VESPRES D'ARNADÍ, Baroque Orchestra
Baroque orchestra founded in 2005 by Dani Espasa and Pere Saragossa, with the aim of offering performances full of emotion, freshness, and spontaneity, using period instruments and historically informed performance practices. The ensemble’s name recalls the evening concerts that were typically held during the18th century as a “dessert” following the refined dinners of nobles and bourgeois families, as well as arnadí, one of the oldest traditional desserts from the Valencian region, made from pumpkin, sugar, and almonds. The ensemble has performed at major venues and festivals across Europe, including Peralada, Barcelona, London, Halle, Prague, Madeira, Seville, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, and Madrid, among others.
Under the Musièpoca label, they have released the albums "Pièces de Simphonie" by Charles Desmazures, "Missa en Re Major" by Josep Mir i Llussà, and "Anna Maria Strada", featuring music by Händel. In late 2018, their fourth album, "L’Alessandro amante" — starring countertenor Xavier Sabata — was released on the Aparté label. The collaboration with Sabata continued with their most recent album, "Invisibili", released in 2024 by Musièpoca. In autumn 2025, two new recordings will be released: one dedicated to the oratorio "Giuseppe Riconosciuto" by Domènec Terradellas, and the other to "El regreso del hijo pródigo" by Carles Baguer.
In addition to the aforementioned singer, the orchestra collaborates with renowned soloists such as sopranos Núria Rial, Sara Blanch, Serena Sáenz, Ana Quintans, Anna Devin, Sunhae Im, Giulia Semenzato, and Marie Lys; contraltos Ann Hallenberg, Hilary Summers, and Sonia Prina; mezzo-sopranos Vivica Genaux and Mary Ellen Nesi; tenors Emiliano González Toro, Mark Milhofer, Thomas Walker, and Juan Sancho; and basses Nicolas Brooymans, Luigi di Donato, José Antonio López, and Josep-Ramon Olivé.
During the 2025–2026 season, Vespres d’Arnadí will be the resident ensemble of the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical (CNDM) of the Spanish Ministry of Culture, with concerts scheduled in Madrid, Oviedo, Salamanca, León, and Valencia.
Vespres d’Arnadí receives support from the Institut Ramon Llull. the Department of Culture of the Government of Catalonia and the Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música.
CURRENT NEWS
Next concerts
12 September 2026
Iglesia de San Miguel, Estella-Lizarra
Invisibili
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17 October 2026
Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona
Dido i Enees (Purcell)
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13 December 2026
Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona
The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
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¡Y qué decir de Vespres d’Arnadi! No me cansaré tampoco de decir que es una de las mejores formaciones historicistas que hay ahora mismo en todo el mundo. El mérito se debe en gran medida a ese genio humilde llamado Dani Espasa, que, cual rey Midas, todo lo que toca acaba convertido en oro.
Eduardo Torrico (Scherzo)
La formación de instrumentos originales y criterio historicista Vespres d’Arnadí volvió a demostrar su soberbio estado de forma.
Jordi Maddaleno (La Vanguardia)
(...) un derroche de talento que nos hace sentir orgullosos de los intérpretes que tenemos cerca. El conjunto Vespres d'Arnadí, con su director Daniel Espasa al frente y un elenco de solistas más que solventes, abordó el oratorio 'La resurrezione' de Händel
Pep Gorgori (ABC)
Vespres d’Arnadi es hoy una de las mejores orquestas historicistas españolas (si no la mejor). Es imposible sonar mejor, nos pongamos como nos pongamos.
Eduardo Torrico (Scherzo)
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