Alessandro Scarlatti has been played on NTS shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, with Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8, "Christmas Concerto" first played on 15 January 2018.

Alessandro Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 24 October 1725) was a Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.

Scarlatti was born in Sicily, either in Trapani or Palermo. He is generally said to have been a pupil of Giacomo Carissimi in Rome, and there is reason to…