Baroque Festival

The San Gimignano Baroque Festival returns, from 8 to 29 September. The festival reaches the important milestone of fifteen editions, thus entering by right among the most enduring events of its kind in the territory. 

The main aim of the Festival is to introduce little-known, if not completely unknown works to the general public, to showcase young talents while also making use of important musicologists and scholars with years of experience behind them, the rigorous performance of the repertoire according to the style and practice of the time and with the use of copies of period instruments such as harpsichords, lutes and theorbs, and viole da gamba.

Four concerts are scheduled in the Civic Museums, specifically in the prestigious Sala di Dante, at 5 p.m., with access from the steps inside the courtyard of the Palazzo Comunale. 

The programme:

• Sunday 8 September
  Ensemble Oltremusica
  Led by violinist Daniele Iannaccone, the Ensemble pays tribute to one of Italy's best-known composers with one of his most universally known works, namely Antonio Vivaldi and the ‘Four Seasons’ Concertos
• Sunday 15 September
  Ensemble dei Leggieri
  A programme dedicated to J. S. Bach, another titanic figure
• Sunday 22 September
  Ensemble Massa Cybea 
  Italian vocal and instrumental music at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries
• Sunday 29 September
  Ensemble dei Leggieri
  A different formation that will honour one of Italy's most important musical families, the Scarlatti.

Information:

• tickets - 12 €, reduced 10 €
• presale at the ProLoco Tourist Office or available from the ticket office from 4 p.m. on concert days
• information, details and full programme on the Accademia dei Leggieri website