San Colombano
Concert Season 2023-2024
Wednesday
11 October
h 8:30pm
Europe ’600 – Musical dialogues
Catalina Vicens
bentside spinet by Louis Denis (Paris, 1681),
harpsichord by Giovanni Battista Giusti of Lucca (Ferrara, 1679),
harpsichord by Mattia de Gand (Rome, 1685),
octave trapezoidal spinet by Silvestro Albana (Rome, 1617)
Music by William Byrd, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Louis Couperin, Johann J. Froberger.
Free entry.
Reservation recommended
From Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 October
International Conference
“Per Aures ad Animum” – The Harpsichord in the 16th Century
Second edition of the international conference dedicated to plucked keyboard instruments in the 16th century. Talks, concerts, workshops and masterclasses offer an in-depth look at the art of the harpsichord in 16th century Italy. In collaboration with the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Free entry, reservation required.
For information: concertisancolombano@genusbononiae.it
Wednesday
8 November
h 6:30pm
Musical walk and conversation with Skip Sempé
Skip Sempé, harpsichord, virginal
Catalina Vicens, spinets
Massimiliano Guido, musicologist
During a musical walk through the Tagliavini collection, Skip Sempé, one of the pioneers of the early music movement, engages in conversation with conservator Catalina Vicens and musicologist Massimiliano Guido.
Limited places, reservation required.
Tickets: full price € 12 | reduced € 8 | free for students (subject to availability)
Thursday
9 November
h 8:30pm
William Byrd on the 400th anniversary
Skip Sempé
harpsichord attr. to Francesco Fabbri (Rome, 1630-50 ca),
muselaar by Walter Maene (1978) after Johannes Couchet (Antwerp, 1650)
Music by William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, William Inglot, Thomas Tomkins, Pierre Sandrin, Thomas Morley, Martin Peerson, Ferdinando Richardson.
In collaboration with Associazione Clavicembalistica Bolognese.
Free entry.
Reservation recommended
From Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 November
Festa della Musica
Wednesday 22 November
Online event
Musical Stories – Hommage to Saint Cecilia
Online appointment for the opening of the Festa della Musica week, on the occasion of the celebrations of Saint Cecilia. With a dialogue between Catalina Vicens and a group of art historians and musicologists.Video available on the GenusBononiae YouTube channel.
Wedneseday
22 November
h 10:00am - 3:00pm
Festa della Musica
Masterclass
Masterclass on late Medieval keyboard instruments
Introductory masterclass on late Medieval instruments (portative organ, positive organ and clavisimbalum) held by Catalina Vicens. Aimed at professional organists, harpsichordists and pianists. Open to listeners.
Thursday
23 November
h 6:30pm
Festa della Musica
Lecture-Concert | Rassegna Musica e Arte a San Colombano
Music from the time of the Lamentation of Niccolò Dell’Arca
Angelo Mazza, art historian
Maria Dalia Albertini, voice
Alberto Allegrezza, voice
Giovanni Cantarini, voice
Catalina Vicens, reconstructions of late Medieval keyboard instruments
Free entry.
Reservation recommended
Friday
24 November
h 11:00am - 3:00pm
Festa della Musica
Masterclass
Masterclass on historical harpsichords of the Tagliavini Collection
Open masterclass on antique harpsichords held by Professor Catalina Vicens to harpsichord students of the class of the Haute École de Musique, Geneva.
For information: concertisancolombano@genusbononiae.it
Saturday
25 November
h 3:00pm
Tuesday
5 December
h 6:30pm
Musical walk and conservation with Hopkinson Smith
Hopkinson Smith, Renaissance lute
Catalina Vicens, harpsichord
Dinko Fabris, musicologist
Hopkinson Smith, one of the pioneers of the rebirth of the lute in the 20th century and teacher of numerous generations of musicians, talks with the conservator Catalina Vicens about the spaces of San Colombano and the rediscovery of sound of the lute, with the musicologist Dinko Fabris.
Limited places with reservations required.
Tickets: full price € 12 | reduced € 8 | free for students (subject to availability)
Wednwsday
6 December
h 8:30pm
Bright and Early – The lute in the early 16th century
Hopkinson Smith
lute
Music by Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Francesco Spinacino and others.
Thursday
14 December
h 8:30pm
Rassegna Musica e Arte a San Colombano
Christmas Concert. The music of the nativity scene
Fabio Tricomi
bagpipes, mandolin, flutes, percussion
Fabiana Ciampi
organ
Music by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Domenico Zipoli, Bernardo Pasquini, Giovanni Battista Martini and others
Every 3rd Wednesday of the month, at 3:00pm
November 2023 - June 2024
Pomeriggi musicali commentati
Concerts by students of early music departments of Italian and foreign Conservatories. Each appointment will be preceded and interspersed with short presentations of the instruments that will be played and the composers whose music will be performed, to allow a dialogue between the artists/students and the public, and to facilitate understanding of the proposed programs.
The events are open all. Reservation recommended.
Wednesday
14 November
h 3:00pm