Artistic Directors: Gilly French, Jeremy Gray Press Release: 5 December, 2023 CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2023 Feliz Navidad! - Christmas music from the New World Tuesday 19 December 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire Bampton Classical Voices dir. Andrew Griffiths For their annual concert in commemoration of the village's patron Saint, Beornwald, Bampton Classical Opera presents a festive programme exploring the remarkable musical life of the New World during the seventeenth century, at the height of the Spanish Golden Age.
The Company’s vocal ensemble Bampton Classical Voices make a welcome return to Bampton for this seasonal event, directed by Andrew Griffith
The centrepiece of the programme is the wonderful eight-voice Missa Joseph fili David by Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, a Spaniard who spent much of his career working at Puebla Cathedral in Mexico. Alongside the mass there are performances of motets and villancicos (Spanish-language carols) by other composers who worked in the New World, including Antonio de Salazar, and the Mexican-born Francisco López Capillas and Gaspar Fernandes. Our programme is completed by works from the libraries of the great Mexican cathedrals by such Spanish masters as Victoria, Guerrero and Vivanco.
Anon: Hanacpachap cussicuinin
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: Kyrie from Missa Joseph fili David
Francisco López Capillas: Cui luna, sol et omnia
Padilla: Gloria from Missa Joseph fili Daattrib. Hernando Franco: Sancta Maria
Manuel de Zumaya: La bella incorrupta
Francisco Guerrero: Ave Maria a8
Gaspar Fernandes: Xicochi, xicochi
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Quem vidistis, pastores
Gaspar Fernandes: Tleycantimo choquiliya
INTERVAL
Padilla: Credo from Missa Joseph fili David
Antonio de Salazar: Angélicos coros con gozo cantadPadilla: Sanctus from Missa Joseph fili David
Juana Inés de la Cruz: Madre, la de losrimores
Sebastián de Vivanco: Magnificat Octavi toni
Juan García de Zéspedes: Convidando está la noche
Bampton Classical Voices
Director: Andrew Griffiths
Feliz Navidad! – Christmas Music from the New World
Tuesday 19th December, 2023 at 7.30pm
www.bamptonopera.org
Booking information:
Tickets are £20 (students half price) and available by telephone (01993 851142) or on-line
For further information please contact:
Margaret Skeet PR
margaret@margaretskeet.com
07855 707418/020 8 351 0726
