ORT | Hoffmann_Chiesa

On July 27, in Badia a Passignano, the concert featuring Niklas Benjamin Hoffmann (conductor), Silvia Chiesa (cello) and the Orchestra della Toscana.

Program
Robert Schumann / Cello Concert Op.129
Franz Joseph Haydn / Symphony No.101 'The Clock'

Conducting on the podium is the crystalline talent of Niklas Benjamin Hoffmann from Germany, who returns to work with the Orchestra after five years. In the meantime, he has collaborated with some of the most prestigious international orchestras, as well as establishing an ambitious project, the Ensemble Momentum, a cross-media laboratory that he still directs today, creating unique listening experiences in the concert scene.

On the programme of this concert is Haydn‘s Symphony No. 101, also known as ‘The Clock’, because of its second movement with its mechanical progression, marked by a ticking sound reminiscent of a clockwork mechanism. One of the Austrian composer’s most popular and oft-repeated so-called London symphonies.

The second part of the programme is Schumann‘s Concerto in A minor for Cello and Orchestra op. 129. This is a page that Schumann himself described as a ‘serene piece’, giving no hint of his psychological condition, which would later worsen, with increasingly constant neuroses accompanying his death.
The choice of the latter piece highlights the soloist on cello in this concert, Silvia Chiesa. An artist who has contributed to the revival of the 20th century solo repertoire, through the recording project ‘Trilogia del Novecento Italiano’, she has been chosen by composers such as Clementi, Dall’Ongaro and Sollima for premieres of their works, as well as performing as a soloist with, among others, OSN Rai, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic.

Information:

• free admission for supporting members Amici della Musica Tavarnelle
• tickets can be purchased on site
• reservations are recommended: online or by cel. number +39 320 6008278
• info@amicidellamusicatavarnelle.it