Walliser Volkslieder revisited

IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD, THE CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE VILLAGE SQUARE! PROGRAM: Valais folk songs in familiar and new arrangements (world premieres) to listen to and sing along with, paired with old and new (world premieres) Bolivian folk music composed by Juan Arnez, as well as works by Bregy, Meier, Lehner-Mutter, Imhof, Burgener/Hagen, Brantschen, and Ruppen. These concerts are part of the “Volksliädär leeru und schi in er Famili singu” program, aimed at promoting the folk song heritage of the Upper Valais.PERFORMERS: Upper Valais Folk Song Choir, Juan Arnez (Los Kusis de Bolivia), UMS’nJIP SONG LIST: “Land am Rottu” (Schmid), “Am Grängjerseeli” (trad.)“Ds Rägutropfji” (Burgener) “Im stillen Hirtentale” (Brantschen) “Morir enamorado” (Arnez) “Janasquí” (Trad./Arnez) “Navidad del Kanillita” (Arnez)The Shepherd on the Faldum Alp (Bregy)Do You Still Remember (Ruppen)At the Fountain Before the Gate (Schubert)Los vivientes (Arnez)Traditions for Tomorrow (Trad./Arnez)Our Dream (Arnez)Belalp Song (trad.)Guggisbergerlied (trad.)Do You Know (Meier)Kaymanta Chinkasay (Arnez)The Valais Waterman (Lagger)“Queja del Diablo” (Arnez) “Jesuquito” (Arnez) “Münstiger Lied” (Lehner-Mutter) “Abschied vom Gantertal” (Imhof) BIOGRAPHIES JUAN ARNEZ (*1950) is a Bolivian poet, composer, and musician. He plays various instruments, including the guitar, charango, quena-quena, zampoña, tarka, and pinkillo. The poverty and hardships he faced during his childhood in a rural community in Colomi are reflected in his most important works. He has lived in Switzerland for more than 40 years, where he has started a family and become something of an ambassador for Bolivian folk music. Today, he is considered one of the most respected self-taught composers in Switzerland. After becoming an orphan at the age of 7, he attended a church-run boarding school and, as a teenager, worked as a day laborer in the Chapare. Arnez began his musical career at the age of 18 with the group Kusi Huaynas, which later changed its name to Los Kusis. The group recorded albums and, between 1970 and 1974, undertook its first international tours to Chile, Peru, and Argentina, where it received awards at festivals. In 1974, they went on a European tour with concerts in Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and France. Eventually, they decided to settle in Switzerland, where they still live today. “Inkallajta” was his first composition. The piece lasts nearly two hours and combines various instruments and rhythms such as huayño, morenada, diablada, cueca, saya, and zampoñada. *Misa Pachamama* and *Navidad Andina* are other compositions by Juan Arnez; they primarily address the issues of child poverty and child labor. In 2007, his work *Misterio del Socavón*

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