| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2013 St George's Bristol | The Imperfect Pearl: Mark Latimer stages Domenico Zipoli's life and works at St George's Bristol |
| On hearing about the concept of Mark Latimer’s The Imperfect Pearl or Perola Barroca, I wasn’t sure what to expect. This UK première told the tale and music history of Baroque composer Domenico Zipoli in a two-and-a-half-hour show. An open mind was certainly necessary for this Baroque musical fairytale. I walked into the venue to see a piano and music stands on the left of the stage, a huge grey panel that looked like a giant wall in the middle, with a large pile of wooden trunks and a homemade harpsichord with papers on as part of the set on the right of the stage.
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| 9-Nov-2012 St James's Church, Piccadilly | El Nuevo Mundo: Orlando Chamber Choir perform works from 16th-century Spain and its South American colonies |
 When we look back to the disease and mistreatment that arrived with the European colonisation of South America, the role of music in the whole affair is not often the first issue that comes to mind. In actual fact, when Christopher Columbus and other early Spanish and Portuguese conquistadores landed in the Bahamas in the late 15th century, music was used both to affirm cultural identities and to improve interaction with the natives. One of the main missions for settlers in the New World was evangelism.Read full review... | |
