The recipe is as simple as it is brilliant: a voice tells stories as instruments pluck at your heartstrings. In De Pasión Mortal, contemporary Latin-American songwriters such as Silvio Rodríguez, Victor Jara and Ariel Ramírez focus on the same emotions as baroque heroes Claudio Monteverdi and Henry Purcell. This concert programme arose from the fascinating observation that song traditions draw on the same fundamental human experiences across time and space – from broken-heartedness, political repression and social inequality to intense joy and playful silliness. The mirror image across the centuries reveals a fascinating dialogue between ideas and cultures: Monteverdi’s lover’s laments find a surprising counterpart in Jara’s Nueva Trova; Purcell’s melancholy is reflected in Ramírez’ modern sorrow. With smouldering passion and thrilling freshness, Nicholas Mulroy, Elizabeth Kenny and Toby Carr build bridges between worlds that turn out to be only a few staves apart.
Program
Songs by C. Monteverdi, H. Purcell, S. Rodríguez, A. Ramírez, V. Jara and others
Performers
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor | Elizabeth Kenny, archlute, theorbo & guitar | Toby Carr, theorbo & guitar
