductor Myrna Herzog and the PHOENIX ensemble began playing on the stage while the choir walked to the front of the stage singing "Todo el mundo en general" Soloists (left to right) Tehila Goldstein: soprano, Ady Even-Or: mezzo-soprano, and Dan Dunkelblum: tenor.   First Choir (an ensemble of soloists from the choir), right to left: Tamar Gil & Keren Shilo: alto, Boaz Brill: tenor, Yifat Roth & Reut Barak: soprano The stage before the performance Opening statement by Rita Vinokur, the producer of this concert from the Rehovot Municipality    ...and by Benny Hendel

Soloists Tehila Goldstein and Nadia Lipchach   David Shemer tuning the cembalo Eytan Hoffer tuning the theorbo ... and the baroque guitar

video clips:

Unfortunately the quality of the sound in the video clips is not very good. Hopefully sound clips will be available shortly. Click on the image to play the movie:

review:

From the press:

"A rare opportunity to enjoy almost unknown Bolivian Baroque music of the La Plata festivities was offered by the PHOENIX Ensemble of Early Music Instruments, directed by Myrna Herzog… The instrumentalists, the Shahar Choir directed by Gilla Brill, sopranos Tehila Goldstein and Nadia Lipchek, mezzo-soprano Ady Even-Or, and tenor Dan Dunkelblum, with their enchanting and meticulously trained voices, pure intonation, and clear enunciation, captured this joie de vivre to perfection and conveyed it to an audience that couldn't help smiling throughout the performance."
Ury Eppstein - The Jerusalem Post - Sunday, November 7, 2004

CLICK HERE to view the full version of the review from the Jerusalem Post.

links:

CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE if you are interested in learning about mean tone temperament tuning (which we will be using in this concert)

CLICK HERE to read about the baroque guitar or the theorbo

PHOENIX, the Israel Consort of Viols

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