In Venice, to listen to one of Stravinskij’s great religious works in St. Mark’s Basilica, who wrote it precisely thinking about that place of worship and those spaces; he dedicated it to the “Urbi Venetiae, in laude Beati Marci”, to the city he loved and where he rests. From the hieratic sounds of “Father Igor” to the close listening of many quartets, in Reggio Emilia; and chamber music in historic homes, with “Musica con Vista 2021”.
Milano
On the 6th at 6 pm in the fifteenth-century cloister of the Mirasole Abbey, in Opera, at the start of the Trio Chagall “Musica con Vista 2021”, chamber music festival, in the open air in the most evocative places in Italy. Until 18 September, there will be 37 concerts in 10 Regions, a musical journey in the gardens, cloisters and courtyards of historic houses and palaces, which represent an integral part of the Italian identity and cultural heritage. It is thanks to the meeting of the AMUR Committee with Le Dimore del Quartetto, in partnership with the Italian Historic Houses Association.
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Reggio Emilia
From 6 to 13 at the Teatro Valli for the Borciani Competition we listen to young quartets, from morning to evening. The competition was founded in 1987 in honor of fellow citizen Paolo Borciani (1922–1985), founder and first violin of the famous Italian Quartet. The Prize, which takes place every three years, is today one of the largest. Among the pieces to bring to the Competition there is also a piece by a living composer: among others, Marco Stroppa (1994), Luciano Berio (1997), Salvatore Sciarrino (2000), Wolfgang Rihm (2002), Peter Maxwell Davies (2005), Giovanni Sollima (2008), Giya Kancheli (2011), Thomas Adès (2014), Silvia Colasanti (2017).
Venezia
On the 4th in St. Mark’s Basilica, an excellent opportunity to listen to the Canticum Sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis by Igor Stravinskij, with Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice, conductor Markus Stenz. The work was composed, commissioned by the Biennale Music Festival, to be performed in the Basilica; it is dedicated to the “Urbi Venetiae, in laude Beati Marci”. As on that September 13, 1956 of the first performance, the same program will be listened to, which included – as Stravinsky desired – also the great authors operating in Venice in the seventeenth century. Here then is Monteverdi, the two Gabrieli, Schütz.