While European Baroque music and composers were falling out of fashion and new musical trends came in place, in a remote corner of Bolivia those traditions never died. Listen to original baroque music written by Bolivian composers while Elbio Barilari interviews musicologist Father Piotr Nawrot, one of the custodians of these extraordinary cultural inheritances.
A Living Tradition: Baroque Music from Bolivia
Playlist
Aqui Ta Naqui Iyal, by Anonymous
Beatus vir, by Domenico Zipoli
Sonata Chiquitanas XVIII, by Anonymous
Motet Caîma, Iyaî Jesus, by Anonymous
Aria Ascendit Deus in jubilation, by Anonymous
Exaltate Regem Regum, by Anonymous
Missa Octavo Tono, by Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco
Pastoreta Ychepe Flauta, by Anonymous
Florilegium and Bolivian Soloists