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Spring concerts



Saturday, May 2 – 5.00 p.m.
Esedra di Villa San Remigio – Verbania
Accordion's liberty
Wojtarowicz, Baranek, Motion Trio, Kilar
Motion Trio

4.00 p.m. free guided tour of the Villa's garden
Sunday, May 3  6.00 p.m.
Rocca Borromeo – Angera
Effetti e stravaganze
Orologio, Bargnani, Cima, Viadana, Valentini, Scarani, Guami, Schop, Sommer, Dowland, Brade, Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Strauss, Steffens, Scheidt
Concerto Palatino

Saturday, May 9– 5.00 p.m.
Promenade "La Palazzola" – Stresa
Michael Nyman - Music for films
Draughtsman’s Contract, Prospero’s Books, Memorial, The Piano, Mozart 252
Michael Nyman & Michael Nyman Band
on the day visit of the Giardino Alpinia at special price (€ 8 - cablecar + visit)
Saturday, May 16 - 5.00 p.m.
Villa Pallavicino – Stresa
Carnaval des animaux
Strauss, J.S. Bach, Gabrieli, Händel, Ewald, Saint-Saëns
The Israel Philharmonic Brass Quintet
on the day visit of the Parco di Villa Pallavicino at special price (€ 5)
Sunday, May 17 5.00 p.m.
Villa Rusconi Clerici – Verbania
Rag, blues and others...
Pieranunzi, Milhaud, Perlman/Joplin, Stravinskij, Brubeck/Pieranunzi
Gabriele Pieranunzi
, violin
Alessandro Carbonare
, clarinet
Enrico Pieranunzi
, piano
4.00 p.m. free guided tour of the Villa's garden

Musical Meditations



Saturday, August1 - 8.30 p.m.
Hermitage Santa Caterina del
Sasso – Leggiuno
Suite for cello solo
by J.S. Bach
Colin Carr, cello
Sunday, August2 - 8.30 p.m.
Hermitage Santa Caterina del Sasso – Leggiuno
Suite for cello solo
by J.S. Bach
Colin Carr, cello
Tuesday, August 4 – 8.30 p.m.
Chiesa Madonna di Campagna – Verbania
Messe de Nôtre Dame
Machaut
Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Dominique Vellard
, conductor
Saturday,August8 – 8.30 p.m.
Chiesa Vecchia – Belgirate
Between mysticism and devotion
Medieval music
La Reverdie
Sunday,August9 –  6.00 p.m.
Sacro Monte della SS. Trinità – Ghiffa
Il concerto delle dame
Luzzaschi
Ensemble La Venexiana
Claudio Cavina
, conductor

Meetings and dialogues



Friday,August21 – 8.30 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
Opening concert
Bartók, Dvořák
Janine Jansen, violin
Radio Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt
Paavo Järvi
, conductor
Saturday,August22 – 8.30 p.m.
Villa Ponti – Arona
Violin and piano
Debussy, Grieg, Franck, Ravel
Pavel Berman, violin
Roberto Cominati
, piano
Sunday,August23 – 6.00 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.
Chiesa del Crocifisso, Collegio Rosmini – Stresa
Sonatas and partitas
by J.S. Bach
Ilya Gringolts, violin

Monday, August24 – 8.30 p.m.
Sala Tiffany – Stresa
Masterclass Concerto
Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra
Conductors selected by Stresa Music Academy

Tuesday,August 25–  8.30 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
Gergiev & London Symphony Orchestra
Debussy, Šostakovič
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev
, conductor

Wednesday,August26 – 8.30 p.m.
Tapestry Hall – Isola Bella
Vocal virtuosity
Spanish songs
, Debussy, Bizet, Ravel, Mozart, Rossini
Jennifer Larmore, mezzosoprano
Riccardo Bovino, piano
Thursday,August27 – 8.00 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
LA CENERENTOLA
by G. Rossini
semi-staged version
Vivica Genaux, Eleonora Buratto, Annamaria Pennisi, Natale de Carolis, Maxim Mironov, Nicola Ulivieri
Ars Cantica Choir
Marco Berrini
, choir master
Stresa Festival Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda
, conductor

Friday,August28 – 8.30 p.m.
Auditorium "La Fabbrica" – Villadossola
"Tu fedel, tu costante?"
J.S. Bach, Händel, Vivaldi
Stefanie True, soprano
La Risonanza
Fabio Bonizzoni
, harpsichord and conduction

Saturday,August29 – 8.30 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
The four seasons
Vivaldi, Piazzolla
Cameristi della Scala

 

Sunday,August30– 8.30 p.m.
Loggia del Cashmere – Isola Madre
Armonie e Turcherie
Haydn, Krommer, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Weber, Beethoven
Ensemble Zefiro
Alfredo Bernardini
, conductor
Tuesday, September1 – 8.30 p.m.
Tapestry Hall – Isola Bella
Jerusalem Quartet
Haydn, Debussy, Borodin
Jerusalem Quartet
Wednesday, September2 – 8.30 p.m.
Chiesa di S. Vittore – Isola Pescatori
Baroque tablatures
Weiss, J.S. Bach
Nigel North, lute
Thursday,September3 – 8.30 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
Noseda & BBC Philharmonic
Winning work of the 4th International Composition Competition, Mozart, Haydn
Julian Bliss
, clarinet
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Friday,September4 – 8.30 p.m.
Castello Visconteo – Vogogna
Trombone Attraction
Mozart, Strauss, Gershwin, Haydn, Prätorius, Mancini, McCartney, Arlen, Richards, Debussy, Plunser, Paul, Desmond, Rossini
Trombone Attraction

Saturday,September5 – 8.30 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
Galà Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff
Serguey Murzaev, Svetla Vassilieva, Evgheny Akimov, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Nadezhda Vassilieva 
Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino
Roberto Gabbiani
, choir master
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda
, conductor

THE PROGRAMME IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES
 

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