Utrecht Early Music Festival, Giulio Prandi, Schola Gregoriana Ghislieri, Roberto Rilievi, Matteo Bellotto, Marta Redaelli, Festival Oude Muziek, Coro Ghislieri, Maria Chiara Gallo & Sonia Tedla
Between Church and Theatre: Jommelli and Scarlatti
Video Director: Concerto Media - Artist: Utrecht Early Music Festival, Giulio Prandi, Schola Gregoriana Ghislieri, Roberto Rilievi, Matteo Bellotto, Marta Redaelli, Festival Oude Muziek, Coro Ghislieri, Maria Chiara Gallo & Sonia Tedla - Soloist: Roberto Rilievi, Matteo Bellotto, Marta Redaelli, Maria Chiara Gallo & Sonia Tedla - Producer: Concerto Media - Conductor: Giulio Prandi - Chorus: Schola Gregoriana Ghislieri & Coro Ghislieri - Composer: Niccolo Jommelli & Domenico Scarlatti
Between Church and Theatre: Jommelli and Scarlatti
To strengthen faith and stimulate piety: this was the role of music according to Pope Benedictus XIV, who in the 18th century carried out radical church reforms. Festival resident Giulio Prandi closely examines the religious repertoire of this period from a double perspective: that of traditional counterpoint, as in Domenico Scarlatti’s ‘Madrid’ Mass, and that of the modern, theatrical style of Perez and Jommelli.