The Andes on Fire
Música Temprana
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
Florian Deuter, violin
Claudia Velez, violone
Manuel Vilas, harp
Andrés Locatelli, recorder
Adrián Rodríguez Van der Spoel, tenor, baroque guitar
01.05.2026
20:15 — 21:30
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
This concert will be broadcast live on Radio Klara.
Programme
Codex Trujillo del Perú en el siglo XVIII (ca. 1780-90)
Recorded by Bishop of Trujillo, Jaime Baltazar Martínez Compañón (1737-1797)
Tonada La Brugita
Cachua al Nacimiento “Niño il mijor”
Tonada La Donosa
Lanchas para baylar
Tonada La Lata
Tonada El Congo
Cachua La Despedida
Tonada El Conejo
Baydel del Chimo
Tonadas El Diamante / El Tuppamaro
Tonada El Tupamaro
Bayle de danzantes
Tonada El Huicho
Tonada La Selosa
Tonadilla El Palomo
Cachuyta de la Montaña “El vuen querer”
Cachua al Nacimiento “Dennos lecencia”
Notebook, Cusco, Peru (ca. 1700)
Recorded by priest Gregorio de Zuola uit Cusco (ca. 1640 - ca. 1700)
Yo se que no ha de ganar
Album de Paisajes, tipos humanos y costumbres (1841 - 1869)
Recorded by politician Melchor María Mercado (1816-1871)
La matutina estrella
Noticias de la Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Arequipa (1818)
Recorded by a traveler from the Canary Islands, Antonio Pereira Pacheco y Ruiz (1790-1858)
El cielito
El gallinasito
El Moro