July 22 - 25 2009
The 2009 festival sees the return of Vladimir Ashkenazy and Pascal Rogé and the first visit of The Tallis Scholars. Mr. Ashkenazy will conduct the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto in a programme of music by Prokofiev, Poulenc (soloist Pascal Rogé) and Schoenberg.
Other festival highlights include the legendary Tallis Scholars in the newly restored S.Maria dei Servi in Cittŕ della Pieve, a recital by the renowned Irish pianist Barry Douglas, and the return to Incontri of the Italian violinist Domenico Nordio in duo with Russian pianist Mikhail Lidsky.
Wed 22 July
7:30pm
Cittŕ della Pieve, Museo Civico Diocesano di
S. Maria dei Servi
Light refreshments after the concert at Palazzo della Corgna for patrons, members, sponsors and musicians.
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director
Music by Victoria, Allegri, Palestrina and Monteverdi.
Thu 23 July
9pm
Castelluccio, La Foce
7pm
Buffet in the Castelluccio garden before the concert
Barry Douglas, piano
Tchaikovsky May and June from Les Saisons, Op.37b
Rachmaninov Moment Musical No 5 in D flat
Schumann Sonata No 1
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Fri 24 July
9pm
Castelluccio, La Foce
7pm
Regional wines and organic produce will be offered to the public in the Castelluccio garden before the concert by the APT Chianciano-Val di Chiana.
Domenico Nordio, violin
Mikhail Lidsky, piano
Brahms Sonata op.78
Grieg Sonata no.2
Dvorak Romantic Pieces
Dallapiccola Tartiniana Seconda
Paganini-Szymanovsky
Tre Capricci op.40
Sat 25 July
9pm
Villa La Foce,
Italian Garden
6:30-8pm
A buffet dinner will be served in the Limonaia Garden before the concert.
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Pascal Rogé, piano
Alessandra Ashkenazy, choreographer
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Classical' op. 25
Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht, op. 4
Poulenc Aubade
a choreographic concerto for piano, 18 instruments and three dancers, set in the spectacular formal gardens at La Foce.
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