MARIN BAROQUE Chamber Choir and period instrument Orchestra, with renowned early brass ensemble THE WHOLE NOYSE and Music Director, Daniel Canosa, present Birds of Paradise: Exotic Music of the Old & New Worlds, Janequin, Flecha & Fernandez, and music of the Latin American missions. Sixteen voices, percussion, vihuela, Baroque guitar, shawm, cornett, and early brass instruments are all featured.
On the program:
Le Chant des Oiseaux full of bird song by Clément Janequin; an ensalada, San Sabeya Gugurumbé, with a mixture of Castilian, Catalan, Portuguese, and African vernacular by Mateo Flecha; the plaintive Con Que La Lavare by Juan Vasquez, a popular poem and song in 16th-century Spain and a beautiful example of a villancico; and other music from the Latin American missions.
Saturday, March 28, 8 pm, First Presbyterian Church, San Anselmo
Sunday, March 29, 8 pm, La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley
Tel. 415-497-6634. $5-$25. Email
[email protected].
https://www.marinbaroque.org
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1228843 (San Anselmo)
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1228865 (Berkeley)