PROGRAMMES 2008-2009
 
José de NEBRA (1702-1768) : MISERERE
With scene from El Diablo mudo (1751)
     2 sopranos, 13 musicians, conductor
 
Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) : IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA
Madrigals from books VII and VIII
     2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass, 9 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord)
 
José de NEBRA (1702-1768): AMOR AUMENTA EL VALOR
Dramma armónica for the engagement of the Prince of Asturias, Don Fernando, with the Portuguese Princess, Doña María Bárbara (Lisbon, 1728)
     3 sopranos, tenor, 16 musicians, conductor
 
AVSTRIACA GLORIA. Música del s. XVII en las cortes europeas de los Austrias
2007 – 350 años de la muerte de Fernando III
2008 – 350 años de la coronación del emperador Leopoldo I. 400 años de la muerte de Fernando II
Works by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Leopoldo I, Joseph Ruiz Samaniego, Giovanni Maria Pagliardi, Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli, Carlos Patiño / Francisco Navarro, Felipe Coppola, Juan De Padilla, Antonio Bertali, Giovanni Felice Sances
     Soprano, tenor, 6 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord)
 
ARDEAT COR MEUM. Visiones del Eros místico
Works by Joseph Ruiz Samaniego and Luigi Rossi (Un peccator pentito, oratorio a 5)
     2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, 7 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord)
 
CORONAD LA SAGRADA RIBERA
Villancicos by Joseph Ruiz Samaniego (fl. 1653–1670) on the banks of the River Ebro
     3 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenor, bass and 11 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord)
 
José de NEBRA (1702-1768): REQUIEM
Offices and Service for the funeral of Nª. Sª. Doña María Bárbara de Portugal, who benefit from God (1758)
     CHOIR I (soloists)
     2 sopranos, alto, tenor
     CHOIR II
     3 sopranos, 3 altos, 3 tenors, 3 basses
     18 musicians, conductor
 
Francisco Xavier GARCÍA FAJER (1730-1809): Siete palabras de Cristo en la Cruz
     2 sopranos, narrator, 5 musicians (including conductor from the organ)
 
TIERNO MANJAR
XVIIth century Spanish Music for the Corpus Christi
Works by Joseph Ruiz Samaniego, Carlos Patiño / Francisco Navarro, Manuel Correa, Juan de Padilla, Cristóbal Galán, Joseph Ruiz Samaniego, Juan Pérez Roldán, Miguel Juan Marqués
     2 sopranos, alto, tenor, 7 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord)
 
CANTATE MORALI & CANZONETTE
Works by Claudio Monteverdi, Maurizio Cazzati, Marco Uccellini, Francesco Turini…
     Soprano, tenor, 6 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord)
 
HAYDN & GARCÍA FAJER
Arias and Symphonies
Haydn (Symphonies No 83 and 26), Francisco Javier García (Arias)
     Soprano, 26 musicians, conductor
 
François Couperin (1668-1733) : LEÇONS DE TÉNÈBRES POUR LE MERCREDI SAINT
with a Suite by Marin MARAIS (1656-1728) and Pièces de Clavecin by François COUPERIN
     2 sopranos, 2 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord/organ)
 
José de NEBRA (1702-1768) : LA DIVINA FILOTEA (1745)
Religious drama by Calderón de la Barca
     4 sopranos, 2 mezzos, tenor
     20 musicians, conductor
 
SCARLATTI & NEBRA
Works by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) and José de Nebra (1702-1768)
     Soprano, 16 musicians and conductor
 
José de NEBRA (1702-1768) :  VENDADO AMOR ES, NO CIEGO
Zarzuela first played in Madrid, August 3, 1744
Libreto by José de Cañizares
     5 sopranos, 1 tenor, 25 musicians and conductor