St. Paul's Chapel at Trinity Church
209 Broadway
New York
United States
1:00 p.m.
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Meridionalis and The Bishop's Band at St. Paul's Chapel (Image: Roey Yohai Studios)
Twelfth Night Festival: Meridionalis and The Bishop's Band
For this year's Twelfth Night Festival at Trinity Wall Street, Meridionalis and The Bishop's Band join forces to present "Con la armonía del cielo: Christm
1:00 p.m.
St. Paul's Chapel at Trinity Church
209 Broadway
New York
United States
Share
Meridionalis and The Bishop's Band at St. Paul's Chapel (Image: Roey Yohai Studios)
Overview
Admission: FREE and open to the public. Reservations not required.
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"Con la armonía del cielo: Christmas in 17th Century Guatemala," developed in collaboration with Guatemalan musicologist and colonial music expert Omar Morales Abril, features Christmas music from the archive of the Diocese of Guatemala, founded in 1534. Includes works by composers from Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain.
The Bishop's Band's reprise of the Codex project at Trinity Wall Street's Twelfth Night Festival last year was such a hit that GEMAS co-curators Sebastián Zubieta and Nell Snaidas decided to join forces on this program that celebrates early music and dance from Latin America, featuring Americas Society's in-house vocal ensemble Meridionalis and the vocal/instrumental collective The Bishop's Band.
This performance will be webcast - click on "Watch Video Live Now" in the upper right hand corner of the Trinity Wall Street homepage.
Read an overview of the 2013 Twelfth Night Festival in The New York Times.
Watch a webcast of the full performance.
This concert is part of GEMAS, a project of Americas Society and Gotham Early Music Scene devoted to early music of the Americas.
Program
| Mateo Flecha (1481-1553) | La Bomba (fragment) |
| Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (1644-1728) | Atención |
| Pedro Bermúdez (1574-1604) | Christus natus est nobis |
| P. Bermúdez | Missa de Bomba |
| Fray Felipe de la Madre de Dios | Nace y al frío |
| Fray Gerónimo González de Mendoza (1633-62) | Si tembláis |
| F. G. González de Mendoza | Alegandro los cielos y tierra |
| Manuel de Sumaya (1680-1755) | Si duerme el amor |
| Juan Corchado (1725-1728) | En mitad de la noche |
| Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (1590-1664) | En un portal mal cubierto |
| F. Felipe de la Madre de Dios | Oh, qué bien si a la escarcha se hiela |
Personnel
| Elizabeth Baber, Laura Heimes, Nell Snaidas | sopranos |
| Patrick Fennig, Kirsten Sollek | altos |
| Steven Caldicott-Wilson, Sebastián Zubieta | tenors |
| Jesse Blumberg, Taylor Ward | basses |
| Priscilla Herreid | recorder/shawm |
| Clay Zeller-Townson | bajón |
| Grant Herreid, Charles Weaver | guitars |
| Christa Patton | harp |
| Dong Sok Shin | organ |
| Danny Mallon | percussion |
| S. Zubieta, N. Snaidas | directors |
| Tom Zajac | founder |
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