Edition 2024
Early Music Day takes place every year on 21 March, at the initiative of REMA. This celebration of more than a thousand years of music, through concerts and events taking place simultaneously around the world, is an opportunity for Europeans to (re)discover our musical heritage!
21/03/2024 19:30 CET
SEI SOLO On-site
N&B MARETERRA FESTIVAL ItalyCHIESA SAN DOMENICO, Strada Palazzo dell'Intendenza, 22, 70122 BARI
H.I.F. von BIBER
Passacaglia in sol minore
J.S. BACH
Sonata n. 1 in sol minore (BWV 1001)
Partita n. 2 in re minore (BWV 1004)
Passacaglia in sol minore
J.S. BACH
Sonata n. 1 in sol minore (BWV 1001)
Partita n. 2 in re minore (BWV 1004)
Musicians
BORIS BEGELMAN (solo violin)
21/03/2024 18:00 CET (21/03/2024 18:00 CET)
Il Lautenwerk, un cembalo raro On-site
Academia Montis Regalis ItalySala Ghislieri , Mondovì - Cuneo /Italy, Via Francesco Gallo 7, 12084 Mondovì
Harpsichord Recital by Franz Silvestri
Musicians
Franz Silvestri
21/03/2024 21:00 CET
La Guitarre Royalle On-site
Associazione MusicaMente ItalyOratorio Santa Cita , Via Valverde 3 , Palermo , 90146 Palermo
The programme 'La Guitarre Royalle' brings together music from the entire production of Francesco Corbetta (Pavia 1615 - Paris 1681). Starting with his first Bolognese print of 1639 up to the second Parisian edition of the Guitarre Rqyalle of 1674, the apex of his production, which combines in a refined manner the Italian style with its Spanish influences, with the French style, well assimilated by the Pavia composer during his stay in Versailles in the Lullian period.
A witness, with his printed collections, to the compositional evolution of guitar music from a simple chordal accompaniment to music as elaborate and complex as any other instrument, Corbetta reaches the apex of this instrumental wisdom with the pieces for two guitars. It is not a question of a solo guitar accompanied by the second, but rather of two guitars in dialogue, whose summed chords create real 'harmonic clusters' rich in overtones, and whose melodic lines s1 move m1 counterpoint.
A witness, with his printed collections, to the compositional evolution of guitar music from a simple chordal accompaniment to music as elaborate and complex as any other instrument, Corbetta reaches the apex of this instrumental wisdom with the pieces for two guitars. It is not a question of a solo guitar accompanied by the second, but rather of two guitars in dialogue, whose summed chords create real 'harmonic clusters' rich in overtones, and whose melodic lines s1 move m1 counterpoint.
Musicians
I Bassifondi, Gabriele Miracle: percussion
Ror Zuljan: baroque guitar
Simone V allerotonda: baroque guitar and direction
Ror Zuljan: baroque guitar
Simone V allerotonda: baroque guitar and direction
21/03/2024 18:00 CET (21/03/2024 18:00 CET)
Airy vagueness and sacred modulations On-site
Conservatorio di Musica "G. Rossini" ItalyMuseo Nazionale Rossini, Via Passeri, 72, 61121 Pesaro e Urbino
On Thursday 21 March, the Rossini Conservatoire celebrates the European Day of Early Music 2024 at the Rossini National Museum. Instituted by the European Community on the day of J. S. Bach's birth (1685) and the spring equinox, the celebration aims to ideally unite Europe in the sign of its millenary musical tradition (from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century), symbolised by the great Leipzig, and at a moment of rebirth to life marked by the shift of the Sun's hemisphere.
For the occasion, students and teachers of the CRoMA (Conservatorio Rossini Musica Antica) ensemble are proposing a concert entitled Ariose vaghezze e Sacre modulazioni, ovvero la monodia accompagnata del Seicento italiano per arciliuto e voci.
For the occasion, students and teachers of the CRoMA (Conservatorio Rossini Musica Antica) ensemble are proposing a concert entitled Ariose vaghezze e Sacre modulazioni, ovvero la monodia accompagnata del Seicento italiano per arciliuto e voci.
Musicians
Prof. Pietro Prosser archlute
Giulia Silvestri, Laura Luciani, Jungmi Park sopranos
Giulia Silvestri, Laura Luciani, Jungmi Park sopranos
21/03/2024 18:00 CET
Music for a while – Dilettanti eruditi e mecenati On-site
Conservatorio statale di Musica "G. B. Martini", Bologna ItalySala Bossi del Conservatorio "G. B. Martini", Piazza Rossini 1, 40100 Bologna
The concert celebrates the Early Music Day and the donation of a virginal and several recorders and traversos to the Conservatorio by a Bolognese music lover and amateur player. According to the quality of the instruments, the concert is entirely dedicated to the English music (J. Dowland, Th. Morley, H. Purcell, W. Lawes).
Musicians
Ensemble di Musica antica del Conservatorio “G. B. Martini”
Cleonice Sabrina Bortolotti, Margherita Minardi, Amelia Rossi Fioravanti, Ufuk Aslan, Luca Fanteria, voices
Stefano Gerard, So-Yeong Baik, violins
Francesco Lussignoli, Daniele Salvatore, traverso and recorder
Federica Bettelli, Luca Piccini, viol da gamba
MIchele Barbieri, Michela De Pasquale, Laura di Cera, Yui Mochizuki, Giuditta Pizzilli, harpsichord
13/03/2024 20:45 CET (13/03/2024 20:45 CET)
Haydn’s Seven Last Words On-site
Associazione Filarmonica di Rovereto ItalySala Filarmonica, Corso Antonio Rosmini 86, 38068 Rovereto
The young international period instrumentalists of Theresia Orchestra embark on a poignant journey for their next orchestral residency in Lodi, exploring Haydn’s original orchestral version of his masterpiece “The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross”. Commissioned by a Spanish priest in 1786 for a Good Friday service in an underground church in Cádiz, Haydn was asked to compose a series of slow, meditative “sonatas,” each relating to one of the seven last words of Christ during the crucifixion, as outlined in the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John. Interwoven with reflective spoken word mediations, Alfredo Bernardini will lead Theresia Orchestra in this meaningful work.
Musicians
Theresia Orchestra
Alfredo Bernardini - conductor
Alfredo Bernardini - conductor
14/03/2024 21:00 CET (14/03/2024 21:00 CET)
Haydn’s Seven Last Words On-site
Associazione Angelo Marini ItalyBasilica di San Giovanni Evangelista, Viale Farini, Ravenna
The young international period instrumentalists of Theresia Orchestra embark on a poignant journey for their next orchestral residency in Lodi, exploring Haydn’s original orchestral version of his masterpiece “The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross”. Commissioned by a Spanish priest in 1786 for a Good Friday service in an underground church in Cádiz, Haydn was asked to compose a series of slow, meditative “sonatas,” each relating to one of the seven last words of Christ during the crucifixion, as outlined in the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John. Interwoven with reflective spoken word mediations, Alfredo Bernardini will lead Theresia Orchestra in this meaningful work.
Musicians
Theresia Orchestra
Alfredo Bernardini - conductor
Archbishop of Ravenna - narrator
Alfredo Bernardini - conductor
Archbishop of Ravenna - narrator
12/03/2024 21:00 CET (12/03/2024 21:00 CET)
Haydn’s Seven Last Words On-site
Teatro alle Vigne ItalyChiesa di San Francesco, Piazza Ospitale, 26900 Lodi
The young international period instrumentalists of Theresia Orchestra embark on a poignant journey for their next orchestral residency in Lodi, exploring Haydn’s original orchestral version of his masterpiece “‘The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross”.
Commissioned by a Spanish priest in 1786 for a Good Friday service in an underground church in Cádiz, Haydn was asked to compose a series of slow, meditative “sonatas,” each relating to one of the seven last words of Christ during the crucifixion, as outlined in the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John. Interwoven with reflective spoken word mediations, Alfredo Bernardini will lead Theresia Orchestra in this meaningful work.
Musicians
Theresia Orchestra
Alfredo Bernardini - conductor
Antonio Messina - narrator
Alfredo Bernardini - conductor
Antonio Messina - narrator
20/03/2024 18:00 CET
TODOS LOS MALES On-site
Centro di Musica Antica Ghislieri - Fondazione Teatro Fraschini ItalyCinema Teatro Politeama, Corso Camillo Benso Cavour, 20, 27100 Pavia PV
Presentation with the artists and then film projection of the movie TODOS LOS MALES by Simone Derai based on the opera LES INCAS DU PEROU by J. P. Rameau that took place at Rimini for the Sagra Musicale Malatestiana on October 2022.
Musicians
Juana Myriam Chero Tarazona - Maria Elena Soto Chero (Phani) - Marco Ciccullo (Carlos) - Cristian Alexis Alarcon Jara (Huascar) - Ekaterina Protsenko (Soprano) Nicholas Scott (Tenore) - Renato Dolcini (Baritono)
Coro Universitario del Collegio Ghislieri - Luca Colombo | Choir leader
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Giulio Prandi | Conductor
Production: Sagra Musicale Malatestiana, Anagoor, Kublai Film
Director: Simone Derai
Photography: Giulio Favotto
Coro Universitario del Collegio Ghislieri - Luca Colombo | Choir leader
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Giulio Prandi | Conductor
Production: Sagra Musicale Malatestiana, Anagoor, Kublai Film
Director: Simone Derai
Photography: Giulio Favotto
21/03/2024 11:11 CET (21/03/2024 11:11 CET)
Inaugural Concert of the 6th International Festival of Early Music 'Timeless Notes On-site
Note senza tempo festival internazionale di musica antica ItalySassari (Sardinia - Italy), Piazza Cappuccini, 1, , 07100 Sassari
On World Early Music Day, the festival opens its 6th edition with two extraordinary cantatas by J.S. Bach
Cantata No. 131
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir
Cantata No. 106
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit - Actus Tragicus
Cantata No. 131
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir
Cantata No. 106
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit - Actus Tragicus
Musicians
La Calandria Ensemble
ALIDA OLIVA soprano
BIANCA SIMONE alto
JIANGCHEN HE tenor
DECIO BIAVATI bass
WILLELM PEERIK organ and direction
ALIDA OLIVA soprano
BIANCA SIMONE alto
JIANGCHEN HE tenor
DECIO BIAVATI bass
WILLELM PEERIK organ and direction
21/03/2024 17:00 CET
Il Tessuto dei Sogni / The Fabric of Dreams On-site
ISIS CARDUCCI - DANTE ItalyISIS Carducci-Dante, Aula Magna, Via Giustiniano 3, 34133 Trieste
It's a transcription of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by Shakespeare in three languages: English, Italian and Triestine dialect, written and played by the school's classical students. The play is accompanied by the music of The Fairy Queen by Purcell, played by the school's early music students.
Musicians
50 students of Classical and Musical High School 'Carducci-Dante' of Trieste (aged 16-19)
Philosophy teacher Mrs Elsa Zibai, English teacher Mrs Anna Pettener,
Early music MM Teodora Tommasi, Arstistic supervision MM Fanni Cannelles (Accademia Ars Nova)
21/03/2024 21:00 CET
Concerto di Pasqua On-site
Centro di Musica Antica Ghislieri ItalyBasilica di San Michele Maggiore, Piazza San Michele, 27100 Pavia PV
Giulio Prandi will propose, together with Coro Ghislieri and the Basso Continuo of the ensemble, a new program around the music of N. Jommelli and D. Perez. A musical match between the father of Neapolitan opera music of the XVIII century who became famous all over Europe, and the most rappresentative composer of sacred music of the same period who ended the carrer in a far european state, Portugal.
Musicians
Alessandro Nasello, Yoan Otano - FAGOTTI
Maria Cecilia Farina - ORGANO
CORO GHISLIERI
DIRETTORE - Giulio Prandi
Maria Cecilia Farina - ORGANO
CORO GHISLIERI
DIRETTORE - Giulio Prandi
21/03/2024 18:00 CET
Festa della Musica Antica: Accade anche qui On-site
Diapason Consortium ItalyAuditorium San Dionigi, Piazza Martiri della Liberazione n. 12, 27029 Vigevano
A tribute concert to Early Music in Vigevano, a beautiful town close to Milan both geographically and historically. Here, during the Renaissance, the Sforza Court moved from Milan; moreover, important figures such as Ludovico il Moro, Leonardo da Vinci and Donato Bramante lived here. The venue for the concert is the splendid San Dionigi Auditorium - a deconsecrated Baroque church that represents the temple of music in Vigevano - located a few meters from the fabulous Piazza Ducale.
Musicians
Maratona Musicale with "Bottega dei Suoni"
21/03/2024 09:10 CET (21/03/2024 09:10 CET)
Bach's harpsichord concerts On-site
Amici della Musica di Padova ItalyAuditorium Pollini, Via Carlo Cassan 17, 35121 Padova
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto n. 5 BWV 1050, Concerto BWV 1053, Concerto BWV 1057
G.F. Händel: Trio Sonata op. 5 n. 4 HWV 399
G.F. Händel: Trio Sonata op. 5 n. 4 HWV 399
Musicians
AbChordis Ensemble, Baroque ensemble
Thomas Kügler, Traverso and Recorder
Cecilia Massenzana, Recorder
Rahel Wittling, Violin
Andrea Buccarella, Harpsichord and Conductor
Thomas Kügler, Traverso and Recorder
Cecilia Massenzana, Recorder
Rahel Wittling, Violin
Andrea Buccarella, Harpsichord and Conductor
22/03/2024 11:15 CET (22/03/2024 11:15 CET)
Early Music Day - L'Aquila 2024 On-site
Associazione Musicale Aquila Altera ItalyPalazzetto dei Nobili, L'Aquila, Palazzetto dei Nobili, piazza Santa Margherita, 67100 L'Aquila
Presentation event of the early music festival "I Concerti di Euterpe" and concert by violinists Sara MELONI and Gabriele PRO entitled: "Due violini sotto falso nome". On the program will be the "Six Duo Concertans pour deux violons Composés par L.Boccherini, oeuvre 37ª" published in Paris Chez Mr. Barbieri, which are actually six duets for two violins composed by sardinian violinist Giuseppe Agus. The rediscovery of this important 18th century composer is due to Maestro Enrico di Felice, who accidentally came across Agus' music in the early 1990s.
Musicians
Sara Meloni - Gabriele Pro, violins
21/03/2024 11:30 CET (21/03/2024 11:30 CET)
Follie Barocche On-site
Liceo Musicale Statale "Margherita di Savoia" - Napoli ItalySalita Pontecorvo n.72, 80 135 Napoli
"Follie barocche is a musical journey on an anciet theme "la Follia", beautifully though for the european early music day. The music by J.S.Bach, A. Corelli, G.F.Haendel, A. Scarlatti, performed with our voices and on our musical instruments, recalls to original sounds and particular music languages, where past and present harmonize like in a cream to the original sounds.
Musicians
Nocerino Francesco, Amato Angela, Caiazza Ida, Greco Elisa, Borrelli Claudio
21/03/2024 21:00 CET (21/03/2024 21:00 CET)
O ZELO D'AMORE - La Passione di Cristo nelle opere modenesi di Bernardo Pasquini On-site
I Madrigalisti Estensi APS - Arcidiocesi di Modena-Nonantola ItalyDuomo di Modena, Corso Duomo, 41121 Modena MO, 41121 Modena
The concert celebrates the Early Music Day and the Holy Week with the Cantata Hor ch'il ciel fra densi orrori and some arias from the Oratorio La Sete di Christo by Bernardo Pasquini, whose manuscripts are preserved at the Estense Library in Modena.
Musicians
I Madrigalisti Estensi
Alice Fraccari, soprano
Giacomo Pieracci, bass
Michele Gaddi, organ and conductor
Alice Fraccari, soprano
Giacomo Pieracci, bass
Michele Gaddi, organ and conductor
24/03/2024 17:00 CET (24/03/2024 17:00 CET)
The language of music: Dante, Petrarch, and the Italian lyrical tradition in the music of the Cinquecento On-site
Forlì Antiqua ItalyChiesa dei Servi di Forlimpopoli (FC, Italy), Via Cesare Battisti 17, 47034 Forlimpopoli FC
Which language for the Renaissance? Petrarch and the charm of a euphonic language, or the passionate language of Dante Alighieri? Discover the singing tradition of Italian poetry in the Cinquecento between improvisation and print heritage, across Rome, Venice and San Gimignano.
Musicians
Giovanni Cantarini, voice, lute, recitation
Giulia Ricci, harpsichord and organ
Giulia Ricci, harpsichord and organ
21/03/2024 20:30 CET
La Principessa triste - La musica segreta di Amalia On-site
festival Wunderkammer - CARPE DIEM ItalyTorre del Lloyd - Sala delle Colonne , via Von Bruck 2, Trieste - Italy, 34123 Trieste
The programme focuses on the figure of Anna Amalia Hohenzollern, princess of Prussia, a cultured woman and fine musician whose 300th death anniversary falls last year. Sister of Frederick the Great, her life was crushed by an oppressive father and brother who always kept her in a marginal role. The story of a woman caged in a society that wanted her submissive and who finds her freedom through art. Music by Telemann, Friedrich der Grosse.
Musicians
Flutes&Frets duo: Beth Stone, flute - Daniel Murphy, lute
Paola Erdas, narrator
21/03/2024 17:30 CET
Bach and friends On-site
Agamus ETS ItalyCappella della Santissima Annunziata, Via Dante Alighieri, 1, 10095 Grugliasco
The concert program includes the performance of the Concerto for Four Violins in G major (TWV 40:203) by G.P Telemann, the cello suite in D minor by J.S. Bach and the Concerto 4 in A major (TWV 40:204) by G.P. Telemann.
Musicians
Ottetto Telemann - 8 violins
Filippo Conrado, Giulia Gaietti, Giulia Elettra Genovese, Teresa Pironato, Giulia Salituro, Amanda Serra, Carla Adriana Tamietto ,Giada Zhou.
Baroque cello: Clara Ruberti
Baroque cello: Clara Ruberti
