Chamber Music Festival
July 20-29 2007

Tango Passion

Alvaro Pierri, guitar, Romulo Larrea, bandoneon and friends present music by Astor Piazzolla and traditional tangos

7-9pm: a fashion show will be held in the gardens of La Foce before the concert, with light refreshments.

Johannes Brahms

Sonata op.120 no. 1 in F minor for viola and piano

Hungarian Dances for piano duet

Two Lieder op.91 for mezzo soprano, viola and piano

Liebeslieder Walzer for vocal quartet and piano duet

The Castelluccio exhibition “Etruscan Images” will also be open to the public.

Music for guitar, strings and piano

Haydn:
Quartet for Guitar, Violin, Viola and Cello (HOBOKEN III:8)

de Falla:
Hommage à Debussy
Danza del Molinero
Canciones Populares Españolas (Violin and Guitar)

Castelnuovo-Tedesco:
Fantasia op. 145

Villalobos:
Dois Estudos
Bachianas Brasileiras Nr. 5

Gnattali:
Sonata for Cello and Guitar

Ginastera:
Sonata for Guitar solo, opus 47

Brouwer:
Tres Danzas Concertantes

The Castelluccio exhibition “Etruscan Images” will also be open to the public.

Gala Concert

Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Conductor
Pascal Rogé, Piano

Elgar:
Serenade for Strings in E minor op.20

Mozart:
Concerto no.14 in A K414 for piano and strings

Dvorák:
Serenade for Strings in E op.22

All proceeds will be given to Arché, a non-profit association for the benefit of HIV-positive children. A buffet dinner will be served in the La Foce gardens before the concert.

Korngold, Hindemith, Zemlinksy, Schumann

Erich W. Korngold:
Much Ado about Nothing, suite for violin and piano

Paul Hindemith:
Trauermusik for viola and piano

Alexander Zemlinsky:
Trio op. 3 for piano, violin and cello

Robert Schumann:
Quartet in E flat op. 47 for piano and strings

The Castelluccio exhibition “Etruscan Images” will also be open to the public.

La Venexiana

Early Music Ensemble
Claudio Cavina, director

Claudio Monteverdi:
Era la Notte
Sinfonie, canti, lamenti
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, operatic scena for three voices and instruments

Refreshments will be offered by the Comune di Città della Pieve and the Consorzio dello Zafferano in the frescoed rooms of Palazzo della Corgna., after the concert.

Schubert, Brahms, Fauré

Franz Schubert:
Fantasie in F minor, D940 for piano duet

Gabriel Fauré:
Sonata for violin and piano n.2 in E min, op.108

Franz Schubert:
Piano Trio in E flat, D 897 ‘Nocturne’

Johannes Brahms:
Piano Trio in C min, op. 101

7 – 9pm. A wine-tasting, with samples of typical Tuscan products, will be held in the Castelluccio garden before the concert. The Castelluccio exhibition “Etruscan Images” will also be open to the public.