Asunción Night Music Concert to Explore Baroque and Classical Eras

An early music concert titled “Música nocturna de las calles de Asunción” (Night Music of the Streets of Asunción) will take place this Saturday, June 13, at 8:00 PM at Espacio Cultural Staudt in Asunción.

The concert will feature a program of works from the Baroque and Classical periods, including pieces by renowned composers such as Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Luigi Boccherini, alongside works by Michel Corrette and Heinrich von Biber. According to the organizers, the event aims to expose the Paraguayan public to composers and repertoire not typically featured in local programming.

The ensemble will consist of string musicians and a continuo section. Soloists for the evening include mezzosopranos Yemina Cazal and Gisella Gill, soprano Angie Díaz, and violinists Viviana Gaona, Paula Vera, and Héctor Delgado. Notably, the orchestral works will be performed without a conductor, a practice common in 17th and 18th-century chamber music ensembles.

Key pieces on the program include Boccherini's "La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid," Corrette's "Concerto Comique N.º 25," Vivaldi's "Laudamus Te" from his Gloria, Bach's "Erbarme dich, mein Gott" from the St. Matthew Passion, Biber's "Battalia à 9," and Vivaldi's "Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, Op. 3 No. 8."