Martin Palmeri : Misa a Buenos Aires ('Misatango')
Alberto Ginastera : Lamentaciones de Jeremias Propheta

Saturday, 14 November 2026, 19:30
Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge. London SE1 9DA

Born in Buenos Aires in 1965, Martin Palmeri's output covers numerous choral works, instrumental works, and operas.  The Misa a Buenos Aires, often referred to as Misatango, is a setting of the mass in Latin containing the six standard movements Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei.  The music uses the style of the nuevo tango (a modern twist on the original form) and is scored for a mezzo-soprano soloist, mixed choir and an ensemble of bandoneon (a type of concertina), piano and strings. The world premiere was thirty years ago (1996) at the Avenida Theatre in Buenos Aires.  It has been performed and recorded internationally and is regarded as Palmeri's signature work.

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) wrote Lamentaciones de Jeremias Propheta whilst residing temporarily in the USA, having been removed from his post as a teacher under Juan Peron's rule over Argentina.   Written in 1946, this work is sung unaccompanied and consists of three movements, also in Latin : O vos omnes, Ego vir videns and Recordare, Domine.