Harpsichordist and director Benjamin Alard leads an evening dedicated to the acoustic evolution of the harpsichord at the Sala de Concerts of the Palau de la Música Catalana. A musical journey connecting Baroque roots with 20th-century revivals and contemporary creation. 🎶✨

The concert is part of the Palau Cambra series, bringing together an instrumental ensemble formed by Miguel Colom, Fernando Arias, Álvaro Octavio, Ángel Luis Sánchez, and Pablo Barragán alongside Alard.

🎶 Benjamin Alard & friends

📅 November 5, 2026

🕐 8:00 PM

📍 Palau de la Música Catalana (Sala de Concerts), Barcelona

🎟️ €25 and €38

📖 Falla and the reinvention of the harpsichord

The repertoire establishes a dialogue across diverse musical eras. It features J. M. Sánchez-Verdú's arrangement of T. L. Victoria's Tantum ergo for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, and cello, alongside Sánchez-Verdú's own piece Las ínsulas extrañas for harpsichord and quintet. Additionally, the group will perform Sánchez-Verdú's arrangement of J. Vásquez's De los álamos vengo, madre for clarinet and cello.

The program also includes landmark keyboard works: four sonatas by D. Scarlatti (K 159, K 461, K 208, and K 118) and J. S. Bach's famous Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971, concluding with Manuel de Falla's landmark Concerto for harpsichord and five instruments.

🎶 Palau Cambra and the performers

Benjamin Alard, playing harpsichord and directing, shares the stage with violinist Miguel Colom, cellist Fernando Arias, flutist Álvaro Octavio, oboist Ángel Luis Sánchez, and clarinetist Pablo Barragán within the Palau's chamber music series.

✨ A chamber music evening exploring the sound of the harpsichord from the Baroque era to Falla at the Palau de la Música Catalana.