Christmas in the New World II

Staged live at Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe, SE16 5HF.

Musica Antica Rotherhithe present a programme of 16th and 17th Century songs, carols, motets and dances written in the Americas, from some of the first indigenous songs transcribed by Europeans, to sacred music and dances written by composers of Mexica and Incan heritage in Nahuahtl and Quechua. The centrepiece of the evening is Mexican composer Francisco López Capillas' as-yet unrecorded Hexachord Mass.

Programme

Cachua: Al Nacimiento de Christo Nuestro Señor

Mateo Flecha: San Sabeya Gugurumbe