Alejandro Brittes and Baroque Orchestra
CONCERT (L)ESTE

After a long journey of research on Chamamé in which I discovered unimaginable facets of rhythm, the project took shape and was recorded on an album called (L)ESTE. In the searches I discovered that Chamamé has two great matrices in its genesis, on the one hand, the musical ritual of the Guarani and on the other the ancient baroque music introduced in the Jesuit Reductions, in the old 30 missionary peoples of the lowlands of Latin America. Such a musical encounter, years later, through the collective memory of what was apprehended in the reductions, plus the ritualistic worldview of the Guaranis and the ethical influence of European immigration in the 18th century, the Chamamé as we know it today was forged.

The project is a journey to the past and the future, a crossover between Chamamé in all its metaphysical essence with ancient baroque music, through the arrangements of the great maestro Fernando Cordella, one of the main harpsichordists and baroque conductors of today, and the chamamés composed by me .

The proposed crossover goes one step further, in addition to the songs and their arrangements, the concert institutes in the instrumental composition the typical instruments of the Baroque period such as: Viola da gamba, baroque violin, cello, oboe and harpsichord in dialogue with the accordion, seven-piece guitar strings, bass and percussion.

My intention with this project is to give the public a new facet to Chamamé, which at the same time is rescue, and to present my most recent creations, where I put all my popular and erudite baggage.

Alejandro Brittes with the Orquestra Barroca performed in:: Festival Internacional de Música SESC|RS, Theatro São Pedro|RS, Ruínas de São Miguel das Missões|RS, Igreja Matriz de Nova Prata|RS.