Five centuries of music in the nineteenth edition of Anima Mundi, to be held from 7th to 20th September, the second with Daniel Harding as artistic director. He will direct the inaugural concert, with the magnificent Swedish Radio Orchestra accompanied by the Choir, universally recognized as one of the best in the world. Seven concerts are scheduled, alternating as always in the evocative and precious setting of the Cathedral and the Camposanto.

 

by the Opera della Primaziale Pisana

art director Daniel Harding

 

Cathedral, Saturday 7th September, 8.30pm

Opening concert

 

Hanna Husahr, soprano

Mark Stone, baritone

 

Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Swedish Radio

Marc Korovitch, choir master

 

Daniel Harding, direction

 

 Johannes Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem op.45

 

Camposanto, Monday 9th September, 8.30pm

 

Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in C major KV 309, Rondo in A minor KV 511, Fantasia in C minor KV 475

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Franz Joseph Haydn, Variations in F minor Hob: XVII: 6

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in C minor KV 457

 

Cathedral, Thursday 12th September, 8.30pm

 

Jakub Jozef Orlinski, countertenor

The English Concert

Trevor Pinnock, direction

 

Georg Friedrich Händel, Concerto grosso in G major op.6 n.1

Antonio Vivaldi, Stabat Mater RV 621

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Antonio Vivaldi, Symphony in B minor "At the Holy Sepulcher" RV 169

Nicola Fago, Tam non splendet sol creatus

Georg Friedrich Händel, Concerto grosso in d major op.6 n.5

 

Cathedral, Saturday, September 14th, 9:00 pm

 

Costanzo Porta Choir

Ensemble Cremona Antiqua

Antonio Greco, direction

 

Claudio Monteverdi, excerpts from Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi, Mass for four voices and psalms, Selva morale et spiritual

Salomone Rossi, Fourth Book of Various Sonatas: nos. II, IV, VIII

Gabriele Caselli, Ubi caritas et amor Brano winner of the XII edition of the Anima Mundi Composition Competition

 

Camposanto, Monday 16th September

 

Isabelle Faust, violin

 

6:00 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonatas BWV 1001 and 1003, Partita BWV 1002

 

9:00 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach, Matches BWV 1006 and 1004, Sonata BWV 1005

 

Camposanto, Wednesday 18 September, 8.30pm

 

Il Rossignolo

 

Ottaviano Tenerani, direction

 

George Philipp Telemann, Music on Water and Table Music I

Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio Sonata BWV 527

 

Cathedral, Friday 20 September, 8.30pm

 

Sabina von Walther, soprano

Aurora Faggioli, mezzo-soprano

Davide Giusti, tenor

Simón Orfila, bass

 

Chorus of the Municipal Theater of Piacenza

Corrado Casati, choir master

 

Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento

 

Robert King, direction

 

Giuseppe Verdi, Ave Maria, Laudi to the Virgin Mary

Gioachino Rossini, Stabat Mater

 

Torre, 7 and 20 September, 8.00pm

Brass welcome