RESURRECTING FORGOTTEN OLD NEW-WORLD WORKS
Chanticleer took chances with its latest program of New-World sacred music in Latin and Spanish called “Saints Alive,” leaving local audiences alternately bewildered and inspired. Its collection of forgotten works from the 16th to the 18th century is immensely valuable, introducing composers like Salazar, Aruajo, Flores, Sumaya and good old “Anonymous” to our own early-music world, which has been far more European-focused. Appropriately enough, the current sites for these concerts are local missions and churches, including Fremont’s Mission San Jose,…