The Andes on Fire
Música Temprana
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At a concert of the popular music written down by Bishop Martínez Compañón, it’s difficult to sit still. He was born in Spain and travelled in Peru in the late 18th century, making accurate notations of the music he heard on the road. We hear tonadas – songs accompanied by the harp, violin and guitar – and dance music such as bailes en cachuas. Some of the lyrics are declarations of love, others are straightforwardly sensual, while others still are religious in nature or recall historical events. Slavery or the imprisonment of Atahualpa are subjects that cut to the bone. What they all have in common, however, is an irrepressible lust for life. We promise all these rousing rhythms will have you warmed up in no time!
Lina López, soprano
Luciana Cueto, mezzo-soprano
Alvaro Pinto Lyon, tenor, baroque guitar, kena, percussion
Gabriel Aguilera Valdebenito, tenor, charango, baroque guitar, kena, percussion
Mónica Waisman, violin
Luca Rizzello, violin
Claudia Velez, violone
Manuel Vilas, harp
Andrés Locatelli, recorder
Adrián Rodríguez Van der Spoel, tenor, baroque guitar
01.05.2026
20:15 — 21:45
Predikherenkerk
Goswin de Stassartstraat 88, 2800 Mechelen
60% rousing rhythms
20% road trip
20% folk music
Location
Predikherenkerk
In collaboration with
Cultuurcentrum Mechelen
Tickets
€ 20 (-26: € 12)
Includes introduction by Clara De Decker
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This concert will be broadcast live on Radio Klara.
Programme
Cachua al Nacimiento Dennos lecencia, señores
Tonada El Diamante - Tonada El Tupamaro
El Gallinasito, baile de Arequipa **
Tonada El Tupamaro
Tonada La Lata
El Moro, baile de Arequipa **
Cachuita de la montaña El Buen Querer
Tonada La Brujita
El Cielito, baile de Potosí **
Baile de Toritos *
Tonada El Congo
Baile de danzantes
La matutina estrella *
Tonada La selosa
Lanchas para bailar
Cachua La Despedida
Tonadilla El Palomo
Everything from the Codex Trujillo del Perú en el siglo XVIII, ca. 1782, Bisschop Jaime Martínez Compañón
except:
* Album de paisaje, tipos humanos y costumbres de Bolivia (1841-1869), Melchor María Mercado
** Noticia…de Arequipa, 1816, Antonio de Pereira y Ruiz