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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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Set One

[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]

Set Two

[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]

Performers

La Capella Reial de Catalunya

La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Hespèrion XXI

Notes

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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