FIVE/FOR

5 Bilingual Pieces 4 Your Consideration from the Tu Pueblo Canta Series
Tu Pueblo Canta Series
Meaning “Your people sing,” Tu Pueblo Canta celebrates the fundamental elements of community, faith, and song in Latino/a culture. This series explores the rich musical gifts found within the Hispanic church, highlighting the work of today’s leading Spanish-speaking and bilingual artists and composers. Beyond even language, the pieces in Tu Pueblo Canta exude the rhythms and sounds capable of speaking to the very heart of el pueblo (the people).

Veo Violencia en la Ciudad

(I See Violence in the City)

Text: María Eugenía Cornou / Music: Carlos Colón

 

El Señor Es Mi Pastor

The Lord Is My Shepherd

By Carlos Zapién

 

Himno de Alabanza

Hymn of Praise

By Carlos Zapién

 

Santos De Dios

Saints of God

By Tony Alonso

 

Arriba los Corazones

We Lift Up Our Hearts

By Tony Alonso

 

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