Piazza Orazio Giustiniani
4/a, 00153 Roma RM
Italy
As part of the Testaccio Classica festival in Rome, guitarist Emiliano Gentili gives a complete English recital, performing Stephen Dodgson’s 1st and 3rd partitas for guitar alongside works by Peter Maxwell Davies, John Dowland and Lennox Berkeley.
Programme
Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
Farewell to Stromness
Stephen DODGSON
Partita n. 3 for guitar – Allegro non troppo; Poco adagio e mesto; Animato assai; Poco adagio; Allegro deciso
Partita n. 1 for guitar – Allegretto con moto; Molto vivace; Adagio; Allegro
John DOWLAND
Prelude and Fantasies – Praeludium (P 98); Fantasy IX; Fantasy VII
Lennox BERKELEY
Theme and Variations
Sonatina for guitar – Allegretto; Lento. Tempo rubato; Rondò (Allegro non troppo)
About the festival
This year’s Testaccio classical music festival is dedicated mainly to the ‘European 900’ and beyond; it ranges from a solo concert to small chamber ensembles such as the duo and the trio.
Each concert is preceded by a brief presentation by Francesco Maschio , who guides the audience through the different languages that have characterised this century.
The cultivated music of the ‘900’ can pleasantly surprise for its variety : from neoromanticism to dodecaphony, from modality to improvisation, from serialism to electronic music.
The concerts of the festival offer a small cross-section, looking at a recent past that is still very much alive with a historical perspective.
