From November 30 to December 22, 2025 returns to animate the Eternal City Rome Baroque Festival, which this year crosses the finish line of eighteenth edition. Founded and directed by Michele Gasbarro and organized by the’Festina Lente Association, the festival presents as always a refined program that traverses the astonishing sound architecture of the Baroque era, including rarities and great masterpieces. 12 concerts on the bill, with a special tribute to Alessandro Scarlatti to which they are dedicated – in 250th anniversary of his disappearance – the’inaugural appointment of the November 30 (Missa 'Alla Palestrina'), the closing concert of the December 22 (Mass for the Night of the Holy Christmas) and the first modern performance of the Serenade for three voices: Clori, Lidia and Filli (December 4th). The main venue of the Rome Baroque Festival is an evocative place which is usually not open to the public, the Refectory of the Minims in the Monastery of Trinità dei Monti overlooking Piazza di Spagna, but the billboard also touches the magnificent Borrominian Church of Saint Agnes in Agone in Piazza Navona, the nearby Church of Santa Maria dell'Anima is San Salvatore alle Coppelle, where an event dedicated to children will take place. Among the protagonists of this edition, the’Odhecaton Ensemble directed by Paul from Col, the British vocal group Gesualdo Six driven by Owen Park, the Slums Ensemble led by the Roman Simone Vallerotonda, Italian Upheaval with the voice of Vincenzo Capezzuto, there Mediterranean Chapel, and the ensemble again Hespérion XXI directed by the great master Jordi Savall (concert in the Queen's Hall of the Chamber of Deputies, reserved for guests only) and finally, the’Festina Lente Ensemble directed by the same Michael Gasbarro, for the grand finale of the 2025 Festival.
The programSunday, November 30, 2025 Monastery of Trinità dei Monti Refectory of the Minims 16.00 (Free admission) Presentation of the book by Luca Della Libera: “With all the humility and profound respect I have received." Letters from the Scarlatti family to Annibale Albani 18.30 Odhecaton Ensemble Paul from Col, director Alessandro Scarlatti, Mass 'At Palestrina'‘ Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 8:30 PM Monastery of Trinità dei Monti Refectory of the Minims Gesualdo Six – Owain Park Motets & Madrigals by Palestrina & Gesualdo Thursday, December 4, 2025, 8:30 PM Monastery of Trinità dei Monti Refectory of the Minims The Lowlands Ensemble Simone Vallerotonda, director Valeria La Grotta, Francesca Boncompagni, sopranos Gaia Petronand, contralto Serenade for three voices: Clori, Lidia and Filli with violins, lute and continuous bass by Mr. A. Scarlatti Saturday, December 6, 2025, 8:30 PM Monastery of Trinità dei Monti Refectory of the Minims Vincenzo Capezzuto, voice Italian Soqquadro “Who's afraid of Baroque?” Monday, December 8, 2025, 8:30 PM Monastery of Trinità dei Monti Refectory of the Minims Ulrika Davidsson, clavichord From Bach to Haydn with the clavichord Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 8:30 PM Church of Santa Maria dell'Anima (Free admission) Hans Davidsson, organ From Italy to Northern Germany: Music by Frescobaldi, Froberger, Weckman and Bohm Friday, December 12, 2025, 5:00 PM Chamber of Deputies, Queen's Hall (Entrance by invitation) Xavier Diaz-Latorre, guitar David Mayoral, percussion Jordi Savall, viola da gamba soprano and direction The Garden of the Hesperides. From the Old to the New World Saturday, December 13, 2025, 8:30 PM Monastery of Trinità dei Monti Refectory of the Minims Kohei Tekeoka, harpsichord The Frescobaldi legacy Music by J.J. Froberger, G.b. Ferrini, G. Frescobaldi, B. Storace, M. Rossi, D. Scarlatti, J.S. Bach Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 8:30 PM Monastery of Trinità dei Monti Refectory of the Minims Anna Reinhold, mezzo soprano Giangiacomo Pinardi, lute In the Italian Footsteps: Dialogues Between Strings and Keys Thursday, December 18, 2025, 5:30 PM Church of San Salvatore alle Coppelle and Piazza delle Coppelle (Free admission) A party for children The bagpipes of Monte Sant'Angelo Traditional Christmas music Monday, December 22, 2025, 8:30 PM Rome, Church of St. Agnes in Agone Festina Lente Ensemble Michele Gasbarro, director Alessandro Scarlatti, Mass for the Night of the Holy Christmas (1707) (Reservations available from December 10th) Single seat €15 (unless otherwise specified)
