Terre d'Arezzo Music Festival 2023

Terre d’Arezzo, a festival where great classical music is the soloist in a magnificent concert of art, culture, history and landscape.

Organised by the ‘Opera Viwa’ Association with the patronage and contribution of MIC, the Ministry of Culture, the Tuscan Region’s Performing Arts Sector, and the patronage of the Province of Arezzo, the Festival reaches its 18th edition this year. Even richer and more extensive is the programme, which will cross the territory of no less than 16 municipalities in the province of Arezzo, presenting a varied array of events with exceptional guests and programmes.
After the preview concert, scheduled for Thursday, 6 July at Borgo Mocale Bio Agriturismo in Castelfranco Piandiscò, with “In viaggio con Ruggiero Leoncavallo”, starring Silvia Martinelli, soprano, and Ingrid Carbone, piano, the festival will start on 12 July and will end on 7 September 2023 and will host, as usual, the Arezzo Organ Festival.
The “locations” will be the most varied and evocative, starting from the historical palaces and monumental churches in the historic centre of Arezzo, and extending to the treasures of the territory: villages, Romanesque parish churches, ancient cloisters, gardens, villas and squares.
Some of the Festival’s events in detail. For the inauguration, a concert with an unprecedented theme: ‘Bach and Piazzolla’, with the duo formed by Cesare Chiacchiaretta on accordion and Tito Ciccarese, flute, in the beautiful setting of the Cloister of the State Archives (12 July, 6 pm). The Ensemble Dorati will be the protagonist of the concert for oboe and strings in collaboration with the 29th String Quartet Festival (13 July, Pieve di S. Pietro a Gropina, Loro Ciuffenna).
The main event of this Festival will follow, the Concert “In tempore passionis”, in the extraordinary setting of the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo (14 July). The protagonist is the Cappella Musicale della Cappella Musicale della Patriarcale Basilica di San Marco in Venice (Cappella Marciana), one of the oldest and most prestigious vocal ensembles in the world under the guidance of Maestro Marco Gemmani, with organ accompaniment by Andrea Trovato. The entire programme is dedicated to Claudio Monteverdi with the ‘Missa in illo tempore’ and other sacred compositions dedicated to the Passion of Christ. This concert marks the beginning of the series dedicated to organ music: “Arezzo Organ Festival” 2023, in its 10th edition.

Other highlights on 16 July with a concert by Alexander Somov (cello) and Daniel Pandolfo (organ), at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Donato. The Festa Rustica ensemble offers the concert “Risonanze Barocche”, with instrumental music and sacred arias for voice, baroque flute and harpsichord (20 July, Sanctuary of Madonna delle Grazie di Montemarciano, Terranuova Bracciolini).
Dedicated to St. Augustine’s Letters, the 30 July appointment at the Basilica of San Domenico in Arezzo: “Florilegio agostiniano” with the reciting voice of Elena Zegna, Ubaldo Rosso on flute and Didier Hennuyer on organ. Concert on 1 August dedicated to auteur cinema with the Duo Vertigo, who will present “Non è un paese per vecchi” by the Cohen brothers in Piazza Battisti in San Giovanni Valdarno.
“Crossover Jazz from the Mediterranean to Latin America” is the theme of the concert by the “Piero Gaddi Jazz Quartet”, 2 August at the Churchyard of SS Tiburzio and Susanna in Bucine (loc. Perelli). The Sanctuary of the Madonna del Carmine in Anghiari is the setting for the concert for organ and trumpet by the duo formed by Maurizio Pasqui and Andrea Trovato (5 August).
This is followed by “Suona l’armonica”, by the duo formed by Santo Albertini on harmonica and Edoardo Bruni on piano (6 August, Auditorium di S. Chiara, Sansepolcro). On 10 August, Night of the Stars, a double concert with “Summertime” at the Il Verreno Residence in Bucine (loc. Ambra) and “Summer Nocturnes” with the UmbriaEnsemble Quartet at the Convent of Montecarlo in San Giovanni Valdarno. Also in San Giovanni Valdarno on 23 August “From Bach to Queen”, starring the Frescobaldi Ensemble, and on 4 September “Romantic Songs”, with the Opera Viwa Trio formed by Silvia Martinelli, soprano, Fabio Taruschio, flute and Andrea Trovato on piano.
Croatian pianist Marjan Duzel offers a recital on “Paraphrases on the Dies Irae” (1 September, Chiostro di S. Agostino, Cortona). On 7 September, last concert at Borgo Mocale Bio Agriturismo (Castelfranco Pianidscò) with the piano duo Vesna Ocwirk & Ennio Clari.

PROGRAM

Wednesday, July 12th
6:00 PM
Chiostro dell’Archivio di Stato, Arezzo

BACH AND PIAZZOLLA

– Cesare Chiacchiaretta, accordion
– Tito Ciccarese, flute

Thursday, July 13th
9:15 PM
Pieve di S. Pietro a Gropina, Loro Ciuffenna

CONCERT FOR OBOE AND STRINGS
“Antal Dorati” Ensemble

– Massimiliano Salmi, oboe and English horn
– Corinne Curtaz and Simone Ferrari, violins
– Dézi Herber, viola
– Beatrice Guarducci, cello
– (In collaboration with the 29th Festival of String Quartets)

Friday, July 14th
9:15 PM
Basilica di San Francesco, Arezzo

IN TEMPORE PASSIONIS
Arezzo Organ Festival
Cappella Musicale della Patriarcale Basilica di San Marco in Venice

– Marco Gemmani, conductor
– Andrea Trovato, organ

Saturday, July 15th
9:15 PM
Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Capolona

L’ALTRO MOZART

Musical Fable
Filarmonica “G. Puccini” di Suvereto

– Carmelo Santalucia, conductor
– Riccardo Malandrini, actor
– Maurizio Canovaro, director
– Alessia Todeschini, texts

Sunday, July 16th
9:15 PM
Cattedrale dei SS Pietro e Donato, Arezzo

CONCERT FOR CELLO AND ORGAN

Arezzo Organ Festival

– Alexander Somov, cello (Bulgaria)
– Daniel Pandolfo, organ (France)

Thursday, July 20th
9:15 PM
Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie (Loc. Montemarciano), Terranuova Bracciolini

BAROQUE RESONANCES
Ensemble Festa Rustica

– Giorgia Cinciripi, soprano
– Giorgio Matteoli, recorders
– Giulio Mercati, harpsichord

Friday, July 21st
9:15 PM
Piazza della Chiesa, Castiglion Fibocchi

HISTOIRE DU TANGO
Sator Duo

– Paolo Castellani, violin
– Francesco Di Giandomenico, guitar

Saturday, July 22nd
9:15 PM
Chiostro di San Francesco, Castiglion Fiorentino

CONCERT FOR CELLO AND PIANO

– Tove Törngren, cello (Sweden)
– Eline Bergman, piano (Netherlands)

Tuesday, July 25th
9:15 PM
Chiostro di Santa Chiara, Sansepolcro

SALOTTO MUSICALE
Trio Lanzini
(In collaboration with Amici della Musica di Sansepolcro)

Thursday, July 27th
9:15 PM
Piazza di Castelluccio, Capolona

MUSICA VAGABONDA
Sabrina Gasparini Trio

Sunday, July 30th
9:15 PM
Basilica di San Domenico, Arezzo

FLORILEGIO AGOSTINIANO
Arezzo Organ Festival

– Elena Zegna, reciting voice
– Ubaldo Rosso, flute
– Didier Hennuyer, organ (France)

Tuesday, August 1st
9:15 PM
Piazza Cesare Battisti, San Giovanni Valdarno

CINECONCERT “NON È UN PAESE PER VECCHI”
Duo Vertigo

– Martina Bellesi, cello
– Francesco Oliveto, compositions and keyboards

Wednesday, August 2nd
9:15 PM
Sagrato Chiesa SS. Tiburzio e Susanna (Loc. Perelli), Bucine

CROSSOVER JAZZ FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO LATIN AMERICA
Piero Gaddi Jazz Quartet

Thursday, August 3rd
9:15 PM
Chiostro di San Francesco, Castiglion Fiorentino

MORRICONE’S ANTHOLOGY

– Andrea Tassini, trumpet
– Gabriele Pezone, piano

Friday, August 4th
9:15 PM
Pieve di Santa Maria, Arezzo

ORGAN RECITAL

Arezzo Organ Festival

– Stephan Van de Vijgert, organ (Netherlands)

Saturday, August 5th
9:15 PM
Santuario della Madonna del Carmine, Anghiari

CONCERT FOR TRUMPET AND ORGAN

Arezzo Organ Festival

– Maurizio Pasqui, trumpet
– Andrea Trovato, organ

Sunday, August 6th
9:15 PM
Auditorium di S. Chiara, Sansepolcro

SUONA L’ARMONICA

– Santo Albertini, harmonica
– Edoardo Bruni, piano
– (In collaboration with Amici della Musica di Sansepolcro)

Tuesday, August 8th
9:15 PM
Pieve a Sietina, Capolona

PORTRAITS OF WOMEN IN LOVE
Lyrical Concert

– Larissa Alice Wissel, soprano
– Gaia Caporiccio, piano

Thursday, August 10th
9:15 PM
Residenza Il Verreno, Bucine

SUMMERTIME

– Simona Aprile (Monavril), vocals
– Alberto Napolitano, saxophone
– Angela Trematore, piano

Thursday, August 10th
9:15 PM
Convento di Montecarlo, San Giovanni Valdarno

NOTTURNI D’ESTATE
Umbria Ensemble String Quartet
(In collaboration with Pro Loco di S. Giovanni Valdarno)

Sunday, August 13th
9:15 PM
Badia delle SS Flora e Lucilla, Arezzo

ORGAN RECITAL
Arezzo Organ Festival

– Giacomo Benedetti, organ

Thursday, August 17th
9:15 PM
Roseto Botanico “C. e G. Fineschi”, Cavriglia

FILM SUITE
Trio Calliope

– Gianmarco Solarolo, oboe
– Alfredo Pedretti, French horn
– Cristina Monti, piano

Friday, August 18th
9:15 PM
Pieve di Galatrona, Bucine

SMALL MUSICAL TREASURES
Duo Calliope

– Luca Peverini, cello
– Tiziana Cosentino, piano

Sunday, August 20th
9:15 PM
Chiesa di S. Bartolomeo a Badia al Pino, Civitella in Val di Chiana

CONCERT FOR OBOE AND ORGAN
Arezzo Organ Festival

– Elena Romiti, oboe
– Letizia Romiti, organ

Wednesday, August 23rd
9:15 PM
Piazza Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno

FROM BACH TO QUEEN
Ensemble Frescobaldi
(In collaboration with Unicoop Firenze)

Thursday, August 24th
9:15 PM
Villa Mocale, Castelfranco Piandiscò

CONCERT FOR FLUTE AND PIANO
Henrik Blazej & Teresa Kaban (Poland)

Friday, August 25th
9:15 PM
Piazza di Montegonzi, Cavriglia

CONCERT FOR FLUTE AND PIANO

– Andrea Meucci, flute
– Francesco Attesti, piano

Tuesday, August 29th
9:15 PM
Santuario della Madonna del Carmine, Anghiari

CONCERT FOR FLUTE AND ORGAN

Arezzo Organ Festival
Duo Les Brumes

– Enea Luzzani, flute
– Tommaso Maria Mazzoletti, organ

Friday, September 1st
9:15 PM
Chiostro di S. Agostino, Cortona

PARAPHRASES ON THE DIES IRAE
Marijan Đuzel (Croatia), piano

Monday, September 4th
9:15 PM
Piazza Cesare Battisti, San Giovanni Valdarno

ROMANTIC SONGS
Trio Opera Viwa

– Silvia Martinelli, soprano
– Fabio Taruschio, flute
– Andrea Trovato, piano

Thursday, September 7th
9:15 PM
Borgo Mocale Bio Agriturismo (loc. Lama), Castelfranco Piandiscò

FROM SCHUBERT TO PIAZZOLLA
Vesna Ocwirk & Ennio Clari, piano duo (Croatia)