Oratorio Del Gonfalone: The Echo of the Empire – Light and Transcendence Closing Concert of the 2026/2027 Season
Rome, Oratorio del Gonfalone — Main Hall
About the Event
Step into the enchanting world of timeless melodies and intricate harmonies at the Oratorio Del Gonfalone.
The project concludes with a vision of affirmation and light. Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” presented in Vinzenz Lachner’s 19th‐century chamber version, serves as the ideal culmination of this journey: a synthesis of grand form and chamber‐music transparency, in which heroic gesture is transfigured into balance and clarity.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven
Cavatina (Adagio molto espressivo) from Quartet, Op. 130
(version for string orchestra)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E‐flat major for piano and orchestra, Op. 73 “Emperor”
I. Allegro
II. Adagio un poco mosso
III. Rondo. Allegro
Cast / Production
Michelle Candotti – piano
Gonfalone Chamber Orchestra
Romolo Balzani – conductor
Address
Oratorio del Gonfalone, Via del Gonfalone, 32, Rome, Italy — Google Maps