The Marvels of Mexico #2002
…delight in the historic sounds of modest and monumental instruments in Mexico City and Oaxaca province.
Hour 1
FRANCISCO CORREA de ARAUXO: Tiento de sexto tono. SAMUEL SCHEIDT: Bergamasca –Robert Bates (Oaxaca Cathedral) IOHIO 3
PIERRE ATTAIGNANT: 2 Pieces (Aupres de vous secretement & A mes ennuis). ANTONIO de CABEZON: Tiento de primer tono –Andrés Cea Galán (Tlacolula)
MELCHOR LOPEZ: Sonata in G –Andre Lash (San Andrés Zautla)
ANONYMOUS (attrib. Thomas Preston): Upon la mi re. FRANZ ANTON MAICHELBECK: Gavotte –Andrés Cea Galán & Christoph Hammer (San Andrés Zautla)
GERARDUS SCRONX: Echo Fantasy. ANONYMOUS: Sin titulo. PETER PHILIPS: Fantasy –Jan Willem Jansen (Tlacochahuaya)
DOMENICO CIMAROSA: Sonata No. 51 in C –Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini (Tlacochahuaya) IOHIO 4
TRADITIONAL: Danza de la Pluma –Valentín Hernández, percussion; Cicely Winter (Oaxaca Cathedral) IOHIO 5
Filler – SCRONX (see above)
Hour 2
PADRE ANTONIO SOLER: Concerto No. 3 in G for Two Organs –Jürgen Essl (1735 Nassarre) & Jeremy Joseph (1695 Sesma/Mexico City Cathedral) Cybele 031802
CORREA: Segunto tiento de quarto tono –Robert Bates (Oaxaca Cathedral) IOHIO 3
BARTOLOMÉ de SELMA y SALAVERDE: Sonata for Recorder –Horacio Franco, recorder; José Suárez Molina (Oaxaca Cathedral) IOHIO 2
HUGO DISTLER: Frish auf Variations –David Furniss (Tlaxiaco)
HENNING SOMMEROO: Improvisation and Song (Mari moder) –Ingeborg Hungnes, voice; Henning Sommerro (Oaxaca Cathedral) Kirkelig Kulturverksted 222
SEBASTIAN AGUILERA de HEREDIA: Pange lingua –Joel Vásquez (Tamazulapan)
TRADITIONAL (arr. Winter): Llevame Oaxaquena. TRADITIONAL: Jarabe Mixe –Valentin Hernandez, percussion; Cicely Winter/Oaxaca Cathedral (IOHIO 5)
ANTONIO de CABEZON: Dulce memoria. CORREA: Tiento del quinto tono –Guy Bovet (Tlacochahuaya) IOHIO 1
TRADITIONAL: Folk Tunes of Oaxaca (Mi Linda Oaxaca; Sones de Pochutla) –Valentín Hernández, percussion; Cicely Winter (Oaxaca Cathedral) IOHIO 5
Filler – ANONYMOUS: Sin Titulo (see above)
See Michael Barone's photos of Oaxacan organs by clicking here.
With commentary from Cicely Winter of the Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca (IOHIO), we enjoy performances on 17th and 18th century instruments at the Cathedrals of Oaxaca (1712 Chávez) and Mexico City (1695 Sesma + 1735 Nassarre), and Oaxacan area churches (1726 Anonymous/San Andrés, Zautla; 1725 Anonymous/San Jeronimo, Tlacochahuaya; 1792 Neri/Templo de Santa Maria de la Asunción, Tlacolula; Tamazulapan; 18th c. Anonymous/Santa María Asunción, Tlaxaco), many recorded during the 2018 IOHIO Festival. Read more about that festival here.
IOHIO has released five albums devoted to historic instruments in the Oaxaca region, available in the USA through the Organ Historical Society:
• Volume 1 – Guy Bovet at Tlacochahuaya
• Volume 2 – José Suárez Molina at Oaxaca Cathedral
• Volume 3 – Robert Bates at Oaxaca Cathedral
• Volume 4 – Luigia Ferdinando Tagliavini at Tlacochahuaya
• Volume 5 – Cecily Winter & Valentin Hernandez (percussion) at Oaxaca Cathedral
The next International Organ and Early Music Festivals in Oaxaca, sponsored by IOHIO, is scheduled for February 18-23, 2020. Don't miss out!
These additional articles, from Vox Humana, may be of some interest:
• Historic Organs in Oaxaca, by Cicely Winter
• The Mexican Baroque Organ at Tlacochahuaya, by Christopher Holman
• Historic Organ Restoration in the Americas, by Susan Tettershall
For further listening, check out episode 0242, dedicated to the inaugural festival in Oaxaca.
