MONTEVERDI’S VESPERS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
On the 27th of July the 51st OperaBarga Festival begins. It’s organized by the Opera Barga Cultural Association, president Nicholas Hunt and artistic conductor Massimo Fino.
Events will take place in the charming town in various locations, alternating sacred music with chamber music, baroque music and music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Thursday, July 27, at 9.30 pm – Barga Cathedral – Opening Concert with the Vespers of the Blessed Virgin by Claudio Monteverdi (on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of his birth).
Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli
Choir and Soloists of the Ensemble and Orchestra of the Invaghiti Academy
INFO: tel / fax 0583 711068
LE MUSICHE ENSEMBLE AT THE TEATRO DEI DIFFERENTI
Friday, July 28, at 9.30 pm – Teatro dei Differenti – concert by the Le Musiche Ensemble, conductor Simone Bernardini
LE MUSICHE ENSEMBLE IN THE ST. ELISABETTA CLOISTER
July 29, 6.30 pm – St. Elisabetta cloister (historical centre) – concert by the Le Musiche Ensemble, conductor Simone Bernardini
DEBORAH YORK AND PRIVITERA’S “RIME”
July 29, 9.30 pm – Teatro dei Differenti – recital with the “Rime amorose e teologiche della Nobilissima Signora Zerina Samietz di Sebenico”. (“Love and theological rhymes of the most noble lady Zerina Samietz of Šibenik”). Music by Antonello Privitera.
Performers:
Soprano, Deborah York
Treble viol, Alberto Rasi
Tenor viol, Claudia Pasetto
Bass viol, Paolo Biordi
Piano and direction, Stefano Salvatori
Deborah York is one of the most famous baroque sopranos in Europe. Graduating in musicology with the highest marks from the University of Manchester, she sings in all the major theatres of Europe and with the greatest conductors. She sang in Claudio Abbado’s last concert with the Berlin Philharmonic in May 2013, the orchestra he conducted from 1990 to 2002.
Deborah York has recorded over 40 CDs and debuted at Glyndebourne as Servilia in Mozart’s “Clemenza di Tito”. She regularly sings in the world’s major theatres (Covent Garden, Staatsoper Berlin, Opera di Roma, Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Carnegie Hall, New York, Mozarteum, Palau de La Musica). She has sung Mozart, Gluck, Handel, Britten, Monteverdi, Telemann and Purcell.
LE MUSICHE ENSEMBLE IN THE ST. ELISABETTA CLOISTER
July 30, 6.30 pm – St. Elisabetta cloister (historical centre) – concert by the Le Musiche Ensemble, conductor Simone Bernardini (see photo)
FESTIVAL ‘S CLOSING CONCERT
August 5, 9:30 pm – Chiesa del SS. Crocifisso
Closing Concert with the l’Orchestra dell’ Accademia dell’Annunciata conducted by Riccardo Doni
Angelo Calvo, Pierfrancesco Pelà, Violins
Maria Bocelli, Viola
Maria Calvo,
Maria Calvo, Violoncello
Paolo Bogno, Violone
Elisa La Marca, Liuto
Programme:
Giovanni Bassano RICERCATA a Violino solo
Claudio Monteverdi SINFONIA dall’Orfeo
ARMATO IL COR – madrigale a due transposed for two violins and basso continuo
Andrea Falconiero IL SPIRITILLO for Viola and Violoncello
Christofaro Caserana TARANTELLA for Viola and Violoncello
Giovanni Gabrieli CANZONI La Spiritata
Hieronymus Kapsberger CANZONE I for solo Lute
Dario Castello SONATA XVI a 4
Antonio Vivaldi SONATA Op1 n 12 “LA FOLLIA”
Antonio Vivaldi CONCERTO in C major. RV 114
Baldassarre Galuppi CONCERTO n. 1 a quattro in A minor,
Antonio Vivaldi SINFONIA in D major, RV 125
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