With "The White Night of the Churches", a special and unusual event for the city of Pisa, will end on Friday 6 June 2025 (before Pentecost) the Music Festival "I Concerti di Quaresima e di Pasqua" supported by the Pisa Foundation and sponsored by the Municipality of Pisa: Thanks to the availability of the respective parish priests, with the help of volunteers, thirteen churches in the historic center will be open after dinner from 9 p.m. to midnight.
They can be visited alone or by taking part in the guided walking tour that will start at 9 p.m. from Piazza XX Settembre and will end after an hour and a half in the Church of Santa Cristina, where the Compieta will be recited after a pastoral reflection of Bishop Roberto Filippini.
In each church the visitor will find musical animation, according to the program below, each church, place of prayer but also artistic jewel, will be valued for its characteristics: where present and functioning, voice will be given to its organ, The acoustics and dimensions will be enhanced by observing their most important works and listening to explanations, history and curiosities.
LIST OF OPEN CHURCHES WITH MUSIC AND ANIMATION
- Chiesa del Carmine (Corso Italia 85) - Stefano Barandoni (organ);
- Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro (Piazza Santo Sepolcro) - Beatrice Magnani (piano);
- Chiesa di San Michele in Borgo (Borgo Stretto 10) - Stefano Prede (organ);
- Chiesa di San Frediano (Piazza San Frediano 5) - Niccolò Buscemi e Donatella Binelli (piano);
- Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Galletti (Lungarno Pacinotti 38) - Fiammetta Oddo Stradella (violin);
- Chiesa di San Giorgio
- Chiesa di San Nicola (Via Santa Maria 2) - Paolo Sorrentino (organ);
- Chiesa di San Vito (Lungarno Simonelli 14) - Lisa Rizzo (soprano), Eva Billi (mezzo-soprano), Michelle Terinazzi (contralto), Caterina Paganelli (pianoforte), students of Liceo Musicale “G.Carducci”;
- Chiesa di San Paolo a Ripa d’Arno (Piazza S. Paolo a Ripa D'Arno 9) - Gianni Bicchierini (piano);
- Cappella di Sant’Agata (Piazza S. Paolo a Ripa D'Arno 2) - Vox Humana Ensemble (coro) directed by Massimo Gelichi;
- Chiesa di Santa Maria della Spina (Lungarno Gambacorti) - “Bonamici” string trio (Andrea Cattani, Dario Paiotta, Angela Maria Angioni);
- Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena (Via Mazzini 2) - Silvia Rossi (organo);
- Chiesa di Santa Cristina (Lungarno Gambacorti 7) - Polyphonic choir "Bruno Pizzi", directed by Chiara Mariani.
