Our past peformances
London. 22/09/20 . The songs of the Bolivian 19th Century composer, Pedro Ximénez Abril y Tirado (1780-1856). Online seminar/recital
London. 17/12/20. Las Negrillas: The story of Negrillas: multiracial music from Latin America. Livestreamed
Ripe, Sussex. 22/05/21. Early Music from the New World. Live and livestreamed.
Oxford. 29/05/21. Clarin de la Selva - Renaissance Music of Latin America. Live and livestreamed.
London. 17/12/21. A Bolivian baroque Christmas: Early Music from the New World. Live.
London. 18/02/22. British Museum: Origins Festival. In connection with their Peru Exhibition. Live.
London. 8-9/07/22 Brompton Oratory and Farm Street Churches. Domenico Zipoli. San Ignacio de Loyola (UK Premiere). Live...
Cambridge. 22/10/22 Jesus College Chapel. and Kassel 20/11/22 Dock 4 Kulturhaus.
The Songs of Pedro Ximénez Abril y Tirado (World Premiere). Live.
London 14/05/23. St Cyprian's Church.
Vespers for Corpus Christi
by Pedro Ximénez Abril y TIrado . Live
World Premiere of urtext edition.
with Philharmonia Britannica.
This magnificent 45-minute work for three soloists, choir and orchestra was written for performance in the Cathedral of Sucre, Bolivia's capital in the years after independence. We commissioned Bolivian musicologist Patricio Cueto to prepare a modern Urtext performing edition, and worked with conductor Peter Fender to reallise it for a modern audience.
London 24/06/23.
Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead.
Songs for Sirina.
Baroque music for voice and guitar. Live.
Songs to nature, from prehispanic to contemporary, including the world premiere of a new commission,
Kochu a Pachamama / Regina Caeli
Composer: Dominic McGonigal.
Sirina, Andean goddess of music, is depicted as a mermaid playing a guitar, as shown in this detail from a tapestry in the Victoria and Albert Museum, by kind permission.
"Loyola is a fine example of what festivals such as this one [Grimeborn at Arcola] should be doing - a curious work, delivered with an extremely high level of technical skill, that surprises and stretches its audience." Broadway World
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LLondon. 27/10/22 Sands Films Music.
"El Indiano" a dramatised musical encounter.
(World Premiere). Live and online.
A noble and cultivated Indigenous singer from Potosí (now Bolivia) in the Kingdom of Spain, comes to Spain to intercede with the Spanish King for his people. When Queen Mary II hears of this, she invites him to the London Court. El Indiano performs music of the natives but also music that inspired the European courts, displaying the indigenous soul in his heartfelt interpretation. She sings the English songs she learnt from her musician tutors. Prejudice, curiosity, humour, dialogues, understandings and misunderstandings, songs and dances, raise universal themes about intercultural encounter.
Created by Rafael Montero (tenor and founder), written and directed by Charles Sloboda-Bolton. Scenery, sound and lighting by Sands Films Theatre.
London 23/05/23.
Our Lady of the Assumption, Warwick Street, Soho.
Hanaq Pachap: a Feast of Sacred Music.
World Premiere of Manuel Garcia Tibi Omnes Angeli. Live.
The concert included the first performance in modern times of a motet by the celebrated Spanish composer and opera singer Manuel Garcia, who sang in this church in 1818 and whose works – among others - are preserved in a set of handwritten 19th Century choir books held by the church. New performing edition produced for this performance by James Radomski, Garcia's biographer.
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London 18/11/2023. Highbury Roundhouse.
A Musical Feast.
Concert, meal & workshop. Live.
This was the first major cultural event in this newly re-opened community centre, exemplifying our commitment to participatory community engagement. In the workshop, participants learned Latin American dances accompanied by indigenous instruments.
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York 13/06/2024. National Centre for Early Music
Live.
Anonimo. San Francisco Xavier.
An indigenous Latin American Opera
Performance hosted by the Centre for Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Studies: followed by a panel discussion
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Lisbon 17/09/2024. National Coach Museum.
Live.
Encontros: Baroque Latin American music by Spanish, Portuguese, and Indigenous composers.
Co-hosted by Casa da AmericaLatina, Museu Nacional dos Coches, and Junta Fregesia de Belem. Preceded by an open community workshop on 15th September.
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London 26/02/2025 St Mary Moorfleids, London
Live.
Divine Encounters: Indigenous meets Baroque: Music for voices and instruments from Latin America. Includes newly edited sacred and secular works
Including world premiere in modern times of a recently discovered Bolivian canata by Manuel de Mesa Carrizo (Bolivia, 18th Century).
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London 11-12/08.23.
Grimeborn Opera Festival: Arcola Theatre Dalston.
LOYOLA, first UK staged performance of
Domenico Zipoli's San Ignacio de Loyola.
Live.
The UK stage premiere of this long-lost baroque opera by Jesuit composer Domenico Zipoli. One of the first operas to emerge from the melting pot of Hispanic and Native cultures, it combines the sounds of Europe’s 18th century with Indigenous tradition., and was placed in a contemporary setting by director Michael Walling (The Ring – ENO), whose staging underlined the spiritual and existential dilemmas at the heart of this comic, impassioned and deeply spiritual work.
London 13/01/2024. Brompton Oratory, London
A Este Sol Peregrino.
Live.
Christmas Baroque music from Latin America for four-voice vocal ensemble and continuo.
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London 28/06/2024. Farm Street Church.
Live.
Silver and Silk: Baroque Music of the Jesuits from China and Latin America
In collaboration with Divertissements Chinois with support from the Continuo Foundation.
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London 26/11/2024 - 01/12/2024 Hoxton Hall
Live.
The Mouth of the Gods: an immersive performance exploring the rich history and ongoing cultural significance of Latin America's Indigenous peoples
In partnership with Border Crossings as part of ther ORIGINS Festival.
"The strength of this show stems from its music and its two professional singers, Peru-based Edith Ramos Guerra and UK/Germany-based Rafael Montero" [South London Community Matters].
For full reviews, see HERE
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