Season 25-26

Building on the momentum of the 2024/25 season, which honoured Monteverdi, Bach, and other musical giants, we continue our journey with renewed energy. We begin with Vivaldi, performing in September 2025 at two prestigious festivals: the Serviti Festival in Mendrisio and the Varzi Festival in Varzi, Italy. To mark the 10th anniversary of the LAC, we will present Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos alongside polyphonic masterpieces by Giovanni Gabrieli and Domenico Scarlatti. The choir will also take part in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. Our close collaboration with the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano continues as they dedicate their 81st season to Mozart. We will perform the Requiem in Milan in October 2025 and the Great Mass in C minor in March 2026. The year 2025 also commemorates the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Over the past fifteen years, we have devoted ourselves to his work, producing nearly thirty pieces and becoming a globally recognized reference point for his interpretation. To celebrate this milestone, we will host three concerts in some of the region’s most evocative churches, each preceded by an introductory lecture to guide listeners through the vastness and power of this Renaissance genius. Our commitment to J.S. Bach’s music is equally recognized. Our repeated invitations to the Leipzig Bach Festival—where we are celebrated as the most distinctive Latin performers—are among the many international accolades earned by I Barocchisti and the Coro RSI. In collaboration with the Fondazione Adriana Fasolis-Brambilla Pro Musica et Natura, the Associazione I Barocchisti continues to support emerging artists and esteemed colleagues in their independent endeavors. We have hosted Vanni Moretto’s orchestra, Atalanta Fugiens, and the Sinfonie Milanesi project. We’ve supported Swiss Music Prize winner Luca Pianca in conducting Bach cantatas and madrigals with his Ensemble Claudiana. This year, we are proud to support our long-standing bassoonist Giulia Genini and her ensemble, Concerto Scirocco, on a Scandinavian tour, presenting one of their European programs for the first time in Ticino. Since its founding, the choir has worked closely with the Radio Orchestra—now the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana—building a rich archive of joint productions. This year, we aim to deepen our collaboration with I Barocchisti. To this end, nine composers from Southern Switzerland have been commissioned to write the nine movements of a Requiem Mass entitled Requiem in Tempore Belli. As in previous years, it will be performed at the Good Friday Spiritual Concert in Bellinzona, with additional performances planned in Mendrisio and Locarno. After a long absence, I Barocchisti will return to the Ascona Music Weeks, joined by the dazzling flautist Maurice Steger. To celebrate its 90th anniversary in December 2026, the Coro RSI will revive the concerts that marked its debut, in collaboration with OSI and I Barocchisti. The three ensembles will also unite for a major event honouring Beethoven’s anniversary in 2027. We remain deeply committed to engaging young audiences and schools across all regions and levels. This commitment will be reflected in concert-lectures on Palestrina and a special Baroque music initiative titled Barockissimo!. We’re still here. United in our mission to create music that heals and brings people together. Enjoy listening. Diego Fasolis