CALCHAKIS and CHORUS

We sang with chorus during 25 years.

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During the first half of 1963, Ariel Ramirez com-posed the "MISA CRIOLLA" on Argentine and Bolivian rythms. This work turned into a classic of Argentine music and a concert piece. In 1969 it became part of our repertory, and we have since sung it with hundreds of choirs in France, Spain and many other countries wifh equal success.

We composed this "Cantata ELDORADO" in 1992, for the five hundredth anniversary of the discovery of our continent. When Cristobal Colón disembarked from his "carabela" in 1492, he had heard of a kingdom where gold was so abundant that it had no more value than iron. Thus was born the legend of the Eldorado, which became an eternal myth.

"CONDORKANTAY" is a cycle of songs about a condor who flies down from the Andes over valleys, mountains and forests, before finally returning to his high-perched nest. As the bird journeys, it encounters the great animal inha- bitants of South America which the songs depict: an alligator, an anaconda snake, a tattoo, a puma and a lama.

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