When:
December 6 – 8
Friday, December 6th at 8:00 pm
Where:
Grace Lutheran Church
7300 Division St, River Forest, IL 60305
Saturday, December 7th at 7:00 pm
St. John Cantius Church
825 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60642
Sunday, December 8th at 3:00 pm
First United Methodist Church, Evanston
516 Church St, Evanston, IL 60201
The Newberry Consort reprises an updated version of A Mexican Christmas to three historic churches across Chicagoland.
A Mexican Christmas celebrates the exuberant and diverse musical traditions of Mexico. This performance features both an authentic Mexican folk band and vocalists and the Consort’s all-woman choral and instrumental ensemble.
This unique program pairs musicians of EnsAmble Ad-Hoc, a group that specializes in Latin American and Spanish early music led by specialists Francy Acosta and Jose Luis Posada, with an all-woman ensemble of singers and instrumentalists led by Consort co-director Ellen Hargis. The two groups will perform classic villancicos, (Mexican Christmas carols) and sacred polyphonic music from Mexico City convents.
At these performances, musicians will sing in Latin and Spanish and play a huge variety of rarely-heard percussion, wind, and string instruments, including the bajón (Spanish baroque bassoon), leona (large guitar from Veracruz) and the quijada de burro (a percussion instrument made from a donkey’s jawbone.)
Each performance will also include a breaking of the piñata! The piñata is part of the traditions of Les Posadas, a festival celebrated during the nine days leading up to Christmas in South America and Mexico that marks the journey of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
Tickets:
$10-$25
Photos by Eden Sabala
