Musica Diffusa

From the Orchestra of Tuscany (ORT) comes the Musica Diffusa festival, returning for the 4ᵗʰ consecutive year, from October 1 through to November 29. 

Billed are 9 free concerts in the five districts of Florence, in unconventional venues including the Certosa, Palazzo Wanny, the Casa della Carità and the Auditorium of the Scuola Guicciardini. 

Among the stars of the festival are pianist Michele Campanella with Monica Leone (Mozart), Principal Conductor Diego Ceretta (Brahms and Weber), Giacomo Bianchi (Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons), Conductor Matteo Parmeggiani (Mozart), and various ORT ensembles in original projects ranging from Pino Daniele, Rondò Veneziano and Boccherini to Berio and Puccini.

The program:

• October 1
  9:00 p.m., Certosa di Firenze
  Michele Campanella concertmaster and piano
  Monica Leone piano
  Orchestra of Tuscany
  Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 19 in F, major K 459
  Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27 in B, major K 595 
• October 4
  4:00 p.m., Scuola Aeronautica Militare
  Matteo Parmeggiani Conductor
  Orchestra of Tuscany
  Mozart, Don Giovanni, Overture, K 527
  Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C major, K 551 “Jupiter”
  7:00 p.m., Scuola Aeronautica Militare
  Matteo Parmeggiani Conductor
  Orchestra of Tuscany
  Mozart, Don Giovanni, Overture, K 527
  Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C major, K 551 “Jupiter” 
• October 5
  4:00 p.m., Casa della Carità on Via Corelli
  The Mysteries of Casanova
  Music by Giampiero Riverberi
  Arrangement by Demetrio Bonvecchio
• October 14
  9:00 p.m., Mandela Forum
  Giacomo Bianchi Violin and Concertmaster
  Orchestra of Tuscany
  Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
  A reading of Vivaldi’s sonnets 
• October 17
  9:00 p.m., Palazzo Wanny
  Diego Ceretta Conductor
  Weber, Der Freischütz (The Marksman), Op. 77: Overture 
  Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 
• October 25
  4:00 p.m., Istituto Principe Abamelek
  Winds in Opera
  Music by Berio, Rota, Puccini, Verdi 
• November 16
  4:00 p.m., Auditorium Guicciardini
  Charm of Madrid
  Music by Boccherini 

November 2
4:00 p.m., Teatro dell’Affratellamento
Pino Daniele ... the history and poetry of a Latin rascal
Music by Pino Daniele
Arrangements by Francesco Oliveto