Leonardo García Alarcón presents and contrasts two monumental works: a Messa Concertata by the choirmaster of the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna and the famous Dixit Dominus composed by George Frideric Handel in Rome in 1707. A fascinating comparison between a first recording of a forgotten masterpiece and a new interpretation of one of the most brilliant works by the young Handel, dazzled as he was by his discovery of the Italian Baroque.
The Regent was also... a composer! And a talented one, as evidenced by this Suite d'Armide, based on Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, recorded in its complete version for the first time.
Love, drama and betrayal under the Sicilian sun: this ‘pasticcio’ of folk melodies and music by ‘learned’ composers was born of the love of Leonardo García Alarcón and the singers and musicians of the Cappella Mediterranea for Calabrian, Sicilian and Neapolitan songs dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Mariana Flores and Quito Gato guide us in this sweet, lighthearted exploration of popular South American songs. Thanks to the powerful synergy between these two musicians, the audience is invited to daydream and discover a whole new palette of emotions that are at once contradictory and magnificent.
Leonardo García Alarcón and his Cappella Mediterranea bring Sacrati's opera back to life. Discover this opera that was the first to be performed in Paris and gave young Louis XIV a taste for dancing!
We thought it would be interesting to compare Bach’s early works (he was an excellent violinist himself) with the works of his precursors to observe this earlier universe and see how music evolved up until Bach. - Chouchane Siranossian
Leonardo García Alarcón proposes a thoughtful and highly theatrical approach to Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (1607). He customises each moment with a variety of colours and textures.
In this new programme, Leonardo García Alarcón invites us to discover the accompanied monodies, arias and madrigals for one or two voices by Sigismondo d'India, a late-Renaissance and early-Baroque Italian composer, carried by the sublime voices of Mariana Flores and Julie Roset.
In this recital, Sonya Yoncheva is accompanied by Leonardo García Alarcón’s ensemble, Cappella Mediterranea. The programme features both well-known and lesser-known composers, including Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli, Barbara Strozzi, John Dowland and Alessandro Stradella. In addition to arias, she also presents a cover of an Abba song and a Bulgarian melody that pays tribute to her native country.” - Jean-Michel Dhuez