Music Festival Summer 2008
The Montisi Festival: Monday July 7 – Thursday July 11
The Piccola Accademia’s annual festival allows us to share with a wider audience our passion for musical excellence and historic performance practice. The harpsichord is at the heart of our festival but we also present ensembles, both instrumental and vocal, who highlight composers whose music incorporates or was informed by the instrument. Our artists range from distinguished exponents of historic performance to rising young stars, all offering a special musical experience.
Program

July 7 - Evening Concert - Montisi
21:00 - S.S. Annunziata
Ensemble Arte Musica with Francesco Cera
Frescobaldi e il Concerto delle Dame
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July 8 - Noon Harpsichord Recital - Castelmuzio
12:00 - Pieve di Santo Stefano
Bob van Asperen
Froberger, Purcell, Couperin, Bach
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July 8 - Evening Concert - Montisi
21:00 - S.S. Annunziata
Menno van Delft and Pieter Wispelwey
Bach, Cello Suites
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July 9 - Noon Harpsichord Recital - Castelmuzio
12:00 - Pieve di Santo Stefano
Mahan Esfahani
Elizabethan Virginalists
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July 9 - Evening Concert - Asciano
21:00 - San Francesco
Camerata Serafin directed by Jonathan Cohen and Matthew Truscott violin
Vivaldi, Corelli, Locatelli
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July 10 - Noon Harpsichord Recital - Castelmuzio
12:00 - Pieve di Santo Stefano
Gustav Leonhardt
L.Couperin, Purcell, Forqueray, Bach
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July 10 - Evening Concert - Pienza
19:00 - Sant' Anna in Camprena
Cantar Lontano directed by Marco Mencoboni
Monteverdi, Missa in Illo Tempore
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July 11 - Noon Concert - Castelmuzio
12:00 - Santo Stefano
Camerata Serafin directed by Jonathan Cohen and Matthew Truscott violin
Purcell, Geminiani, Handel
Tickets : Free to the Public |