Musica Viva NY Presents MEXA: A Multicultural Musical Project Led by Two Leading Mexican Artists: Conductor Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez and Mezzo-Soprano Guadalupe Peraza

Hailed as “a treasured institution (Front Row Center),” New York City’s leading chamber choir, Musica Viva NY, launches its 2023-24 season with a multicultural project fusing choral music with the indigenous sounds of Mexico and beyond on Sunday, October 29, 2023, 5:00 p.m., at Manhattan’s All Souls. Spearheaded by two of today’s top Mexican artists in the field of contemporary music, Artistic Directors Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez of Musica Viva NY and Guadalupe Peraza of Mexamorphosis, this unique program bridges cultures by integrating diverse and often underrepresented musical styles from Mexico with European, Latin American, Italian Baroque, West African, and Hindustani music, infused with chamber polyphony.

Ticketing + Program Information:
Sunday, October 29, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 4:00 p.m.)
All Souls, 1157 Lexington Avenue, New York City, Train 6 to 77th Street or N/Q/R to 86th Street
Tickets: $50 ($30 for students) are available from MusicaViva.org.

Musica Viva NY soloists
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
Guadalupe Peraza, mezzo-soprano
Mexamorphosis guest artists:
Victor Murillo, requinto
Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza, jarana and voice
Yacouba Sissoko, kora
Baba Moussa, talking drum
Suhail Yusuf Khan, sarangi and voice

Program:
Sarao de la Chacona by Juan Arañés
Fuego, Fuego, Cuando el Bien que adoro, El Cantarico, Loa (La Púrpura de la Rosa) by Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco
Lagrimosa Beltá (Ciacona) by Giovanni Felice Sances
Presso l´onde tranquille by G. F. Sances
Jarabi, Traditional Song from Mali
Mini Yamba (big python), Popular song from Mali
Dan Dilla (everything has an end) by Yacouba Sissoko
My Heart, My Life by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brook
Traditional North Indian works (TBD)
Traditional Mexican music “Mexican son jarocho” (TBD)
Original Music and improvisation by Suhail Yusuf Khan