Rebel, Ensemble for Baroque Music

Rebel, Ensemble for Baroque Music
Special guests:
Marta Almajano, Soprano
Richard Savino, Spanish guitar
“Kingdoms and Viceroys: Music of Spain and its Dominions”
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, Spain ruled over a vast region that stretched from Italy, across the Mediterranean and Atlantic, to Central and South America. In its territories, cathedrals and courtly life demanded an active musical scene, and in the case of the Americas, indigenous peoples were drawn into the arts. The musical result was an intoxicating style that bears the imprint of folk music. Rebel and its Special Guests will perform vocal and instrumental works by Durón, Falconieri, Castellanos, Nebra, Orejón y Aparicio, de Salazar, and Vivaldi.

Hailed by The New York Times as “sophisticated and beguiling” and praised by the
Los Angeles Times for their “astonishingly vital music-making,” the New York-based Baroque ensemble Rebel (named after a French Baroque composer and pronounced “Re-BEL”) has earned an impressive international reputation, enchanting audiences with their virtuosic, highly expressive and provocative approach to the Baroque and Classical repertoire. Rebel is currently in residence at historic Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York City.

www.rebelbaroque.com