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SUMMARY:WCLC: Mbaporenda (La Esperanza) By Rafael Montero (World Première
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DESCRIPTION:Replacing the advertised premiere of Ramon Gorigoitia’s Ñande
 reko due to illness\n\nThis project of the ensemble 'El Parnaso Hyspano'
  is generously supported by the 'Esperanza Trust for Anthropological Res
 earch'.\n\nMbaporenda is a musical stage work based on historical events
  that have shaped the destiny of the Ava Guarani\, Chorote\, and Wichi c
 ultures of the Jujuy region in Argentina. The work presents Indigenous s
 ongs from Northern Argentina including those extracted under conditions 
 of duress by a German anthropologist\, Robert Lehmann Nitsche\, in 1905.
  The singers were being held in bonded labour on a sugar plantation\, La
  Esperanza\, in the Jujuy province that was owned and managed by British
  industrialists from Rochdale\, the Leach Brothers. Lehmann Nitsche reco
 rded the songs on wax cylinders (an early recording device) and brought 
 them to Berlin\, where they remain in the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv\, o
 f the Humboldt Forum.\n\nMbaporenda mixes extracts from these songs with
  accounts from the diaries of Lehmann Nitsche and other textual material
 s to tell a profoundly moving story of exploitation of Indigenous South 
 American people by European colonialists\, but also of the resilience of
  the Indigenous voice and its ever-present call for justice and reparati
 on.\n\nThe project is the original conception of the Argentinian tenor R
 afael Montero\, founder and artistic director of the early music ensembl
 e El Parnaso Hyspano\, and a descendent of the people whose songs are re
 presented in this composition.\n\nThe work lasts 40 minutes and is made 
 up of 9 scenes of approximately 4 minutes duration each.\n\nThis concert
  is organised by the Music Department and also forms part of the events 
 series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.\n\nThe Th
 ursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Conce
 rt Series\, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust. They provide a 
 wide-ranging programme to suit all tastes and are an ideal opportunity t
 o enjoy great music performed by outstanding musicians. There’s no need 
 to book – the concerts are free\, and you can just turn up on the day!\n
 \n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Cosmo Rodewald Hall\, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama\,
  Manchester
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