Season 25-26

This special event pays homage to Antonio Vivaldi by spotlighting alesser-known facet of his genius: the vocal works drawn from his operas and cantatas. Featuring primarily female soloists and intimate ensembles, the program offers a fresh perspective on a composer best known for his instrumental masterpieces.
Under the direction of Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti will take the stage at the Cinema Teatro inChiasso, joined by internationally acclaimed soloists. The concert promises to captivate, delight, and move its audience - an evocative musical journey to bid farewell to the past year and extend heart felt wishes for the one to come.

The year 2025 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594), a towering figure in Renaissance music and sacred polyphony. His oeuvre set the benchmark for European choral composition across centuries, transcending the liturgical framework in which it wasconceived to embody a universal language of beauty and spirituality - one that continues to inspire and elevate audiences today.
The Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, which will celebrate its 90thanniversary in 2026, has long been a beacon in the dissemination of choral music and a distinguished interpreter of early polyphony. Under the artistic direction of Diego Fasolis, an internationally acclaimed specialist in early music, the Coro RSI has earned recognition for its performances and recordings of Palestrina’s works, contributing to the preservation and renewed relevanceof his musical legacy.
This commemorative event offers the public a rare opportunity to experience the grandeur of Palestrina’s art, while also paying tribute to the enduring excellence of our ensemble. The programme features a concert at the Collegiata Curch in Bellinzona, preceded by an introductory lecture at the Sala Consigliare Comunale. Designed as a listening guide, the lecture will illuminate the breadth and depth of Palestrina’s genius, enriching the audience’s appreciation of his timeless contribution to the choral tradition.

The year 2025 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of GiovanniPierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594), a towering figure in Renaissance music andsacred polyphony. His oeuvre set the benchmark for European choral compositionacross centuries, transcending the liturgical framework in which it wasconceived to embody a universal language of beauty and spirituality—one thatcontinues to inspire and elevate audiences today.
The Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, which will celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2026, has long been a beacon in the dissemination of choral music and a distinguished interpreter of early polyphony. Under the artistic direction of Diego Fasolis, an internationally acclaimed specialist in earlymusic, the Coro RSI has earned recognition for its performances and recordings of Palestrina’s works, contributing to the preservation and renewed relevance of his musical legacy.
This commemorative event offers the public a rare opportunity to experience the grandeur of Palestrina’s art, while also paying tribute to the enduring excellence of our ensemble. The programme features a concert at the Curch Santi Nazario and Celso in Airolo, preceded by an introductory lecture. Designed as a listening guide, the lecture will illuminate the breadth and depth of Palestrina’s genius, enriching the audience’s appreciation of his timeless contribution to the choral tradition.

The year 2025 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594), a towering figure in Renaissance music and sacred polyphony. His oeuvre set the benchmark for European choral composition across centuries, transcending the liturgical framework in which it was conceived to embody a universal language of beauty and spirituality - one that continues to inspire and elevate audiences today.
The Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, which will celebrate its 90thanniversary in 2026, has long been a beacon in the dissemination of choral music and a distinguished interpreter of early polyphony. Under the artistic direction of Diego Fasolis, an internationally acclaimed specialist in early music, the Coro RSI has earned recognition for its performances and recordings of Palestrina’s works, contributing to the preservation and renewed relevanceof his musical legacy.
This commemorative event offers the public a rare opportunity to experience the grandeur of Palestrina’s art, while also paying tribute to the enduring excellence of our ensemble. The programme features a concert at the Church of San Vitale in Chiasso, preceded by an introductory lecture at the Cinema Teatro. Designed as a listening guide, the lecture will illuminate the breadth and depth of Palestrina’s genius, enriching the audience’s appreciationof his timeless contribution to the choral tradition.

We are pleased to welcome the ensemble Concerto Scirocco, conducted byinternationally acclaimed bassoonist Giulia Genini of I Barocchisti, to ourseason. Their concert Sirene e Soldati (Sirens andSoldiers) will be presented for the first time in Ticino.

“Just as a skilled and talented painter imitates all things created innature by varying colours, so too is it possible to imitate the expression ofthe human voice on a wind or string instrument.” This evocative idea,articulated by Silvestro Ganassi in his 1535 treatise La Fontegara, serves as theartistic compass for Concerto Scirocco’s approach to 16th- and 17th-centuryinstrumental music. Their interpretative style seeks the highest degree ofexpressiveness, where rhetoric becomes the bridge between instrument and voice,imitation and reality.

In the absence of words,composers and instrumentalists turned to rhetorical devices to move and delight their audiences -just as singers did. This evening’s programme invites listenersinto a gallery of sonic portraits, rich in contrast and emotion, drawn from thevibrant repertoire of the early Baroque.

Mozart’s Requiem, left unfinished at the time of his death in1791, remains one of the most enigmatic and emotionally charged works in thehistory of music. Enveloped in myth and mystery, its allure has only deepenedover time.
The composition weaves together liturgical solemnity and theatrical immediacy, merging the traditions of Italian polyphony and operatic drama with Mozart’s unmistakable orchestral finesse and inventiveness. Its structure alternates between majestic choruses and austere fugues, and moments oflyrical, aching beauty.
Ultimately, the Requiem offers listeners a profound journey -from anguish to a glimmer of hope- expressed in a musical language that transcendsits sacred origins to speak directly to the human condition.

To mark its tenth anniversary, the LAC has chosen music that transcends time and continues to resonate with all generations.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos -masterpieces of freedom, invention, and virtuosity- will be performed byI Barocchisti under the direction of Maestro Diego Fasolis.
This exceptional project invites audiences on a musical and symbolicjourney from the profane to the sacred. The six concertos will be presentedover the course of a single day, in three evocative locations. At each venue,two concertos will be performed, thoughtfully paired according to theiraffinities in instrumentation, structure, or expressive intensity.

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First performance
3.30pm
Piazza Bernardino Luini

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046

For two hunting horns, small violin, three oboes, bassoon, strings andbasso continuo
[Allegro], Adagio, Allegro, Minuet, Trio I, Polacca, Trio II

Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
For trumpet, recorder, oboe, concertato violin, strings and bassocontinuo
[Allegro], Andante, Allegro assai

I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis conductor

Second performance
7.00pm
Agorà

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048

‍For 3 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos and basso continuo
[Allegro], Adagio (cadenza), Allegro

Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
For solo violin, 2 echo flutes, strings and basso continuo
Allegro, Andante, Presto

I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis conductor

Third performance
8.30pm
Hall
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Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1613)
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Magnificat for 12 voices in 3 choirs
From: Sacrae Symphonie I

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Allegro 1. from Concerto No. 1,
Andante 2. from Concerto No. 2,
Allegro 3. from Concerto No. 3,
Presto from Concerto No. 4

From: Six Brandenburg Concertos

‍Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
For lead violin, transverse flute, harpsichord, violin and viola dagamba, and basso continuo
Allegro, Affettuoso, Allegro

Concerto No. 6 in B flat major BWV 1051
For 2 violas da braccio, 2 violas da gamba, cello, violone and bassocontinuo
[Allegro], Adagio ma non tanto, Allegro

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1756)
Te Deum for 8 voices and basso continuo

I Barocchisti
Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera
Diego Fasolis conductor

We are honoured to once again conclude the Serviti Festival in Mendrisio with a performance entirely dedicated to Antonio Vivaldi. The programme features a selection of his most captivating and vibrant arias, offering audiences a glimpse into the expressive richness of his vocal repertoire.
I Barocchisti will be conducted by Maestro Diego Fasolis and joined by the internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Lucia Cirillo, whose artistry brings Vivaldi’s music to life with brilliance and emotional depth.

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At the dawn of the 20th century, the visionaries behind the Bellinzona-Mesocco railway could scarcely have imagined that Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons would one dayresound within the walls of the Cebbia power station. And yet, it is precisely in this evocative industrial setting-nestled amid the lush greenery of thehamlet-that great music has found a new home.
Stagioni allo ZOO (Seasons at the ZOO) is a cultural initiative designed to bring classical music into theheart of the community, breathing new life into a historic building andcontributing to the broader cultural renaissance revitalising the municipality of Mesocco.
I Barocchisti will perform alongside virtuoso violinist Duilio Galfetti and internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Lucia Cirillo, under the direction of master harpsichordist Diego Fasolis.
For further information: info@mmomam.com

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