Chilean
Folk Evening in Machynlleth.
A
heart-warming evening of Chilean folk music
will take place at the Glyndwr Institute in
Machynlleth on Sat 8th December.
Chilean
musician Alejandro Reyes will be
accompanied by his son Pablo , playing the
unusual and haunting rhythms of the Chilean
countryside.
Alejandro
was a member of legendary Chilean band Cuncumen
together with the great Victor Jara . He
recorded a song “Entonces Me Voy Volando
“ as a duet with Victor in 1958.
Victor
Jara was a victim of the Pinochet coup of Sept 11th
1973 and is the inspiration for the
“ El Sueno Existe” [ the Dream Lives ]
festival that takes place in Machynlleth.
Alejandro
taught Victor an old folk song “Una Montana
Oscura” [Dark Mountain ] the melody of
which Victor used for the beautiful song “
El Cigarito “
Wonderful
Chilean folk singer Jorge Morales will be
presenting some songs from his forthcoming CD:
“ Suenos De Mis Ninos” [ Dreams Of My
Children ]
There
will be a short theatrical presentation by
Italian , Marta Pacini and some Welsh songs
from Rhiain Bebb and Helen Pendry.
They
will also be singing a song of Victor Jara’s
translated into Welsh by Dafydd Iwan called
“ Y Hawl I Fyw Mewn Rhydd” [ The Right
To Live In Peace ]
Cristina
Solana [and co] from the Canary Islands
will be singing some songs by Cuban folk
balladeer Silvio Rodriguez.
The
evening kicks off at 7.15pm and tickets are £5.
More info from Tony 01654702166 or
www.elsuenoexiste.com
Links to
Other Sites:
Mind Out
For Music, umbrella
organisation of El Sueno Existe.
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