Choir organ and fascitol (choir book stand) at Puebla’s cathedral, where Juan Gutierrez de Padilla was maestro de capella (Undated photo). For more information, click here.
Hidden treasures of 17th century Latin America
VOICES & INSTRUMENTS
Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Location: United Reformed Church, Sale
Reviewer: Mark Flinn
Renaissance music from Latin America workshop on Gregorian Chant
We were fortunate to have a visit from Jeffrey Skidmore with his “special subject” of renaissance music from Latin America. 35 singers and a bajon player attended in the Sale URC Church Hall, and the programme featured movements from the double choir mass Ego Flos Campi by Padilla, with its unusual repeated Miserere Nobis and Credo phrases. Other pieces included Tonantzin-cuical by Francesco Hernandez, the lively Conviviando este la noche by Juan Garcia, Oy es dia de la placer y de cantar by Tomas Pascual and an anonymous Marian setting Dulce Jesus mio. We concluded with a performance, assisted by volunteers who provided additional, enthusiastic and highly authentic percussion. A good time was had by all.
Mark Flinn
First published in April 2013 Newsletter.
