Venezuela: Baroque Concert and the Colony in Latin America

As part of the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), and to present the compact disc Cortejos de Alabanzas y Reverencias, the Caracas Camerata, under the direction of Isabel Palacios, will give a free concert in the Antonio José de Sucre Auditorium in the CAF headquarters on April 21 at 7:00pm.

Baroque Music and the Colony in Latin America is one of the many offerings organized by the CAF Cultural and Community Development Department as a contribution to personal development and integrated education through music, at the same time as promoting national talent.

The concert will include two featured performances from the Caracas Renaissance Camerata and Baroque Camerata under the direction of Isabel Palacios. This magical combination promises to delight the public with themes that evoke the traditional rhythms of Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Peru, suggesting a true sense of regional integration.

Corderito (Peru), Convidado está la noche (Mexico), Ave maris stella (Cuba), and Salve regina (Colombia) are some of the titles to be performed in the concert taken from the new CD, Cortejos de Alabanzas y Reverencias, directed by Isabel Palacios.

Isabel Palacios and the Caracas Camerata

Isabel Palacios of Caracas has taken various courses on the interpretation of medieval, renaissance, and baroque music with recognized national and international masters. Her repertoire ranges from medieval to ancient music, oratorios and solo recitals. She alternates her vocal career with teaching and the direction of the Caracas Camerata Foundation and its groups: Renaissance Camerata (founded in 1978) and Baroque Camerata (founded in 1985), among others.

The Caracas Renaissance Camerata is carrying out, jointly with Fundación Banco Mercantil, a teaching project in colleges, schools and universities around in the country. The group has performed in Venezuela and at international festivals in England, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, United States, Colombia, Curacao, Mexico and Brazil and has recorded seven CDs, some with international prizes.

The Caracas Baroque Camerata stimulated the development of the Caracas Camerata Foundation, expanding the repertoire of existing medieval and renaissance groups to include baroque music. The group was selected to perform in Huelva and Valencia, and performed Handel's Messiah in Seville Cathedral in Spain (1992). It has also made recordings of the Música del Pasado de América series.