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Bolivian Baroque - it's a unique project. In 2001, several thousand baroque music scores were discovered in two former Jesuit missions in southern Bolivia ' in Chiquitos and Moxos to be precise. Since then, the local APAC organisation, with the support of the Prince Claus Fund, the DOEN Foundation and others, has been busily unlocking the secrets of this unique cultural legacy. Not only are some of these works now part of the repertoire of the illustrious British baroque ensemble Florilegium, who bring it to life again with the help of a talented quartet of Bolivian vocal soloists, but these pieces have also now appeared on CD on the prestigious Channel Classics label, again with the assistance of the above-mentioned organisations. On Monday 31 January, this Bolivian baroque music made its debut at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw concert hall and was well received.
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