PIETRASANTA IN CONCERT – From Vivaldi to Fellini, the Italian virtuosi

Tuesday 19 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino – Carnaval des Animaux

Performers: Katia and Marielle Labèque piano. 

Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky, R. Schumann, R. Strauss, A. Dvorak, J. Brahms, C. Saint Saëns: Carnaval des animaux.

 

Wednesday 20 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino – From Vivaldi to Fellini, the Italian virtuosi 

Performers: Michael Guttman (violin), Dmitri Makhtin (violin), Enrico Fagone (double bass), Alberto Martini (violin and conductor). 

Music: G. Bottesini, gran duo per Violino e Contrabasso, A Vivaldi, Concerto in ré Minore,

G. Rossini, sonata per archi, N. Rota.

 

Thursday 21 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino – A trip to Vienna with Beethoven and Schubert

Performers: Walter Delahunt piano, Michael Guttman (violin), Toby Hoffman (viola), Alexander Buzlov (cello), Enrico Fagone (double bass). 

Music: V Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano N°1 in Re major, F . Schubert Quintet for Piano and strings «the Trout » in A major, D.667.

 

Friday 22 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino ï»¿– The Romantics: Brahms, Liszt, Schubert, Chopin

Performers: Plamena Mangova (piano), Michael Guttman (violin), Alissa Margulis (violin), Dmitri Makhtin (violin), Toby Hoffman (viola), Alexander Buzlov (cello). 

Music: Chopin – Etude op.25 n7 in c sharp minor, Ballade n1 op.23 in g minor, Liszt – Sonetto Petrarca 104, Mephisto-Valse n1, Mendelssohn – Sonata for violin and piano in F Major (with Dmitri Makhtin), Brahms – Piano Quintet (with Michael Guttman, Alissa Margulis, Toby Hoffmann, Alexander Buzlov).

 

Saturday 23 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino – Vadim Repin, the prince of the violin

Performers: Vadim Repin (violin), Andrei Korobeinikov (piano).
Music: C. Debussy – Sonate, S. Prokofiev – Sonate n°2, I. Stravinsky – Divertimento, P.I. Tchaikovsky – Méditation op. 42 n°1 – Valzer Scherzo op. 23.

 

Sunday 24 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino – The precocious genius of Mozart and Mendelssohn 

Performers: I cameristi del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Toby Hoffman (viola and conductor), Cho-Liang Lin (violin). 

Music: W. A. Mozart Symphony Concertante for violin and viola, F. Mendelssohn « Scottish » Symphony no 3

 

Monday 25 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino – The fabulous 4: The Jerusalem Quartet 

Performers: Ori Kam, Alexander Pavlovsky, Kyril Zlotnikov, Sergei Bresler.
Music: Schubert, Quartettsatz D 703, Dvorak, Quartetto n. 12 op. 96 "Americano", Beethoven, Quartetto n. 7 op. 59 n. 1 "Razumowsky".

 

Tuesday 26 July (*)
Campo della Rocca – Tango sansations

Performers: Alexander Gurning (piano), Manu Comté (bandoneon), Michael Guttman (violin), Enrico Fagone (double bass).

 

Wednesday 27 July
Pier of Marina di Pietrasanta – Bach and Beyond

Performers: The Menuhin Accademy Soloists:  Alexander Gurning piano, Cho Liang Lin violin, Michael Guttman violin. 

Music: J. S. Bach concerto for 2 violins, concerto for Piano in F minor, A Gurning, improvisations, F. Mendelsohnn concerto in D minor for violin.

 

Thursday 28 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino – Mozart Requiem 

Performers: The Debussy quartet, Christophe Collette violin, Marc Vieillefon violin, Vincent Deprecq viola, Cédric Conchon cello. 

Music: L. V. Beethoven quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, "Serioso" , W.A. Mozart – Requiem (quartet version)

 

Friday 29 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino – The future is here: introducing the Menuhin Academy Soloists
Performers: Featuring the young soloists of the Academy, Oleg Kaskiv (violin and conductor).
Music: P. Tchaikowsky, H. Wieniawsky, P. de Sarasate, K. Atterberg, Serenade for strings – P. Tchaikowsky.

 

Saturday 30 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino – Boris Berezovsky

Performers: Boris Berezovsky (piano), Cho Liang Lin (violin), Michael Guttman (violin), Toby Hoffman (viola), Henry Demarquette (cello). 

Music: P. Tchaikowsky, trio pe Pianoforte, Violino et Violoncello, C. Franck, quintetto per pianoforte e archi

 

Sunday 31 July
Chiostro di Sant' Agostino – Grand finale with Salvatore Accardo

Performers: Accardo Quartet: Salvatore Accardo (violin), Laura Gorna (violin), Cecilia Radic (cello), Francesco Fiore (viola). Michael Guttman (violin), Toby Hoffman (viola), Henry Demarquette (cello). Vanessa Benelli Mosell (piano). 

Music: C .Debussy, sonata per Violoncello e pianoforte, F. Mendelssohn, Ottetto pe archi, M. Ravel, Quartetto per archi.

Tickets available on the circuit TicketOne, at Versiliana Festival and on show evenings also at Cloister St. Augustine.