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9th July – 27th August
The 2011 edition of the Ascona Music Festival presents a
rich programme marked by a transcending aesthetic line. It
begins by penetrating through to the heart of chamber
music’s finest repertoire with the Beethoven Cycle
that will explore some of the composer’s masterpieces: 6
Trios for piano, violin and cello, and the 10 Sonatas for
violin and piano, all performed over five exceptional
evenings.
The special note of this cycle, linked to the programme
which follows, is that it leverages and highlights ‘human
and musical relationships' through an itinerary that will
see chamber music formations with the numbers 2 (duo), 3
(trio), 4 (quartet) and 5 (quintet) in a dialogue between
the piano and strings.
Dialogues between friends who are looking for agreement and
harmony in the joy that chamber music generates and
transmits.
From the unprecedented power of Beethoven to the wonders of
the Piano Quartets of Mozart, Mahler and Brahms, reaching a
climax in Schubert’s String Quartet "Death and the Maiden"
and the fascinating Piano Quintet Op.81 by Dvorak.
In this concert cycle this leitmotiv - both aesthetic and in
terms of relationships - that shines through great music,
brings together musicians of the stature of Yehezkel
Yerushalmi, Franco Maggio Ormezowski, Robert Zimansky, the
Harmonia Piano Quartet and the Carmina Quartet, in a
celebration of chamber music. A perfect reason for all music
lovers to be in Ascona for the 2011 edition of the Festival.
The programme also includes an open-air Piano Recital at the
Piazza della Madonna in Ronco sopra Ascona, where the
imposing presence of the Lake and the surrounding landscape
are in harmony with the music.
The programme doesn’t conclude here. And this is the second
characteristic of aesthetic note.
A unique and special concert: The Lyre of Orpheus, where the
renowned Spanish musician Luis Paniagua will present a
fresco of the myth of Orpheus, through his voice and his
playing of the seven stringed lyre, something which hasn’t
been done since the time of the Florentine, Marsilio Ficino.
Just as the Orphic idea penetrated deep into the effects of
chanting and the seven string lyre on humans, animals and
plants, by altering and harmonizing with its transforming
notes, a documentary by Gianni Padlina will be presented on
the experience of Carlo Cignozzi "The man who whispers to
the vineyards. The true story of the Brunello of Montalcino
that grows listening to Mozart", a subject researched by the
Universities of Florence and Pisa.
Everyone is invited to participate in this listening and
life experience.
Daniel Levy
Artistic Director of the
Ascona Music Festival |
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