When we hear the term "baroque music", most of us immediately think of the various courts in Europe in the 17th and early 18th centuries, where the music of Vivaldi or Bach for Kings and Nobles is played.

While this was indeed an important facet of baroque music, it is not the only one: there was also baroque music on another continent. Because of colonialism, European music is also located in Central and South America, although this is usually not in the music history books. The old colonial towns of Latin-America, from Mexico City and Bogotá to Lima, SanGago de Chile and Córdoba in the south were strongholds of Latin-American baroque music.

In recent years, people have also become more aware of the equally important role of music in the same period, in which the colonial European baroque met the popular and traditional music of the Latin-American continent.

Outside the colonial cities, in the jungles and grasslands of Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina, another fascinating musical development took place, in which the Latin-American baroque music was brought back to Europe. When the Jesuits arrived in South America, they had been authorized to conduct autonomous missions camps, but when they were exiled by the Spaniards in 1767, the they returned to Europe with all their knowledge and notes about the music there.

In this concert, Ensemble Suspirium introduces you to a selection of Latin-American repertoire of the baroque. Some of it comes from the Codex Trujillo. Both the Spanish language and various indigenous languages ​​are used, and church music is interspersed with secular repertoire.

Ensemble Suspirium consists of Iris Bouman (vocals), MengHan Wu (baroque violin), Gala Lozynska (baroque cello), Punto Bawono (baroque guitar), Francesco Elgorni (harpsichord) and Ramon Lormans (percussion)

Tickets: voluntary donations