I am Black & Beautiful: Morenas in Iberoamerica

La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco perform a program of songs and polyphonic settings that honor the Morenas (dark-skinned women) in the Ibero-American repertory, beginning with settings of Nigra sum sed formosa from the Song of Songs, all the way to current folk representations in South America.

The concert will include early vocal music from the Iberian Renaissance and Baroque Cancioneros with poetic texts that depict Black women in endearing terms.

Our performance will also include African-influenced instrumental music from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and Spain linked to today’s practices of traditional music.  Composers will include Manuel Machado, Francisco de Peñalosa, Diego Ortiz, Juan Vásquez, and Anonymous.

Friday, March 18 at 7PM
Church of the Covenant
67 Newbury St, Boston

Performers

Adriana Ruiz & Daniela Tosic, voice

Na\’ama Lion, Early flutes

Kera Washington & Juan Sebastián Sánchez, percussion

Kirsten Lamb, bass

Katherine Shao, keyboard

Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba & Venezuelan cuatro

For more information please visit

www.rumbarroco.org