(c) Luogo Arte Academia Musicale The Most Beautiful Music for Violin & Guitar: Sagrestia del Borromini
Rome, Sagrestia del Borromini — Main Hall
About the Event
The concert offers a refined dialogue between the brilliance of the violin and the intimacy of the guitar, transforming the classics into an evocative chamber experience. The transposition of Vivaldi's works shines with technical agility, keeping the baroque energy intact despite the reduced number of musicians. Paradisi and Rossini allow us to encounter the panache of the eighteenth century. Rossini's operatic irony finds a new elegant guise, where the guitar acts as a miniature orchestra. Ferdinand Rebay's work is beautiful: a true strong point, his original compositions take full advantage of the idiom of both instruments, creating lyrical and late‐romantic atmospheres. The performance cleverly balances virtuosity and introspection, doing justice to an often underestimated instrumental combination.
Program
PROGRAMMA
- A. Vivaldi (1678‐1741): “Andante” dal Concerto per due mandolini RV 532
- P.D. Paradisi (1707‐1791): “Toccata in A major”
- F. Rebay (1880‐1953): Sonata in mi minore per violino e chitarra
(Allegro ma non troppo — Tema — Moderato — Minuetto — Rondò)
- G. Rossini (1792‐1868) — Fantasia sulla Gazza Ladra
(Maestoso marziale — Allegretto — Andantino e Variazioni — Allegro — Allegretto)
THE EXPERIENCE
In the heart of Rome, Borromini’s Sacristy opens its doors to offer an intimate and unique musical experience. This extraordinary space, a masterpiece of Baroque architecture and usually not accessible to the public, becomes visitable on the occasion of these events, allowing guests to enter a place of rare beauty and atmosphere.
Concerts begin at 5:45 PM and last approximately one hour, during which the acoustics and atmosphere of the Sacristy enhance every nuance of the music, creating a unique dialogue between art and sound.
Cast / Production
FLAVIA DI TOMASSO: violin
VALENTINA PELLECCHIA: guitar
Address
Sagrestia del Borromini, Piazza Navona — Via S.Maria dell'Anima 30/A, Rome, Italy — Google Maps
