This program features Ibero-American dances and song-dances, including folias, jácaras, and fandangos, from the Renaissance to the present. The music spans from the early Spanish Cancioneros (songbooks) in old Iberia to contemporary folk and popular music from Venezuela and Mexico. Included are dances such as joropo from Venezuela and Colombia and fandanguito from Mexico. Performers will switch from the European viola da gamba and Renaissance guitar to the Venezuelan cuatro and harp, illustrating the similar yet distinctively different sonorities and rhythmic and harmonic connections between the two continents, underlining Africa’s influence on them. The program will also include an aria by Jose de Nebra praising the Fandango for relieving fears.

Music by Cascante, Coll, Encina, Gureau, Murcia, Soler and others.

“Gutiérrez and her ensemble of virtuosos breathe essential life into compositions…spiritually satisfying and downright fun.” —The Boston Musical Intelligencer

Performers:

Salome Sandoval, soprano & guitar

Fausto Miro, tenor

Danilo Bonina, violin

Eduardo Betancourt, Venezuelan harp & percussion

Miguel Morales Lavado, percussion

Katherine Shao, keyboards

Kirsten Lamb, bass

Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba & cuatro

For more information visit us at www.ladm.org

617-461-6973 || ladonna@ladm.org

Free and open to the public, no tickets are required.