Testaccio Classica 2024

The appointment with Testaccio Classica 2024, the classical music review at the Scuola di Musica Popolare di Testaccio is renewed; an event which, although it is framed in the context of a large container that can be defined as "concert music", contemplates the co-presence of songs coming from different cultural traditions, in order to evoke a broader sense of "classicism" and not just simply a repertoire that distinguishes itself from pop, jazz, folk and so-called "consumeristic music".

In fact, the program includes a combination of repertoires on the basis of timbral affinities or stylistic contrast, or pieces taken from the classical repertoire combined with others less known by the general public, or traditional music alongside pieces of pop music, jazz and compositions by authors contemporaries. In this very varied context, each listener can choose his favorite path.

PROGRAM:

Saturday 5 October – 6.30 pm

THE QUINTESTACCIO

The power of the miniature string orchestra

Tiziana Centini, Caterina Bono, violins

Silvia Andracchio, viola

Andrea Fossà, cello

Bruno Zoia, double bass

music by

Albéniz, Bartók, Piazzolla, Ries

Saturday 12 October – 6.30 pm

ROMANTIC ELEGY 1830

Concert of words and music on texts by Giacomo Leopardi

Simona Braida, voice

Edoardo Coen, narrator

Enrico Casularo, romantic Tulou flute

Stefano Cardi, romantic guitar Lodi (Lacote)

Fanfare of fifes and drums from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome

Texts by Giacomo Leopardi

music by

Amon, Carulli, Cerrutti, Del Sarto, Giuliani, Molino, Porro, Sor

Saturday 19 October – 6.30 pm

CENSORED MUSIC

Prohibited lyrics, songs and music

Introduction to the concert by Giulio Quadrino

Cornelia Duprè, Claudio Patierno, Laura Polimeno, voices

Eleonora Graziosi, clarinet

Desirée Infascelli, accordion

Daniele Ercoli, double bass

Freon Ensemble

music by

Eisler, Gershwin, Komitas, Modugno, Schreker, Thaler, Weill and klezmer and popular traditional music

Saturday 26 October – 6.30 pm

CAMERA (ROOM)

Wind instruments and piano from trio to sextet

Stefania Foresi, flute

Alessandra Macaluso, oboe

Paolo Montin, Roberta Pero, clarinets

Silvia Pizzolato, bassoon

Giuseppe Calabrese, horn

Antonella Picciocchi, piano

music by

Danzi, Mendelsshon, Mozart

Saturday 9 November – 6.30 pm

LUDICA (PLAYFUL)

Musical games, nursery fiction and other stories

Antonino Flacco, narrator

Cornelia Duprè, Laura Polimeno, voices

Katia Onofri, flute

Elisabetta Del Buono, clarinet

Daniele Ercoli, double bass

Giuliana Pella, piano

Freon Ensemble

Texts by Antonino Flacco

music by

Beethoven, Bernstein, Cage, Mozart, Poulenc, Powell, Tradizionali

Saturday 16 November – 6.30 pm

FRAU MUSIK

Female composers and chamber music from the eighteenth to the twentieth century

Domus Trio: Filippo Fattorini, violin

Paolo Andriotti, cello

Orietta Caianiello, piano

In collaboration with the

Farnesina Music High School

(coordination by Cristina Nocchi)

music by

Andrée, Bon, Bonis, Dongu, Hoover, Tailleferre

Saturday 23 November – 6.30 pm

HELIANTHUS

To sing and play

Silvia Frigato, soprano

Laura Pontecorvo, transverse flute

Andrea Fossà, cello

Guido Morini, harpsichord

music by

Caldara, Handel, Vivaldin

Photo credits: official poster of the event