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The Upper Canada Choristers and their accomplished Latin ensemble Cantemos celebrate the diversity of music from Latin America in their spring concert, Inti Ukana: A Latin American Tapestry. The concert will take place without intermission, in order to preserve the flow.
Centrepiece is the Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez. Written after the Second Vatican Council allowed vernacular elements in the Mass, each movement references a different folkloric style/dance, mostly pre-Hispanic.
The concert takes its name from Inti Ukana, sung in Aymara, the language of an indigenous people still living in the Andean region. The song is performed in a new arrangement by Laurie Evan Fraser.
Among other featured works are Stephen Hatfield’s arrangement of Ojos Azules (Blue Eyes), a popular song from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Chile; and Hanacpachap cussicuinin, a hymn to the Virgin in Quechua, the indigenous language of the Incas. The latter is the first example of polyphonic music to be published in the New World (1631 in Peru).
Cantemos performs the energetic Apamuy shungo, a traditional “yumbo” from Ecuador – a style named after the Yumbo people who came to live in the Sacred Valley of Tulipe around 800 B.C.E. It is sung in the Kichwa language. The ensemble also sings the Venezuelan number Mare-Mare, which, while not indigenous, tells about the nomadic Kariña tribe that travelled through what is now Venezuela and the Caribbean.
Now in its 26th season, the Upper Canada Choristers was founded by Laurie Evan Fraser and Jacqui Atkin to nurture the love of singing and appreciation of choral music in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, educating both choir members and audiences. The choir sings regularly in such community venues as nursing homes and schools. Cantemos, created in 2008, has released two CDs featuring Latin American music – the Christmas CD El Nacimiento and Music of the Americas. (The second also includes the Upper Canada Choristers and songs in English.)
Children are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Food bank donations will be welcomed.
Artistes de l'évènement
Upper Canada Choristers; Laurie Evan Fraser, conductor; Antonio Mata, tenor; Bernardo Padron, flute and percussion; Hye Won Cecilia Lee, piano; Laura Fernandez, M.C.Inti Ukana: A Latin American Tapestry
Date/Heure
samedi, 1 août 2020
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Prix
$0-25
Numéro de téléphone
416-256-0510
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