Programs

Hamlet by Gasparini NEW

Opera by Francesco Gasparini. Libretto by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati. Original title: Amleto. First release in Venice, 1705.
Xavier Sabata, soloist to determine
18 musicians.

Rodelinda by Handel

Rodelinda: Maria Hinojosa; Bertarido: Maarten Engeltjes; Grimoaldo: Juan Sancho; Garibaldo: Simon Kirkbride; Eduige: Marta Infante; Unulfo: Jordi Domènech.
21 musicians

Alcina by Handel

Alcina: Carolyn Sampson; Ruggiero: Max Emanuel Cencic; Morgana: Núria Rial; Bradamante: Romina Basso; Oberto: Paolo Lopez; Oronte: Agustín Prunell.
23 musicians

Handel: Siroe

Sunhae Im, Rupert Enticknap; Ruby Hugues, Pau Bordas, Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
17 musicians

Mirtridate & Bellerofonte by Terradellas

Arias published in London in 1748 and 1749
Núria Rial, soprano; Maria Hinojosa, soprano; Ann Hallenberg, alt; Jordi Domènech, alt;
18 musicians

Dido & Aeneas by Purcell

Opera in three acts
2 sopranos, bass, choir to determine
16 musicians: 2 oboes, 8 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos, 1 violone, harpschicord

The Fairy Queen by Purcell

22 singers ans choir to determine
22 musicians: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets, timpani, 8 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos, violone, archlute and harpschicord

G. Bononcini: La nemica d’Amore fatta Amante (Roma 1693)

María Espada, Martín Oro, Fulvio Betini;
7 musicians

Anna Maria Strada

Dedicated to Anna Maria Strada del Pò, the soprano favourite of Handel

BIG FORMAT: María Espada, 17 musicians: 2 fl, 2 ob, fg, 7 vl, 2 vla, vc, cb, theorb, harpsichord
SMALL FORMAT: María Espada, 8 musicians: 2 ob, 2 vl, vla, vc, cb and harpsichord

Furioso. With Xavier Sabata

Airs and overtures from operas by Handel and Vivaldi.
Xavier Sabata, countertenor
9 musicians: ob, 2 horns, 2 vl, vla, vc, cb, harpsichord

Nella terra in ciel

Symphonies and airs by Handel
Xavier Sabata, countertenor,
9 musicians: oboe, fagot, 3 violins, viola, violoncello, contrabass and harpsichord

From Vivaldi to Terradellas. With Emiliano González Toro

Airs and overtures from operas by Vivaldi, Cesti, Jommelli and Terradellas.
Emiliano González Toro, tenor
7 musicians: ob, 2 vl, vla, vc, cb, harpsichord

Terradellas and Pergolesi. With Ann Hallenberg

Airs and overtures, operas and sacred works by Terradellas and their napolitan contemporary Pergolesi and Durante.
Ann Hallenberg, soprano
10 musicians: ob, 5 vl, vla, vc, cb, harpsichord

Terradellas, Pergolesi and Durante. With Marta Mathéu

Airs and overtures, operas and sacred works by Terradellas and their napolitan contemporary Pergolesi and Durante.
Marta Mathéu, soprano
10 musicians: ob, 5 vl, vla, vc, cb, harpsichord

Heroïnes de Handel. With Sunhae Im

Airs and overtures from operas by Handel. First release at Santiago de Compostela 10 june 2013
Sunhae Im, soprano
7 musicians: ob, 2 vl, vla, vc, cb, harpsichord

The last Habsburg

The last King of Habsburg in Barcelona: music of his Royal Court
Works by Caldara, Albinoni, Ragazzi, Corelli, Handel, Rabassa.
Maria Hinojosa, soprano & 12 musicians

Monteverdi, Castello, Merula

Songs, motets and sonatas by Monteverdi, Castello and Merula
Emanuella Galli, soprano; Sergio Foresti, bass and 8 musicians

Il duello amoroso

Italian cantatas of Handel: Amarilli Vezzosa
Núria Rial, Marta Infante
8 musicians: oboe, 2 violins, alto, violoncello, bass, theorb, harpsichord

Tormento d’amore

Airs and overtures of Operas by Handel: Rinaldo, Tamerlano, Agrippina, Ariodante,
Marta Infante, mezzo soprano and 10 musicians: ob, 4 vl, vla, vc, cb, basson, harpsichord

Latin-American Baroque

Cantatas of José de Torres (1665-1738), Manuel de Zumaya (1676-1755) and instrumentals of J.B. Cabanilles (1644-1711) and Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710)
Jordi Doménech, contre-tenor
7 musicians: oboe, 2 violins, violoncello, bass, theorb-guitar baroque and harpsichord

Un’alma innamorata

Songs and Sonatas of Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, Veracini and Mancini
Maria Hinojosa soprano. 4 musicians: oboe, violin, violoncello and harpsichord

All’intorno di’l Senesino

Works by Antonio Lotti, Antonio Caldara, Nicola Porpora, Johann Adolph Hasse and Georg Friedrich Handel
Jordi Doménech, countertenor, Pere Saragossa, oboe, Oriol Aymat violoncello and Dani Espasa harpsichord

Cantatas bizarre and spirituals

Songs of Francesco Durante, Leonardo Leo, Tommaso B. Gaffi and Giambattista Bianchini
Jordi Doménech countertenor and Dani Espasa harpsichord

Handel and Scarlatti

Cantatas by Händel andi Alessandro Scarlatti
Jordi Doménech countertenor, Oriol Aymat violoncello, Dani Espasa harpsichord

Barcellona alla moda (dance and music)

Music in the Charles of Habsburg's Royal Court in Barcelona from 1707 to 1714. Inedit works from the Catalonia Library: Vivaldi, Corelli, Marcello, Scolari, Facco and Domenico Scarlatti.
14 artists: Maria Hinojosa, Elies Barberà (actor), 2 dancers (Barroc Ballet), 10 musicians

Archduke’s party

Court celebration during the War of Sucesión (1700-1715): works of Joan Baptista Cabanilles, Antonio Caldara, Cesare Manuel Rincón, Francesc Guerau, Stuck
15 artist soprano; 2 actors; 2 dancers; 10 musicians

If music be the food of love

Texts by Shakespeare and works by John Dowland, Anthony Holborne, Thomas Simpson, William Byrd, Tobias Hume, John Bull, anonymous and dances of the sixteenth century..
Xavier Sabata, 8 musicians: flute, violon, 4 violes da gamba, lute harpsichord-organ

La tragicomèdia d’amor, fermesa i porfia, de Francesc Fontanella

Theater work first performed in 1640 by Francisco de Fontanella (Barcelona 1622 - Perpignan 1682/3). Dramaturgical direction: José Luis Guardiola and Albert Mestres. Release 2014. Artists and musicians to be determined.

Vivaldi's Venice

Gloria by Vivaldi, Oboe's concert by Marcello, and other works by Lotti and Albinoni
Laia Frigolé, Oriol Rosés, ORFEÓ CATALÀ (Girls chorus)
13 musicians. Conductor: Manuel Valdivieso

Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate by Handel

LA XANTRIA (20 singers with 6 soloist included)
24 musicians

Terradellas: Giuseppe Riconosciuto

Oratory in three acts for soloists, choir and orchestra, with libreto by Pietro Metastasio, premiered in Naples in 1736.
Maria Hinojosa, Gemma Bertagnolli, Maria Espada, Tim Med, Juan Sancho, Emiliano González Toro.
La Xantria (12 singers); 20 musicians (strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns, fagot, archlute, harpsichord-organ)

Messiah by Handel

Ruby Hughes/Maria Hinojosa soprano; Maarten Engeltjes/Xavier Sabata alt; Emiliano González Toro/Lluís Vilamajó tenor; Sergio Foresti/Pau Bordas bass.
ENSEMBLE O VOS OMNES choir, Xavier Pastrana conductor: 24 singers
18 musicians

Joseph Mir i Llussà

Missa in D major (1760), Stabat Mater, Magnificat, Quomodo by Joseph Mir i Llussà (c1700-1765)
Lluís Vilamajó, tenor soloist; La Xantria: 4 choir I of soloists + 9 choir II + Pere Lluís Biosca conductor
19 musicians: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets, fagot, 7 violins, 2 violoncellos, 1 violone, organ, harp (Total: 34 artists)

Laudate Pueri by Handel

Laudate Pueri by Handel, Cantata 51 by Bach, Overture in D major from Taffelmusik by Telemann
La Xantria, conductor Pere Lluís Biosca: 16 singers
Ruth Rosique, soprano + 15 musicians: 2 oboes, trumpet, 6 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos, violone and harpsichord-organ (Total: 32 artists)

Silete Venti by Handel

Silete Venti by Handel, Cantata 51 by Bach, Overture in D major from Taffelmusik by Telemann
Ruth Rosique, soprano + 15 musicians: obor, trumpet, 6 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos, violone, theorb and harpsichord-organ

Glory to the King Charles!

Works for choir and orchestra dedicated to the King Charles of Habsburg in Barcelona from 1705 to 1711. Composers: Francesc Valls, Ignasi Vidal, Pere Rabassa, Angelo Ragazzi, ...
Soprano to be determined, La Xantria, 14 singers; 14 musicians

Colpa, Pentimento e Grazia

Works by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Alessandro Scarlatti, Corselli and Porpora
Jordi Domènech, 7 musicians: ob, 2 vl, vla, vc, cb, harpsichord

Bach: Cantatas 165, 176 and 194

Maria Hinojosa, Jordi Domènech, Pablo Larraz, Josep-Ramon Olivé
COR MADRIGAL 16 singers, 11 musicians. Conductor: Mireia Barrera

Bach: Cantatas 5, 77 andi 176

4 soloists, La Xantria 16 singers, 11 musicians

Bach: Cantatas 17, 68 and 177

4 soloists, La Xantria 16 singers, 11 musicians

Bach: Cantatas 26, 102 and 181

Laia Frigolé, soprano; Jordi Domènech, alt; David Hernàndez, tenor; Pau Bordas, bass
10 musicians: 3 oboes, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, theorb, organ (14 artists)

Gloria and Imeneo by Vivaldi

Airs and Choirs from Händel Oratorios.
David Q Lee Jordi Doménech, countertenor; 15 musicians: 8 vl, 2 vla, 2 vc, cb, theorb, harpsichord

Vaticini di Pace by Caldara

Christmas song of Antonio Caldara written in Rome in 1712, in which he predicts the peace between Bourbons and Habsbourg.
Maria Espada i María Hinojosa, sopranos; Tim Mead, alto; Makoto Sakurada, tenor
15 musicians: oboe, flutes, 6 violins, 2 altos, 2 violoncellos, bass, theorb, harpsichord

Caldara: baroque Christmas

Selection of Christmas songs of Antonio Caldara
Carolyn Sampson, soprano; 14 musicians: ob, 6 vl, 2 vla, 2 vc, cb, theorb, harpsichord

Father Antoni Soler

Motetes and christmas songs by Father Antoni Soler, together with works from contemporary authors like Mir i Llussà, Scarlatti.
Marta Matheu, soprano + 15 musicians: 2 oboes, bassoon, 6 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos, violone and organ-harpsichord

English airs from Händel

Airs and Choirs from Händel Oratorios.
Jordi Doménech, countertenor; 10 musicians: 2 oboes, 4 vl, vla, vc, cb, harpsichord

Buxtehude, Bach i Händel

Cantatas 5, 25 and 105 by D. Buxtehude, cantata 199 by J. S. Bach and sonata 404 by G.F. Handel
Soprano to be determined; Pere Saragossa, oboe; Elisabeth Bataller and Maria Roca, violins; Anna Aldomà, viola; Xavier Roig, violoncello; Dani Espasa, organ

Handel: Fireworks & Watermusic

28 musicians

Suites by Bach / Concerts of Brandeburg NEW

15 musicians

J. G. Pisendel, J. D. Zelenka

Symphonies and concerts · 18 musicians

Britten’s roots

Works by Britten based on works by Downland, Victoria, Purcell and other ancient works, and works by Purcell
Ensemble to determine (it includes piano and harpschicord)

Charles Desmazures

French suites for Maria Luisa Gabriela, wife of Felipe V (1702) · 13 musicians

Vivaldi in concerto

Concerts by Vivaldi, Marcello and Händel for violin, oboe and organ. 8 musicians

La passion qui l’agite

Sonatas and dances by Philidor, Couperin, Handel, Telemann
4 musicians: Pere Saragossa, oboe; Elisabeth Bataller, violin, Xavier Roig, violoncello; Dani Espasa, clave

In the room of Bach

Sonatas and Partitas by J. S. Bach
4 musicians: Sara Parés, recorder; Alba Roca, violin; Pau Marcos, viola da gamba; Dani Espasa, clave

Flute & Bach

Sonatas and Partitas by J. S. Bach
3 musicians: Sara Parés, recorder; Xavier Roig, violoncello; Dani Espasa, clave