Piazza Mercanti
1 p.m.
Break in Jazz
From Dixieland to Swing
Swing Band
Civici Corsi di Jazz
Directed by Paolo Tomelleri
Featuring Lino Patruno
Introduction by Maurizio Franco
Free Admission
Paolo Tomelleri
In collaboration with
Musica Oggi Cultural Association
Circolo Filologico Milanese
Sala Liberty
3 p.m.
Harrison Birtwistle
Meet the composer
Discussion featuring
Richard Causton
Francesco Cilluffo
Coordinated by Enzo Restagno
Free Admission
Harrison Birtwistle
In collaboration with
Circolo Filologico Milanese
Piccolo Teatro Studio
9 p.m.
Harrison Birtwistle
The Last Supper
Dramatic tableaux
for 14 soloists, small women's choir
and chamber orchestra
Book by Robin Blaser
London Sinfonietta
Elgar Howarth, conductor
Roderick Williams,
baritone (Christ)
Anna Stéphany,
mezzosoprano (Holy Spirit)
Daniel Norman,
tenor (Judas)
Geoffrey Moses,
bass (Simon Peter)
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts,
tenor (Andrew)
Andrew Watts,
countertenor (James)
Andrew Rupp,
baritone (John)
Christopher Lemmings,
tenor (Bartholomew)
Adrian Powter,
baritone (Phillip)
Philip Sheffield,
tenor (Thomas)
Stephen Richardson,
baritone bass (Mathew)
Stephen Wallace,
countertenor (James the Less)
Simon Kirkbride,
bass (Judas Thaddaeus)
Joshua Ellicott,
tenor (Simon the Canaanite)
Exaudi,
women's choir (Mystical Chorus)
Introduction by Vittorio Sgarbi
A Last Supper that isn't, if not for the music which evokes it and makes it real within our minds.
Free Admission
Harrison Birtwistle
(ph. Hanya Chlala Arena PAL)
In collaboration with
Piccolo Teatro di Milano -
Teatro d'Europa
ArteMusica
Palazzo Reale
Sala delle Cariatidi
Beginning approximately 11:30 p.m.
Visit to Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper
Interpretation by Peter Greenaway
Free Admission
Exclusive admission for the audience of
The Last Supper
(ph. L. Romano)
In collaboration with
Palazzo Reale
Piccolo Regio
Giacomo Puccini
5 p.m.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Twelve variations in A major
on Russian dance
from the ballet “Das Waldmädchen”
by Paul Wranitzky WoO 71
Fifteen variations and fugue
in E flat major
on a theme from “Heroic” op. 35
Sergej Prokof’ev
Sonata n. 6 in A major
op. 82
Gian Luca Angelillo, piano
Free Admission
Gian Luca
Angelillo
Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi
9 p.m.
Lieder featuring poetry
by Wolfgang Goethe
35th German Lied Singers Course
Students’ concert
Free Admission
"Hugo Wolf" High School
for singers and piano accompanists
Elio Battaglia, Director
35th GERMAN LIED SINGERS COURSE
Friday, August 22 – Thursday, September 4, 2008
Vigna di Madama Reale - Torino
Instructors
Elio Battaglia, voice and interpretation technique
Lucio Gallo, vocal technique applied to the repertory
Erik Battaglia, piano accompaniment technique and history of the German Lied
Ulrike Merkel, German phonetics
Maria Conti, Nicola Mottaran, piano accompanists
Master Class taught by Ruggero Raimondi
Vocality in operas by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Giuseppe Verdi
Thursday 28 - Friday 29 August, 3 p.m.
Vigna di Madama Reale
Lesson-concert open to the public
Saturday, August 30, 3 p.m.
Circolo dei Lettori
Conference by Alberto Basso
Admission reserved to course participants
The Lied in pre-romantic culture
Tuesday, August 26, 6 p.m.
Vigna di Madama Reale
For Further Information:
www.scuolahugowolf.it
corsodicanto@comune.torino.it
tel + 39.011.4424787
Monday - Friday / 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Wolfgang Goethe
In collaboration with
"Hugo Wolf" High School
With support from
Compagnia di San Paolo
Auditorium Rai
9 p.m.
Elliott Carter
Concert for horn
and orchestra
Luca Francesconi
Hard Pace,
for trumpet and orchestra
Henri Dutilleux
The Shadows of Time,
for orchestra
and three children’s voices
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Peter Rundel, conductor
James Sommerville, horn
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Featuring the Piccoli Cantori of Torino
Free Admission
Hard Pace
Commissioned by
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
In collaboration with
MITO SettembreMusica
NPS Zatedarg Matinee
Göteborg Symphonic Orchestra
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Elliott Carter
In collaboration with
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Borgo medievale
Cortile del Melograno
9:30 p.m.
The African Diaspora
Saba
Saba Anglana, vocals
Cheikh Fall, kora, djembè
Tatè Nsongan, guitar
Free Admission
Saba’s stories tell of travels, relationships, nostalgia, immigration, from his homeland in the Horn of Africa to the Western World, and feature the use of a variety of languages and Afro-European hybrids.
Saba
In collaboration with
Fondazione Torino Musei