Gemma Coma-Alabert, mezzo-soprano
Pepo Domènech, oboe
Acadèmia 1750
Stefano Demicheli, harpsichord and director

Emanuele Rincón, Barone d’Astorga: Overture to the opera Dafni /Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D major / Antonio Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus in G minor for mezzo-soprano, strings and bass continuo, RV 608 / Concerto in A minor for oboe, strings and bass continuo, RV 463 / George Frideric Handel: Arias: Scherza infida from Ariodante / L’angue offeso mai riposa from Giulio Cesare / Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo / Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in F minor for harpsichord and strings, BWV 1056 / Aria from Suite no.3 for strings and bass continuo, BWV 1068

European music from the first half of the 18th century constitutes one of the culminating points of Western culture. Opera, religious works and the first examples of orchestral compositions coexisted side by side, leading to such excellent results as can be heard in the programme of this opening concert of this year’s Festival.

The Acadèmia 1750, the resident orchestra at our Festival, will take us on a musical journey, with a variety of operatic, religious and orchestral works written by renowned composers from different European countries.

Led by their artistic director, Stefano Demicheli, the Acadèmia 1750 will be joined by the mezzo-soprano from Girona, Gemma Coma-Alabert, and the oboist born in Amposta, Pepo Domènech. With music composed in Barcelona, Venice, London or Leipzig, tonight’s concert will include such well-known works as the ever-popular Canon and Gigue by Pachelbel, or the Air from Bach’s third Orchestral Suite.

Joint production by the Torroella de Montgrí Music Festival and the Fundació She-Vila Medieval vila de Cardona