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Mulroy Kenny Carr

Nicholas Mulroy tenor
Elizabeth Kenny guitar, lute and theorbo
Toby Carr guitar, lute and theorbo

Songs of love, loss, religion and politics by Purcell and Monteverdi speak across oceans and centuries to their modern Latin-American counterparts by the likes of Silvio Rodríguez, Mercedes Sosa and Victor Jara.

All of these musicians are hugely consequential to the musical story of Latin America in the 20th century, but largely unknown in the English-speaking world. Their songs represent a politically-engaged musical movement that gave voice to an entire continent at a time of rapid progress and violent change.

In putting these two apparently disparate traditions together we sense that, while the world turns and changes, the bigger, messier human emotions remain. Tales separated by time and space but drawn together by a common and eternal desire to tell stories in music.

Programme

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) – Music for A While
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Si Dolce E’il Tormento
Ariel Ramirez (1921-2010) – Alfonsina y el Mar
Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739) – Fandango (guitars)
Tomas Mendez (1927-1995) – Cucurrucucu Paloma
Purcell – Oh Fair Cedaria

Silvio Rodriguez (b. 1946) – Oleo de Mujer con Sombrero
Rodriguez – Ojala
Nico Rojas (1921-2008) – Retrato de un Medico Violinista
Monteverdi – Tempro la Cetra
Rafael Hernandez (1892-1965) – Silencio
Rodriguez – La Gaviota
Rodriguez – Unicornio

Monteverdi – Quel Sguardo Sdegnosetto
Robert de Visee (c1655-1733) – Prelude and Sarabande in D (instrumental)
Purcell – In the Black Dismal Dungeon
Rodriguez – Hoy Mi Deber
Victor Jara (1932-1973) – Te Recuerdo Amanda
Purcell – Evening Hymn

El amor es como un violín. La música podrá detenerse ahora o después, pero
las cuerdas lo recordarán por siempre

Love is like a violin. The music can stop now or after, but the strings
will remember it forever.
Silvio Rodríguez

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