Bologna Festival: I Bassifondi Ensemble

About the Event

Experience classical music like never before in this astonishing performance of masterworks by Alessandro Scarlatti at Bologna's remarkable Oratorio San Filippo Neri.
Alessandro Scarlatti passed away exactly three centuries ago, and this anniversary is bringing some of his forgotten masterpieces to light. Among these is undoubtedly the serenade for three voices Clori, Lidia e Filli, probably performed in Naples on June 2, 1701, during the Feast of Corpus Christi, and then lost to oblivion. Its rediscovery is due to the curiosity and creativity of Simone Vallerotonda, one of Italy’s leading lutenists, who presents it in its modern premiere with Bassifondi, the ensemble he founded in 2017 to bring Baroque music for string instruments and basso continuo back into the spotlight. A winning bet.