MA Festival: Jonatan Alvarado & Ariel Abramovich: Huehuetenango Songbook

Old music, but this time from South America. In de Latin American Music Library is a unique collection of polyphonic music and Gregorian chants found in Huehuetenango in the north of Guatemala. The collection, compiled between 1582 and 1635, is an indispensable reference work to understand the complex and mysterious way in which European music manifested itself through the spirits, hands and voices of the indigenous population. Tenor Jonatan Alvarado brings together with guitarist Ariel Abramovich on the vihuela a selection from this collection. With music by Claudin de Sermisy (ca. 1490 – 1562), Cristóbal de Morales (ca. 1500 – 1553), Pedro de Escobar (ca. 1465 – after 1535), Juan Vásquez (ca. 1500 – c. 1560) and others.