During the summer, the concert season for organ music takes place in Corsanico in the municipality of Massarosa. The music season is organised by the cultural association “Amici della musica d’Organo Vincenzo Colonna”, which takes its name from the man who made the 15th century organ that is now found in the parish church of San Michele Arcangelo. This event has become a very important point of reference for organ music lovers on an international level and gives one the opportunity to listen to very interesting musical programmes performed by prestigious organists in the beautiful romanic parish church of Corsanico.
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Friday 5 July, 21.15:
Ascoltando il cinema (Listening to the cinema)
“Tuscan Chamber Orchestra”
Antonio Aiello: violin soloist
Yung Ah Choi: soprano
Mattteo Venturini: Piano and organ.
Music by Morricone, Bacalov, Morris, Williams, Piovani.
Admission 10 euro.
Sunday 14 July, 21.15:
Tutto Bach (All Bach)
Roberto Menichetti: organ.
Music by Bach.
Admission 5 euro.
Friday 19 July, 21.15:
Daniele Boccaccio: organ
Chiara Massini: harpsicord.
Music by Bach, Blanco, Mozart.
Admission 5 euro.
Tuesday 23 July, 21.15:
“Dasan Youth Orchestra”
Kim Hyong Jun : conductor.
Music by Rossini, Strauss, Rosset, Bizet.
Admission free
Saturday 27 July, 21.15:
Ivano Battiston: accordion
David Bellugi: recorder
Luca Magni: flute.
Music by Vivaldi, Luciani, Bach, Piazzolla, Telemann.
Admission 10 euro.
Saturday 3 August, 21.15:
Simonide Braconi: viola
Monaldo Braconi: piano.
Music by Vieuxtemps, Shubert, Braconi, Brahms.
Admission 10 euro.
Sunday 11 August, 21.15:
Serata Verdiana (Verdi Evening)
“Ottoni Romantici” Ensemble
Jonathan Pia: rotary trumpets
Michele Santi: rotary trumpets
Mauro Morini: trombone a tiro
Corrado Colliard: rotary trombone
Marco Ruggeri: organ.
Music by Verdi, Bellini, Da Bergamo, Morandi, Cacciamani, Schiltz.
Admission 5 euro.
Wednesday 14 August, 21.15:
Lorenzo Ghielmi: organ
Vera Milan: soprano.
Music by Frescobaldi, Monteverdi, Pasquini, Martinengo, Zipoli, Böhm, Haendel, Bach.
Admission 5 euro.
Saturday 17 August, 21.15:
Claudia Termini: organ
Riccardo Risaliti: piano.
Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart.
Admission 5 euro.
Saturday 24 August, 21.15
“I Cameristi del maggio Musicale Fiorentino” ensemble
Domenico Pierini: violin soloist and director
Federico Rovini: piano
Dimitri Betti: organ.
Music by Albinoni, Haendel, Mozzart, Chopin.
Admission 10 euro.
Tuesday 27 August, 21.15:
“Thames Youth Orchestra and Choir”
Simon ferris: conductor.
Music by Gibbons, Byrd, Vaughan, Britten, Malcom, Stanford, Chilcott.
Admission free.
by car: from Lucca A11 motorway until Massarosa, then ss439 Sarzanese-Valdera until the junction for Bargecchia-Corsanico, then follow the signs for Corsanico.
Associazione Culturale “Amici della Musica d’Organo Vincenzo Colonna”
tel: 0584 954016
Associazione Culturale “Amici della Musica d’Organo Vincenzo Colonna”
The organ in the parish church of San Michele Arcangelo was made between 1602 and 1606 for the church of San Francesco in Lucca by the venetian, Vincenzo Colonna. The instrument, which during its period of construction cost 380 gold coins, is a work of art in Venetian organ making and is highly esteemed from both an architectural and phonic point of view. The organ was put on sale in a public auction in 1885 and Annibale Ceragioli from Corsanico put in the highest bid on behalf of the village. The first concert season took place in the parish in 1982. Since then there have been many highly acclaimed musicians who have performed on the keyboards of Colonna’s organ.
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