HOLIDAYS FROM THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
DEC 15-16, 2023
In December, Cleveland Chamber Choir celebrated the holiday season with carols, Renaissance polyphony, and Sephardic music from Spain and Portugal, in Holidays from the Iberian Peninsula.
The concert featured familiar favorites, like “Fum, fum, fum” and “Riu, riu Chiu”; Tomas Luis de Victoria’s meditative “O Magnum Mysterium,” Matteo Flecha’s fiery ensaladas that combine madrigal, dance, and polyphonic traditions; the sacred compositions of Afro-Portugese composer and music theorist Vicente Lusitano, whose work was neglected and excluded because of his race; and music from the Sephardic Jewish tradition.
A portion of donations received was shared with the Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center to support their work in serving Latino youth and their families through programs and activities designed to foster cultural pride and art appreciation
Read the preview article and review from ClevelandClassical.com.
This concert was supported by The Cleveland Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, the Gund Foundation, and Local 4 Music Fund.
