Friday, September 27th, San Pietro a Majella will reopen its doors to the city with the start of the autumn session of the series «The Conservatory Concerts 2024». The variety of performance practices and genres proposed by the event will once again reflect the breadth of San Pietro a Majella’s offerings, bringing together Renaissance music with popular music, classical authors with contemporary composers.
The first event on the calendar will feature the Philharmonic Society «Mantzaros» of Corfu with a tribute to the repertoire developed on the Ionian Islands between the 18th and 19th centuries. On this occasion, a memorandum of understanding will be signed between the prestigious institution and San Pietro a Majella to consolidate the relationships that have linked the Greek musical scene to the Neapolitan Conservatory since the mid-19th century.
Tuesday, October 8th, the theme of a concert will be the Neapolitan song, tracing its evolution over the past 100 years, from «Era de maggio» by Salvatore di Giacomo and Mario Costa to «Terra» by Carlo Faiello and Corrado Sfogli, including «Tammurriata nera» by Edoardo Nicolardi and E. A. Mario.
Also in October, noteworthy is the appointment with the Ensemble Dissonanzen, which, under the direction of Francesco Gesualdi, will perform music by six young students of the Conservatory on Wednesday, October 16th, chosen to testify to the different stylistic approaches that characterize the new Neapolitan compositional school.
The combination of music and poetry will mark the original performance of QuartEight, which on Thursday, October 17th will see four pianists propose pieces for eight hands on two pianos. Created in collaboration with the Piccola Accademia di Poesia di Milano, the concert will feature Margherita Vicario as the reciting voice. The majestic 4000-pipe organ of the Scarlatti hall will play again on Tuesday, October 29th thanks to Livia Mazzanti, performer of an unconventional tribute to Domenico and Alessandro Scarlatti. The former will be remembered with organ adaptations of eight of his harpsichord sonatas, the latter will be evoked with four improvisations on his themes.
The students of the Conservatory will once again be the protagonists of the series on Wednesday, October 30th with the start of «Palco S.P.A.M», a series of concerts that will see them perform periodically as part of the advanced training course «Officine di San Pietro a Majella». The creativity of women in music and literature will be the common thread of the show «NonsoloEva#3» scheduled for Friday, November 15th, while suspended between classicism and modernity will be the concert on Friday, the 22nd, which will make Johann Sebastian Bach dialogue with George Brassens and Lucio Battisti.
The autumn session of the series will conclude on Friday, November 29th with «Consort Rinascimentale», a chamber music concert of the 16th and 17th centuries born from the collaboration between the Departments of Ancient Music of the conservatories of Naples, Rome, and Benevento. Twenty musicians will take the stage of the Scarlatti hall performing works by Alessandro Orologio, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Michael Praetorius, Gabriel Bataille, Samuel Scheidt, Lorenzo Allegri. The originality of the ensemble, the absolutely particular sounds, the very rare music make the appointment of particular interest.
All concerts of the series will start at 6:00 pm with free admission until seats are exhausted. For information www.sanpietroamajella.it.
THE PROGRAM
Friday, September 27th • Sala Scarlatti The musical school of the Eptanese between the 18th and 19th centuries wind ensemble and band of the Philharmonic Society «Mantzaros» of Corfu directors Sokratis Anthis and Spiros Rouvas
Tuesday, October 1st • Sala Scarlatti Concert for Kimbo with the winners of the «Kimbo Merolla» scholarships
Friday, October 4th • Sala Scarlatti Trio Agostini-McGuire horn Angelo Agostini, Jeffrey A. McGuire; organ Fabio Agostini
Tuesday, October 8th • Sala Scarlatti Roots and cultural influences The Neapolitan song over time drums and percussion Antonio Romano guitar and arrangements Michele Bonè bass Michele Lerner piano Giuseppe Di Capua voice Giusy Lo Sapio, Sara Panariello with the participation of the students of the Percussion Instruments class
Thursday, October 10th • Sala Scarlatti Brass A Majella trumpet Matteo Franza, Marco Sannini with the participation of the students of the jazz and classical departments
Tuesday, October 15th • Sala Scarlatti The Song of Ida Melologue text by Maria Luisa Bigai music by Antonio Cocomazzi reciting voice Maria Luisa Bigai piano Antonio Cocomazzi with the participation of the students Alberto Marano violin and Mario Brusini bassoon
Wednesday, October 16th • Sala Scarlatti The new Neapolitan compositional school music by Donato Attanasio, Walter Aveta, Luigi Bruno, Marco D’Acunzo, Ugo Ruocco, Vincenzo Russo Ensemble Dissonanzen director Francesco Gesualdi
Thursday, October 17th • Sala Martucci Piano… poetic Quartheit piano Enza De Stefano, Lorenzo Fiscella, Geminiano Mancusi, Giuseppe Giulio Di Lorenzo reciting voice Margherita Vicario
Friday, October 18th • Sala Scarlatti Wind Ensemble of the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa Band directors Lieutenant Commander, Luslaida Barbosa, Ensign Adele Demi (deputy)
Thursday, October 24th • Sala Martucci Songs & Books program of songs inspired by novels, collections of poems, stories arrangements and performance by Stefano Scatozza and the students of the three-year academic courses of Popular Music guests Carlo Lomanto voice Giulio Martino sax
Friday, October 25th • Sala Scarlatti Nomadic Souls music by Marco Sannini Ensemble Dissonanzen double bass Federica Michisanti
Tuesday, October 29th • Sala Scarlatti Scarlatti at the Scarlatti organ adaptations of 8 Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, and Improvised Interludes on 4 themes by Alessandro Scarlatti given at the moment organ Livia Mazzanti
Wednesday, October 30th • Sala Scarlatti The Song of the Bow Inaugural concert of Palco SPAM curated by Patrizia De Carlo, Mario Dell’Angelo, Francesca Taviani and the Student Council with the participation of the students of the Chamber Music courses
Thursday, October 31st • Sala Martucci The well-modernized harpsichord music by Michael Nyman, Zygmunt Krauze, György Ligeti, Graham Lynch, Jacob ter Veldhuis [JacobTV] harpsichord Giorgio Cerasoli
Friday, November 15th • Sala Scarlatti NonSoloEva#3 writings and rewritings concert of music and readings curated by Maria Luisa Bigai and Alessandra Ciccaglioni
Friday, November 22nd • Sala Scarlatti A bit of everything music by G. Brassens, P. Marrone, J. S. Bach, L. Battisti… accordion Francesco Gesualdi, viola Piero Massa, cello Francesca Taviani, piano Simonetta Tancredi
Friday, November 29th • Sala Scarlatti Renaissance Consort project in collaboration between the Departments of Ancient Music of the Conservatories of Naples, Rome, and Benevento curated by Tommaso Rossi music by Alessandro Orologio, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Michael Praetorius, Gabriel Bataille, Samuel Scheidt, Lorenzo Allegri director Paolo Capirci
