Upcoming performances with Berio's music
The Biennale di Venezia pays homage to Berio with two monographic concerts (October 5 and 11); on October 5 Roberto Abbado conducts the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Rendering and Epiphanies, with the soprano Valentina Coladonato (the concert will be broadcasted live on RAI Radio 3); on October 8, Christophe Desjardins performs Sequenza VI for solo viola; on October 11 is scheduled the performance of Ofaním with the musicians of the Orchestra della Toscana, the voices of the Maitrise de Radio France and the Israelian singer Esti Kenan Ofri directed by Danilo Grassi, and Altra voce with Monica Bacelli and Michele Marasco. The live electronics of both works is realized by Tempo Reale which, on 12 ottobre presents a monographic concert in Florence with Altra voce, Linea, Momenti and Thema (Omaggio a Joyce).
On 17 ottobre is scheduled in Florence a concert with Ofaním, featuring the same performers in Venice, this time directed by Marco Angius, and Rendering, in the preview evening of the Play-it! Festival.
On October 30 Daniele Rustioni conducts the Orchestra della Toscana in Otto Romanze by Verdi-Berio, with the tenor Antonio Corianò.
O King and Naturale will be performed in Berlin on September 30 and October 12.
Previous events:
In Italy, the Nextime Ensemble, directed by Danilo Grassi with the participation of Monica Bacelli and Michele Marasco, dedicates to Berio a monographic concert: in program, Différences, Naturale, Altra voce and Momenti, with the sound projection by Francesco Giomi and Francesco Canavese (Città di Castello, 31.08).
In the frame of MITO Festival are scheduled several concerts: Andrea Bacchetti performs Petite Suite for piano (Milano, 08.09); the complete series of Duetti per due violini will be performed by students of the Conservatories of Milan and Turin (Turin and Milan, and Milano, 16.09); the Icarus Ensemble performs Sequenza I for flute and Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) (Milano, 19.09); Guido Maria Guida conducts the Orchestra and Coro dell'Accademia Stefano Tempia in Berio's Magnificat (Torino, 21.09).
On BBC Radio 3 website is now available a streaming listening with Ilan Volkov conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Sinfonia (concert recorded at the Edinburgh International Festival, 2013).
The birthplace Oneglia and his beloved Radicondoli remember the Maestro with a series of initiatives scheduled on August and September.
Abroad, in the frame of the Edinburgh Festival, Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Synergy Vocals in Sinfonia (10 agosto). Many other chamber and orchestral works will be performed in the frame of festivals in summer and autumn. Among these: Chemins IV in Melbourne (25.08); Requies in Duisburg (06-07.09) and Linz (Sept 8); Rendering in Monthey (08.09) and Wiesbaden (18.09); Corale in Lucerne (09.09); Folk Songs in Lausanne (23-24.09).
Two important events also on the radio: on August 12 Radio Tre will broadcast Requies, with the Orchestra della Toscana conducted by Peter Rundel; on August 28, on France Musique will be broadcast live the performance of Linea, with pianists Bertrand Chamayou and Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, and the percussionists Florent Jodelet and Emmanuel Curt.