Inside the Music
I Grotteschi
A musical lecture that will help you listen to the work of Claudio Monteverdi and early Italian baroque with fresh ears.
What exactly makes the music of Claudio Monteverdi so unique? How did he come to be known as the father of opera? And in a ‘historically informed performance’, what exactly is historically informed and what is performance? Conductor Leonardo García-Alarcón, who has established himself as an international authority on early and baroque music, addresses all these questions during an accessible lecture, enriched with musical illustrations on the harpsichord and organ.
