CANTORÍA

Inés Alonso, soprano| Samuel Tapia, countertenor | Jorge Losana, tenor, director | Valentín Miralles, bass

PROGRAMME

Malicious gossip

Bartomeu Cárceres: Sus sus sus, extract from La Trulla, from the Cançoner de Gandia / Anonymous: Riu riu chiu, Dadme albricias hijos d’Eva, Verbum caro factum est, Si la noche haze escura, Falalán, falalalera and Teresica hermana, from the Cancionero de Uppsala / Anonymous: Corten espadas afiladas from the Cancionero Musical de Medinaceli / Mateu Fletxa the Elder: Extracts from El Jubilate, La Justa, El Fuego and La Bomba, from the composer’s Ensaladas / Anonymous: Dindirindín, Pase el agoa and La Tricotea, from the Cancionero de Palacio / Francisco Guerrero: Prado verde y florido and Huyd, huyd from Canciones y villanescas espirituales

Burning desire, passion, sin. Fire in the heart of lovers likened to flames in Hell. The Virgin tempted by a handsome young man, yet also the bearer to the world of divine redemption. This concert by the young vocal ensemble, Cantoría, aims to show how carnal desire and divine devotion come together in this repertoire, in which music and text combine influences from popular culture with courtly refinement and religious tradition – a theatre of virgins, cuckolds, saints and devils.