THE EIGHT SEASONS VIVALDI AND PIAZZOLLA – PORTO CERVO – THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13

The Eight Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi and Astor Piazzolla,
Thursday, September 13 to 21, in the Piazzetta of Porto Cervo

Thursday, September 13 to 21, in the splendid setting of the Piazzetta of Porto Cervo, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Emerald Coast (1962-2012), held an extraordinary evening of classical music, captivating title’s eight seasons: a concert special and unusual for the combination of melodic Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi with four of Astor Piazzolla. The protagonists are the String Orchestra of the Teatro Lirico, conducted by Christian Del Monte, and as a soloist, Gianmaria Melis.

The musical program includes the following: The Four Seasons by Il Cimento Harmony and Invention op. 8 of Antonio Vivaldi; Las Cuatros Estaciones porteñas of Astor Piazzolla.

Although most of his vast output of music is published posthumously, Antonio Vivaldi (Venice, 1678 – Vienna, 1741) a period of unrivaled fame, unprecedented, and that soon reaches across Europe. Certainly must be ascribed the reason for this, especially with his famous Four Seasons, under the first four violin concertos of the collection The Cimento Harmony and Invention, which are published in 1725 in Amsterdam and collect, from the start, the ‘ broad support from the public and critics, to the point that they are still considered among the most significant pages of program music, compositions, that is, a purely descriptive.
Las Cuatros Estaciones porte̱as are composed by Astor Piazzolla (Mar del Plata, 1921 РBuenos Aires, 1992), between 1964 and 1970, initially for his Quintet, in which he played the bandoneon, and are dedicated to the port of Buenos Aires, from which the adjective porte̱as. With the seasons, Piazzolla reaches its visual identity and the consecration of his style, through the combination of different elements as tango, European classical music and various jazz rhythms.

Entrance to the exhibition is free.

The show is under the patronage of the President of the Regional Council of Sardinia and collaboration of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Olbia Tempio Province, the City of Arzachena, the city of Olbia, the Costa Smeralda, the Geasar SpA, Meridiana fly, the Fondazione Banco di Sardegna, the Capitta & Partners.

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