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Sunday, Oct 18 2026 · 8pm
Monasterio de Santa Isabel la Real | Granada
[Free entry]
Concert / Rennaisance
ANNA REINHOLD & QUITO GATO
The Garden of Heaven:
The Heavenly Grace of the Virgin Mary, as Told in
El viaje a Jerusalén by Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)

Anna Reinhold | mezzo-soprano

Quito Gato | seven-course vihuela

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On their first visit to Spain, the duo formed by French mezzo-soprano Anna Reinhold and Argentine vihuelist Quito Gato will present their album El Jardín del Cielo ("The Garden of Heaven") for the first time worldwide, following its recent release. This programme, devoted to Francisco Guerrero, invites listeners to enter the world of one of the greatest composers of the Spanish Golden Age, a figure who, alongside Tomás Luis de Victoria and Cristóbal de Morales, brought vocal polyphony to its zenith. Francisco Guerrero was a direct contemporary of Philip II, son of Charles V and the renowned patron of the Monastery of El Escorial. Born in Seville, Guerrero held various positions in ecclesiastical music institutions throughout Andalusia. Yet this did not prevent him from leading an adventurous and itinerant life at various points, travelling to Lisbon, Venice, Rome, and even the Holy Land. It was a long pilgrimage that inspired many of his compositions in Spanish, recounted in his book El viaje a Jerusalén ("Journey to Jerusalem"). On August 14th 1588, Guerrero set sail from Venice for the Holy Land. At the age of sixty, he risked his life, driven by an unwavering Christian faith. He was immersed not only in the musical landscape of Renaissance Europe, but also in the humanism that was transforming both the understanding of the universe and human sensibility, opening it up, as never before, to the realm of emotions. Praised both by his contemporaries and by illustrious successors such as Lope de Vega and Calderón, Guerrero exerted a considerable influence in both Spain and Italy, where his works were published. His output belongs primarily to the sacred repertoire, although in his youth he composed a number of secular songs. Following his return from the Holy Land, however, he only authorised their publication in Venice in 1589 after having "converted them to the divine" ("convertirlas a lo divino") by moralising their texts. These pieces are preserved in the collection Canciones y Villanescas Espirituales, one of the most remarkable legacies of the Spanish Renaissance. This programme seeks to revisit this extraordinary repertoire through a selection of works devoted to the Virgin Mary.

Program /

The Garden of Heaven:

The Heavenly Grace of the Virgin Mary, as Told in

El viaje a Jerusalén by Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)

Gregorian Chant (8th century)

Urbs Jerusalem Beata

Miguel de Fuenllana (ca. 1500-1579)

Suscepit Israel

Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)

Los Reyes siguen la estrella

A un Niño llorando al hielo

 

Miguel de Fuenllana

Pleni sunt coeli

 

Francisco Guerrero

Claros y hermosos ojos

Oh Virgen, cuando os miro

Alma, si sabes de amor

Miguel de Fuenllana

Fecit potentiam

Francisco Guerrero
Antes que comáis a Dios
Pan Divino, gracioso

Maronite Chant

Ya Oum Allah [Lebanon]


Sufi Chant

Mevlana [Turkey]

Francisco Guerrero

Ojos claros, serenos
Esclarecida Madre

Miguel de Fuenllana

Benedictus


Francisco Guerrero

Dexó del mundo
Si del Jardín del Cielo

Gregorian Chant (8th century)

Regina Caeli Beata

Biographies /

Anna Reinhold

Anna Reinhold has established herself as one of the most distinctive voices of her generation. She first came to prominence through her collaborations with Les Arts Florissants under the direction of William Christie, and subsequently with Cappella Mediterranea, led by Leonardo García Alarcón. Her performances are distinguished by a combination of stylistic rigour and profound expressive freedom. Her repertoire, ranging from Monteverdi to Berlioz, has taken her to some of the most prestigious stages in Europe and beyond, including the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Opéra Comique, the Royal Opera of Versailles and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Together with musician Quito Gato, her privileged artistic partner, Anna Reinhold has developed a distinctive artistic world in which historical research enters into dialogue with creation. She is the founder of Le Théâtre des Songes, an ensemble conceived as a space of freedom where early music, poetry, theatre and musical traditions from around the world converge. The projects she creates alongside Quito Gato offer a deeply contemporary perspective on musical heritage. Curious and open to every repertoire, she also collaborates with composers of our time. Her recordings reveal an artist whose warm voice, refined understanding of text and expressive intensity are always placed at the service of a deeply embodied vision of music.

Quito Gato

Quito Gato graduated from the Universidad de las Artes in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He furthered his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He developed an interest in early music, specialising in instruments such as the lute, baroque guitar, vihuela and theorbo, under the guidance of masters Hopkinson Smith and Eduardo Egüez. Since then, he has performed as a soloist and as a member of numerous ensembles at major venues throughout Europe and South America. In 2020, he obtained a Master’s degree in Performance from the Haute École de Musique de Genève (Switzerland), where he studied under Mónica Pustilnik. He has taken part in numerous chamber music and orchestral projects and has been a founding member of Cappella Mediterranea since 2007. Since 2000, he has made numerous critically acclaimed recordings spanning music from the medieval and baroque periods, as well as works inspired by the folk traditions of the Mediterranean and Latin America, for labels including Sony, Naxos, Virgin, Harmonia Mundi and Alpha. He regularly collaborates with prestigious ensembles, including Le Concert d’Astrée, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Le Concert de la Loge and L’Arpeggiata, among others. He has appeared as a soloist at major venues and festivals around the world, including Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in the United States; the Teatro Real and Auditorio Nacional in Madrid; the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona; the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; the Opéra Garnier and Opéra Bastille in Paris; the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires; La Scala in Milan; and the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. As a composer and arranger, he has worked with institutions including Radio France, the Gulbenkian Foundation and RTVE, as well as with artists such as Anne Sofie von Otter, Sonya Yoncheva, Núria Rial, Lucilla Galeazzi and Philippe Jaroussky, among others.

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