Amore Siciliano

Love, drama and betrayal under the Sicilian sun: this "pasticcio" of folk melodies and music by "learned" composers originated from the love of Leonardo García Alarcón and the singers and musicians of the Cappella Mediterranea for Calabrian, Sicilian and Neapolitan songs from the 17th and 18th centuries. We will hear music by Alessandro Scarlatti and Sigismondo d'India, both born in Palermo, as well as works from the extraordinarily rich collection of St John's Co-Cathedral in Malta (especially by Vincenzo Tozzi). Leonardo García Alarcón even composed a five-part fugue on La canzone di Cecilia, which is associated with the heroine of the drama. The music was arranged by Quito Gato. This tribute by Cappella Mediterranea to Southern Italy has been triumphing on stage for years; this recording now immortalizes it.