Santa Cruz Baroque Festival 4/10/22

Santa Cruz Baroque Festival presents “Scarlatti: Spanish Folk to Classical” at Holy Cross Church, featuring Lillian Gordis, solo Harpsichord.

Based in Paris, the American virtuoso harpsichordist Lillian Gordis is quickly building an international reputation as an interpreter of the works of Scarlatti, the Italian composer-performer commanded to follow Princess Maria Barbara da Bragança at the time of her 1720 marriage into the Spanish court. The result 555 amazing sonatas for harpsichord solo, many of them based on folkloric Spanish material Scarlatti heard as various delegations visited his royal pupil.

A pre-concert talk that is free to all ticket-holders begins 45 minutes prior to concert time at a location close to the concert hall. We request that all attendees at in-person Santa Cruz Baroque Festival events be fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus at the time of the event.

For cost and other information, go to https://scbaroque.org/