Events

One way to help Friends of Bolivia is to attend one of our regular events.

Latin American Carnival

Saturday 16^th February 2008, 6pm - 11pm

Featuring live music from Expresion Bolivia, and a Children's Costume Parade with Prizes! Typical Bolivian food is available (including salteñas), and a bar.

To avoid disappointment, reserve your table in advance:
Adults: £8
Members (with card): £6
Senior citizens with ID: £6
Students with ID: £5
Children under 12: Free

To book, please send a cheque payable to "Friends of Bolivia" and a SAE to:
The Secretary, 1 Newton Road, Wimbledon SW19 3PJ

Previous Events

River Thames Boat Party

Saturday 22^rd September 2007, 6.45pm - 11pm

Departing from Westminister Pier aboard "The Thames Princess"

Tickets must be bought in advance
Full Price: £45.00
Members: £40.00
Minimum Age: 15

For full details, see our flyer.

Bolivian Mothers Day Lunch Party

Sunday 27^th May 2007, 2.00pm - 7.00pm

Featuring live music from Expresion Bolivia and dance from Tradicion Andina. Typical bolivian food served, and bar available.

Admission prices:
Adults: £8
Members with card: £5
Students with ID: £6
Senior citizens with ID: £6
Children under 12: Free!

River Thames Boat Party

Saturday 23^rd September 2006, 6.45pm - 11pm

Departing from Westminister Pier aboard "The Thames Princess"

Tickets must be bought in advance
Full Price: £39.00
Members: £35.00
Minimum Age: 15

For full details, and to download a printable order form, see our flyer.

Anglo Latin American Fiesta [ALAF]

Saturday 7^th October 2006, 12.00pm - 6.30pm

Tickets available at the door:
Adults: £5.00
Under 16s: £2.00
Under 5s: FREE

Baroque Music from the Chiquitos and Moxos Indians of Bolivia

Tuesday 1^st February 2005, 7.30pm

Tube: Oxford Circus or Bond Street

In the last five years, more than 11,000 sheets of music have been discovered in the archives of several missions in the Bolivian jungle. In this concert, Florilegium present a selection of vocal and instrumental music by Domenico Zipoli, who travelled from Europe to the New World, and by anonymous native composers living in the missionary communities of Chiquitos and Moxos.

Florilegium are now established as one of Britain's leading period instrument ensembles. In collaboration with their record company, Channel Classics, and the Prince Claus Foundation in Holland, Florilegium embarked on a project to record some of this music in the church where it was discovered, deep in the Bolivian jungle. The Mission in Concepción was built in 1707.

The four vocal soloists on this recording are all Bolivian, and live and work there. Following nationwide vocal auditions, four singers were selected to join Florilegium for this recording project, and after months of specialist training, recorded this disc in April 2004. The concert marks the launch of the CD and the Bolivian soloists' European debuts.

Tickets on sale: £20, £18, £16, £12.
Available from the Wigmore Hall Box Office, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP
Tel: 020 7935 2141, Online: http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

ALAF Christmas Fiesta

In aid of the children of Latin America. Kensington Town Hall, Saturday 22 November 2004.

Please see our printable flyer.

Villancios: Christmas Baroque Music

To raise fund to finance projects to educate indigenous women and children in rural areas of Bolivia.

Friday 26 November 2004, 7.30pm.

Christmas music from the colonial powerbase of Charcas, now Sucre. The concert explores the treasure of Spanish-American vocal-instrumental music preserved in the archives of Bolivia's old capital. In its Baroque heyday, the villancico gained great popularity in the New World. Sung in Spanish and Portuguese, its closeness to popular culture is probably its most distinctive feature.

Performed by the Amaryllis Consort and members of The Cambridge Baroque Camerata, direction Charles Brett.

Friends of Bolivia 20th Anniversary Concert, supported by BG Group

Performed on 19 March 2003 at the Wigmore Hall by Emma Kirkby and Florilegium, this concert celebrated our 20th anniversary. A review (opens in new window) was featured in The Times. You can download the concert programme designed by Peter Williamson as a PDF file (1.7MB).

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