The Routes of Slavery

“Amid the usual parade of famous, anonymous maestros, here, finally, was a man worth celebrating,” the New Yorker once wrote of Jordi Savall. Now the distinguished Catalan composer, viola da gambist, and musical historian gathers a global
array of dancers, singers, and musicians to pay homage to the music of Europe, Africa, and the Americas in a stunning exploration of humanity, spiritual resistance, and community in the face of slavery’s unimaginable cruelty.

Sponsored by UNESCO, this massive cross-cultural musical reconciliation features some two dozen instrumentalists and vocalists from Mali, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela. 

PRE-SHOW TALK: Join associate professor of classics Grant Parker and professor of history James Campbell for a discussion at 3:15PM.

Performers

Mali
Mohamed Diaby, Voice
Ballaké Sissoko, Kora & Voice
Mamani Keita, Nana Kouyaté, Tanti Kouyaté, Chorus & Dance

Mexico / Colombia
TEMBEMBE ENSAMBLE CONTINUO
Ada Coronel, Vihuela, Wasá, Dance & Voice
Leopoldo Novoa, Marimbol, Marimba de chonta, Tiple colombiano & Voice
Enrique Barona, Vihuela, Leona, Jarana, Quijada de caballo, Dance & Voice
Ulises Martínez, Violin, Vihuela, Leona & Voice

Brazil
Maria Juliana Linhares, SopranoZé
Luis Nascimento, Percussion

Guadeloupe
Yannis François, Bass-Baritone

LA CAPELLA REIAL DE CATALUNYA 
Arianna Savall, Soprano
David Sagastume, Countertenor
Víctor Sordo, Tenor
Petter Udland Johansen, Tenor
Pieter Stas, Bass-Baritone

HESPÈRION XXI
Pierre Hamon, flutes; Béatrice Delpierre, flute and shawm; Daniel Lassalle, sackbut; Jordi Savall, treble viol; Xavier Puertas, violone; Xavier Díaz-Latorre, guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, Spanish Baroque harp; David Mayoral, percussion

Victor Ragsdale, Narrator
Jordi Savall, Direction