DUNI FESTIVAL 2024 25th Edition
THE SOUNDS OF THE CELEBRATION
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EARLY MUSIC IN THE SOUTH
1. Opening Show:
Monday, September 16, Matera, Ridola Museum 7 PM
Marveling at unheard beauties…
playing, dancing, and singing with all sorts of instruments
La Chirintana – Historical Dance and Ancient Instruments Ensemble
Directed by Marcella Taurino
Duniensemble
Natalia Lucia Bonello, historical flutes; Francesco Panico, baroque trumpet;
Giuseppe Petrella, theorbo and baroque guitar; Claudia Di Lorenzo, organ
2. “Sarcuni Project”
Friday, September 20, Matera, Ridola Museum
Saturday, September 21, Naples, Girolamini Church, 11 AM
Sacred works by Giacomo Sarcuni (Matera 1690-Naples post 1758)
Duni Festival Baroque Orchestra
Conductor Francesco D’Orazio
(in collaboration with the Library and Oratory Complex of the Girolamini in Naples, which preserves all music by Giacomo Sarcuni)
3. “Divine Beauties.” Neapolitan Motets for solo voice and basso continuo
Tuesday, September 24, Matera, Ridola Museum
Music by Gregorio Strozzi, Antonio Martin y Coll, and Leonardo Leo
The Brotherhood of Musicians
Valeria La Grotta, soprano
Fabio De Leonardis, cello
Carmine Lavinia, organ
Cosimo Prontera, harpsichord, organ, and conduction
(In collaboration with the Leonardo Leo Festival of San Vito dei Normanni)
4. The Noble Song
Tuesday, October 1, Bernardini Palace
Music by Jacopo Peri, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Girolamo Kapsberger, and Sigismondo d’India
Concerto Soave, Marseille
María Cristina Kiehr, soprano
Romain Bockler, baritone
Ulrik-Gaston Larsen, lute
Flore Seube, viola da gamba
Jean-Marc Aymes, harpsichord, organ, and conduction
5. Handel Concertos transcribed for two organs
Sunday, October 6, Matera, Bernardini Palace
Carlo Maria Barile and Angelo Trancone, chamber organs
6. “Coloring Emotions”: Accompanied Sonatas for keyboard and flute
Friday, October 18, Matera, Bernardini Palace
Music by Johann Schobert, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and Muzio Clementi
Vera Plosila, transverse flute
Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, fortepiano
7. “United Tastes”: Virtuoso duos from Naples, Rome, Paris, and Hamburg
Saturday, October 19, Grottole
Music by Leonardo Leo, Domenico Scarlatti, Jean-Marie Leclair, Joseph-Nicolas Pancrace Royer, Georg Philipp Telemann, Arcangelo Corelli
Dan Laurin, flutes
Anna Paradiso, harpsichord
In collaboration with the “Inaudita” Festival and the Municipality of Grottole
8-9. Late Renaissance English Music: John Dowland
Sunday, October 20, Grottole
Tuesday, October 22, Matera, Bernardini
Sophie Klussmann, soprano
Hopkinson Smith, lute
In collaboration with the “Inaudita” Festival and the Municipality of Grottole
10. “The Time of the Voice”
Sunday, October 27, Matera, Ridola Museum
Music by Giacinto Scelsi, Gianvincenzo Cresta, PietroAndrea Ziani, Luca Antignani, Claudio Monteverdi
Francesco D’Orazio, solo violin
Roland Hayrabedian, Conduction
Orfeo Futuro ensemble of historical instruments
Musicatreize vocal ensemble
In collaboration with the Anima Mea Festival of Bari
11. “Harmonia Artificiosa”
Sunday, November 3, Matera, Bernardini Palace
Music by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Luciano Berio, and Marcello Panni
Elicia Silverstein and Marco Bianchi, violins
Riccardo Doni, harpsichord and chamber organ
12 and 13. “Improvisation” for two keyboards
Tuesday, November 5, Matera morning matinee for schools and evening concert, Bernardini Palace
Fabrizio De Rossi Re – Fabrizio Festa, pianos
14. “Le Délire des lyres”
Thursday, November 7, Matera, Bernardini Palace
Music by Bataille, Campion, Purcell, Hume, Dufaut, Campra, Hurel, Dubuisson, Castaldi, Milanuzzi
Faenza Ensemble
Marco Horvat: vocals, theorbo, baroque guitar
Francisco Mañalich: vocals, viol bass, baroque guitar
15 and 16. “Pulcinella Marathon”: from Pergolesi to Stravinsky
Sunday, November 10, Bernardini Palace
11 AM: Astrée ensemble of ancient instruments, with pantomime, stage direction by Vania Cauzillo
5 PM: Film: “Neapolitan Carousel” commemorating 30 years since the death of Raffaele Gervasio, curated by Nanni Coppola
8:30 PM: “Neoclassical Stravinsky” Symphony Orchestra of Matera, conductor Saverio Vizziello
(Igor Stravinsky: Monumentum Pro Gesualdo, Suite from the ballet “Pulcinella”)
In collaboration with the OSM Season