In the late 1590s, the silver-mining town of Potosi, in the Bolivian Andes, was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the world. Using original Spanish and Bolivian instruments, the group Sirinu performs songs and dances of the Spanish conquistadores and traditional music of the indigenous Indians, including courtship songs and ritual chants in the Quechua language.
Sara Stowe (soprano, organ, tarka, recorder, percussion)
Henry Stobart (recorders, charangos, pipe and tabor, panpipes, bagpipes)
Matthew Spring (vihuela, hurdy-gurdy, guitars, panpipes, voice)
Jon Banks (harp, panpipes, pinkillu, tarka, voice. recorder)
Introduced by Donald Macleod.
Speaker Joanna Myers. Producer John Thornley