ORT: Musica nei Cenacoli

From April 12 to June 21 in Florence, at the Museum of San Marco and in the Cenacoli (Cenacula) of Sant’Apollonia, Fuligno, Ognissanti and Andrea del Sarto in San Salvi, kicks off I Luoghi dell’Ascolto, a new concert series that brings the Orchestra della Toscana (ORT) to the frescoed refectories of some of the city’s most striking state museums.

Scheduled are 6 concerts in spaces that hold some of the most intense remnants of the Florentine Renaissance. The project—which received the highest score nationwide in the Ministry of Culture’s call for proposals dedicated to exalting live performance activities in cultural venues—was developed with the aim of bringing music and painting into dialog, offering a new way of interpreting historical and artistic heritage.

The concerts take place during regular museum opening hours and feature chamber ensembles composed of ORT musicians, with repertoires ranging from Viennese classicism and 20ᵗʰ-century music to Italian opera.

• Sunday, April 12 in the San Marco Museum, ORT String Ensemble
  A dive into the opera with a program dedicated to Wagner and Giovanni Sgambati
• Sunday, April 19 in the Cenacolo di Sant’Apollonia
  Incanto di Madrid, with music by Luigi Boccherini
• Sunday, May 10 in the Cenacolo di Fuligno
  Between the Lines, with music by Mozart and Beethoven
• Sunday, May 24 in the Cenacolo di Ognissanti
  Winds in Opera, a journey with Berio, Rota, Puccini and Verdi
• Sunday, June 7 in the Cenacolo di Andrea del Sarto in San Salvi, Quartetto Hortensia
  L’Unico è l’Ultimo, with music by Mendelssohn and Verdi. 
• Sunday, June 21 in the Cloister of the San Marco Museum, the ORT conducted by Sieva Borzak with Enrico Ruberti on double bass in a program featuring Beethoven, Hoffmeister and Haydn.

Concerts last about 1 hour without intermission.

Attendance is included in the museum entrance fee, with tickets available online by selecting the rate linked to the event.

For the San Marco Museum, tickets cost €11 full price, €2 for attendees under 25 years and €8 reduced. Palazzo Strozzi tickets can be purchased at coopculture.it.

For the Cenacula of Sant’Apollonia, Fuligno, Ognissanti and Andrea del Sarto in San Salvi, tickets are free for people aged under 18 years or from €2 to €5 for adults, also available on coopculture.it.

For more detailed information on tickets and reduced fares, visit the museums’ official website.