Spoils of Conquest: Crescendo Performs Latin American Choral Music (1600–2010), Saturday, April 17, 2010, First Congregational Church, Great Barrington, MA, by Seth Lachterman
Latin American Baroque music by Juan Pérez de Bocanegra (c.1598–1631), Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c.1590–1664), Gaspar Fernandes (c.1570–1629), Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco Sánchez (1644–1728), Juan de Araujo (1646–1712)
Latin American contemporary music by Javier Farías (b.1973), Raimundo Penaforte, Domingo Santa Cruz (1899–1987), Juan Orrego-Salas (b.1919), Christine Gevert (b.1964), Ariel Ramírez (1921–2010)
The Crescendo Choir and Vocal Ensemble
Christine Gevert,
Christine Gevert, the indefatigable choral conductor, early music specialist, harpsichordist, and composer, consistently makes her mark in producing unusual and meticulously prepared theme-centric vocal concerts. In the past, we’ve heard rarities of the Mendelssohns (Felix and Fannie), a U.S. premiere of Telemann’s impressive oratorio the



