From Al-Andalus to the Americas: An Odyssey of Spanish Song

Date: June 28, 2024
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Christ & Saint Stephen's Church, New York City
A CD release concert for Christine Moore Vassallo’s ‘From Al-Andalus to the Americas: An Odyssey of Spanish Song’.  An evocatively poetic and historic vocal journey spanning 500-years, in works ranging from early Arabic “muwashshahat”, vihuela and Sephardic songs to early and modern Spanish and Latin American art song. Including by Valls, Lorca, Tarrago, Brouwer, García Abril, Granados, and Ginastera.
Christine Moore Vassallo, Soprano
Enriqueta Somarriba, piano
Pablo Giménez Hecht, guitar
Laura Falzon, flute
Brian Prunka, ‘Oud
Ramzi El-Edlibi, darbuka