Antonio de Mora (1647-1671): Por celebrar los maitines - Ensemble La Chimera, Eduardo Egüez

ESPLENDORES MEXICANOS
Sacred music at Puebla Cathedral
Bárbara Kusa, soprano
Lixsania Fernández, mezzo-soprano
Maximiliano Baños, countertenor
Jorge Morata, tenor
ENSEMBLE LA CHIMERA
Conducted by Eduardo Egüez
Concert given at the Festival de la Chaise Dieu (France) on 27 August 2018.
With their characteristic joyful fervour, the musicians of La Chimera and the Pamplona Chamber Choir, conducted by Eduardo Egüez, reveal the polychoral musical splendours of 17th-century New Spain, composed by the choirmasters of the prestigious Cathedral of Puebla. The sacred music composed for the religious festivities bears witness to the formidable musical syncretism between local traditions derived from pre-Columbian rhythms and dances, the African musical traditions of the black populations who arrived in South America as slaves, and the European heritage carried by the Jesuit missions. The result is a flamboyant, festive, rhythmic and colourful music that Eduardo Egüez and his musicians help us rediscover.