Celebrate the flowering of spring Entre dos Álamos, “between two poplars!”

This evocative phrase, the title of our concert, is from the story of the envious river Tagus’ efforts to separate two lovers, just awakened by the arrival of the new season, set to music by Juan Blas de Castro and collected in the Peruvian Codex Zuola. It’s but one example of the magnificent music from 16th and 17th century Peru, Bolivia, and Chile that Piffaro’s virtuosic period instrumentalists and a stellar cast of singers – tenor & lutenist Jonatan Alvarado (a special guest from Argentina), sopranos Nell Snaidas and Estelí Gomez, alto Kirsten Sollek, and bass-baritone Andrew Padgett – will bring back to life.

Playlist: Dime Pedro por tu vida from Codex Zuola; Cachua Serranita from Codex Trujillo of Peru; Francisco Guerrero's Beatus vir (performed at Vespers services at Lima Cathedral); Cristóbal de Belsayaga's Magnificat (one of the first pieces of polychoral music written in South America), and more.

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This concert is supported by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation and the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.

Safety & Accessibility
Free parking is available in the lot across the street.
Free escort service is provided to bus and train stops by University City District. Call 215-387-3942.
Please contact us in advance for wheelchair seating or large-print programs.