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Alessandro Scarlatti in Rome

Alessandro Scarlatti twice lived in Rome, first working for the self-exiled Swedish Queen Christina, and again at the end of his life, composing some of his best music.

Sicilian-born composer Alessandro Scarlatti had a love/hate relationship with the city of Rome. In the early part of his career, he was employed there by the self-exiled Queen Christina of Sweden, and he returned to the city for the last six years of his life, composing some of his finest work there. Lucie Skeaping explores Scarlatti's Roman years and some of the music he produced during his time in the Italian capital.

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Sun 24 May 2020 14:00

Music Played

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Al dispetto del sospetto (Gli equivoci nel sembiante)

    Performer: Renata Fusco. Performer: Matteo Mela. Performer: Massimo Lonardi. Performer: Lorenzo Micheli.
    • Stradivarius.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Cieli, voi che ognor vedete (Gli equivoci nel sembiante)

    Performer: Renata Fusco. Performer: Matteo Mela. Performer: Massimo Lonardi. Performer: Lorenzo Micheli.
    • Stradivarius.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Crude parche (Telemaco)

    Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Director: Antonio Florio. Ensemble: I Turchini.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Sinfonia (Telemaco)

    Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Director: Antonio Florio. Ensemble: I Turchini.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    La Griselda (Act 2, Scene 10)

    Singer: Dorothea Röschmann. Singer: Veronica Cangemi. Ensemble: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    St Cecilia Mass (Excerpt)

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Wren Orchestra. Director: George Guest.

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  • Sun 13 Jan 2019 14:00
  • Sun 24 May 2020 14:00

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