Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI at First Congregational Church, February 1, 2020

Cal Performances presents Splendor of the Iberian Baroque in the Time of Lope de Vega & Calderón de la Barca featuring Jordi Savall with La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Hespèrion XXI
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704-2201 USA
8:00 PM, Saturday, February 1, 2020

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[8:04 PM lights down, band out; JS playing treble viol; Xavier Díaz-Latorre: vihuela]

1. [8:06 PM] Pedro Guerrero: Moresca (instr.)
2. [8:08 PM] (Anonymous)/[lyrics: Manuel Machado]: Romance: Afuera, afuera que sale
   Francisco Correa de Arauxo: Batalla de Morales (instr.)
   [the next pair of tunes feature only Xavier Díaz-Latorre and David Mayoral]
3. [8:11 PM] Gaspar Sanz: Jácaras
4. [8:14 PM] Gaspar Sanz: Canarios
5. [8:18 PM] (Anonymous): Jácaras: No hay que decirle el primor
   
   [XDL swaps to theorbo]
6. [8:22 PM] Pedro de San Lorenzo: Folía: Obra de 1er Tono, No. 10 (instr.)
7. [8:25 PM] Juan Blas de Castro: Romance: Desde las torres del alma
   Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia: Ensalada (instr.)
   [XDL swaps back to vihuela; the next piece begins with ALK performing solo]
8. [8:29 PM] Santiago de Murcia: Fandango (instr.)
9. [8:33 PM] (Anonymous, Cancionero de Sablonara, No. 8): Seguidillas en Eco: De tu vista celoso
   
   
10. [8:37 PM] Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia: Tiento de Batalla (instr.)
11. [8:41 PM] Mateo Romero: Folía a 4: A la dulce risa del alva
12. [8:45 PM] (Improvisations): Canarios (instr.)
13. [8:54 PM] Juan Arañés: Chacona: A la vida bona
    [set ends 8:58 PM]

[9:19 PM lights down, band out; JS playing bass viol; Xavier Díaz-Latorre: vihuela]

1. [9:21 PM] (Anonymous)/[lyrics: Lope De Vega]: Romance: Ya es tiempo de recoger
   [only the men sing the previous piece; LF & XP sit out the next tune]
2. [9:23 PM] Antonio Martín y Coll: Diferencias sobre las Folías (instr.)
   
   [JS swaps back to treble viol for the rest of the night; VS sings the first verse of the next tune alone]
3. [9:34 PM] Bernardo del Toro/Francisco Correa de Araux/[lyrics: Miguel Cid]: Canto a la Immaculada Concepción de la Virgen: Todo el mundo en general
   [LF, DM & XP sit out the next tune]
4. [9:36 PM] Francisco Correa de Arauxo: Glosas sobre “Todo el mundo en general” (instr.)
   [Each verse of the next tune is sung solo or in duet by different vocalists]
5. [9:39 PM] Codex “Trujillo del Perú”, No. 19 (E 193)/(Improvisations): Cachúa serranita, nombrada El Huicho nuebo: No ay entendimiento humano
   
   [XDL swaps to theorbo, then swaps back to vihuela ~9:50 PM, just before the end of the tune]
6. [9:47 PM] Joan Cabanilles: Obertura/Corrente italiana (instr.)
7. [9:50 PM] Juan Hidalgo/[lyrics: Calderón de La Barca]: Quedito pasito (Ni amor se libra de amor)
8. [9:54 PM] Antonio Valente: Gallarda napolitana (instr.)
   [XDL sings and plays vihuela on the next tune]
9. [9:57 PM] Juan García de Zéspedes: Guaracha: ¡Ay, que me abraso, ay!
   [set ends 10:03 PM]
   
   Encore
10. [10:06 PM] Codex “Trujillo del Perú” (1780): ?
    [show ends 10:09 PM; bows & applause; all off for good at 10:11 PM]

• Jordi Savall: director, treble and bass viol.

La Capella Reial de Catalunya

• Èlia Casanova: soprano vox;
• Lixsania Fernández: mezzo-soprano vox;
• David Sagastume: countertenor vox;
• Víctor Sordo: tenor vox;
• Víctor Torres: baritone vox.

• Lixsania Fernández: tenor viol;
• Juan Manuel Quintana: bass viol;
• Xavier Puertas: violone;
• Xavier Díaz-Latorre: theorbo, vihuela de mano;
• Andrew Lawrence-King: Spanish Baroque harp;
• David Mayoral: percussion.

Another great show of Spanish baroque music from Jordi Savall and his cohorts. Would have been nice to be sitting closer than the ninth row, but I think I opted for 2nd price seating to save a little money. Gotta remember NOT to be so cheap next time!

Program Notes or program notes

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