Fancy a trip to the Carnival of Venice, or better to the Roman Festivals? Have a dance in Bergamo or Naples? Or just simply return to Sorrento for good? All around Italy with us and composers who were inspired by its nature, life and beauty!

“…today’s listeners may have the impression that Tchaikovsky is showing them photos from his holiday. In his composition, trumpets from the barracks of the Italian carabinieri can be heard, the echo of a street band and the melody of a folk song praising the beauty of Tuscan girls are heard. An energetic tarantella will bring the composition to the south of Italy. As if the composer wrote the soundtrack to a movie about Italy. About a country where you don’t need to go to the Vatican temples or the palaces in Florence to find beauty. You just need to walk through the streets of cities and the countryside and take a good look around you.”

Boris Klepal

Hector Berlioz

Roman Carnival

Overture Op. 9

Ottorino Respighi

Ancient Airs and Dances, Bergamasca

Ernesto De Curtis

Torna a Surriento

Salvatore Cardillo

Core n’grato

Petr Iljič Čajkovskij

Italian Capriccio, Op. 45

Richard Strauss

Neapolitan Folk Life from Op. 16

Traditional

Vieni sul mar

Georges Bizet

Symphony in C “Roma“, Scherzo

Niccolò Paganini

Carnival of Venice

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Symphony in A “Italian“, Saltarello

Ottorino Respighi

The Epiphany

Eduardo di Capua

O sole mio

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