“Few composers paint human emotion as vividly or with greater insight, wit and poignancy than Barbara Strozzi: the pioneering Venetian composer, born 400 years ago, whose songs and madrigals stand alongside Monteverdi’s as some of the greatest of the age.”
La Maison Rousseau et Littérature et l’ensemble baroque Cappella Mediterranea proposent un format inédit autour du répertoire de Gluck, Pergolèse et Rousseau. Mêlant histoire de la musique et littérature, le choix musical est ponctué de deux interludes. La comédienne Caroline Cons y lit «La lettre de Saint-Preux à Julie, I, XLVIII – Sur la musique italienne» tirée de Julie ou la Nouvelle Héloïse.
Mediterráneo was voted Song of the Century in Spain. His compositions are an integral part of Spanish and South American culture. In this album, Leonardo García Alarcón immerses himself in the poetic texts that Serrat set to music and juxtaposes them with pieces from the Golden Age.
The composer pushed the boundaries of form in ways that roused the emotions and anger of his contemporaries. In 2017, in celebration of his 450th birthday, we had the opportunity to explore his work and highlight the contemporary force of his musical language.
Après le succès des Septs péchés Capitaux, de l’Orfeo, voici Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón et Mariana Flores dans un programme entièrement consacré aux œuvres a voce sola de Claudio Monteverdi, entre le célèbre Lamento d’Arianna (1608) et le sublime (et moins connu) Voglio da vita uscir…
In this audacious and deeply moving programme, Leonardo García Alarcón brings together two seemingly disparate composers. Although they may have lived 350 years apart, each revolutionised the music of their era. Time comes to a standstill for these two composers who sought to freely express emotion through music.
Sogno di una notte veneziana reinvents the world through songs of suffering, heartache, surrender and death. A musical foray into the world of dreams.
Avec cette création Teatro dei Sensi, Cappella Mediterranea et Leonardo García Alarcón nous offrent un panorama des opéras vénitiens de Francesco Cavalli.
Mariana Flores and Leonardo García Alarcón’s ensemble, Cappella Mediterranea, present 17th century Venice from two different perspectives. The heroines of Francesco Cavalli’s operas mingle with the works of female composers of the time, including Barbara Strozzi and Antonia Bembo.