Musical evening for the 230th anniversary of Fray Alcalde

Guadalajara, Jalisco.- From 7:30 p.m. the seats of the church were already being filled with faithful and tourists who wanted to enjoy the musical evening in the Santa Teresa temple located in the downtown area of the Perla Tapatía.Father Tomás de Híjar welcomed the attendees and then presented the master in ethnomusicology Eduardo Escoto: “After the Reformation came very complicated times for the church in Guadalajara,” he began to contextualize to understand the history of religious music, as well as the role of Bishop Fray Antonio Alcalde, who on August 7 marks the 230th anniversary of his death. Young people who are part of the vocal ensemble Mariano Elízaga, directed by Ulises Cervantes, 22, took the stage to perform compilations of the six mysteries for María, as well as compositions by the members of the group. The ensemble went up to where the organ is located, where the maestro Alfonso Munguía was already waiting to interpret his own composition in the company of maestro Ernesto García playing the organ of the church. Vocal ensemble Mariano Elízaga was formed in February 2022. Photo: Arely Fernández / DEBATE This was not the first time that its composition was presented to the public, because in 1992 the playwright Vivian Blumenthal performed a sacramental act for the second luctuous bicentennial of Fray Antonio Alcalde where Alfonso Munguía composed the Aria: “I participated with the theater company for more than 25 years as a composer and I also ventured as an actor I had to do this Aria to finish the play the act sacramental,” Munguía explained for the DEBATE team. The Aria was presented for the first time 30 years ago at the Teatro Degollado with the theatrical staging of the sacramental act, where for the first time its composition was interpreted, and later they took it to the Experimental Theater of Jalisco.We recommend you read “Father Tomás de Híjar invites me after many years of not singing it and not touching it”, Munguía explained after the interpretation that caused the attendees of the temple with full capacity, to get up to applaud standing, as well as the recently formed group that continue with the trajectory of religious music. With musical evening commemorate 230 anniversary of Fray Antonio Alcalde in Guadalajara

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