18.00 | MONTEPULCIANO - DOWNTOWN

BAND'S MARCH
Bands from Montepulciano, Sarteano, Piazze-Cetona, Asciano, San Casciano dei Bagni, Chiusi, Bettolle 
Traditional songs: Inno di Garibaldi, Primavera di Pace, Sotto la doppia Aquila
[free entrance]

21,30 | MONTEPULCIANO - PIAZZA GRANDE

OPENING CONCERT
Banda dell'Aeronautica Militare
Patrizio Esposito, conductor
Percy Fletcher,"Labour and Love"
Giuseppe Verdi, Ouverture from “La battaglia di Legnano”
Christopher Marshall, L’homme armé
Adam Gorb, Danze Yiddish
Patrizio Esposito, Pietre che cantano [world premiere commissioned by 40°Cantiere]
Paul Hindemith, Symphony in B-flat
[free entrance]

EVERY NIGHT FROM JULY 12TH TILL 18TH 
10pm | SARTEANO - CASTELLO

MOBY DICK
Laura Fatini and Gabriele Valentini, direction
Production Nuova Accademia degli Arrischianti [italian premiere]

12am | MONTEPULCIANO - FORTEZZA

HENZE COLLECTOR. Vernissage for M° Henze private collection
Natasha Ungeheuer and Michael Kerstan, guests of honor
[free entrance]

6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - FORTEZZA

POLLICINO. Henze and the music education
With Dipartimento delle Arti Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna
Ensemble “I Classici in classe” | Teachers and Children's Choir from Istituto di Musica "Henze"
Giuseppe Di Leva, librettist and narrator
Music by Henze, from “Pollicino”

[free entrance]

9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - ISTITUTO DI MUSICA "HENZE"

FACING HENZE
Michael Kerstan, moderator
with Carla Cuomo, Alessio Tiezzi, Chiara Giorgi, Giuseppe Di Leva, Roland Böer
music by Hans Werner Henze from "Pollicino"
[free entrance]

6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - MUSEO CIVICO PINACOTECA CROCIANI

MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM – Contemporary concert for viola and saxophone
Maurizio Barbetti, viola - Michele Selva, saxophones
Dan Roman, Cielo-line  (2nd movement)
Paul Méfano, Périple for solo sax tenor
Luciano Berio, from duets for two violins: Igor, Fiamma, Alfredo, Vinko, Henri, Marcello, Daniela, Camilla
Stefano Taglietti, Ballata per solo viola
David Liebman, South Africa
Philip Glass, 4 Melodies per sax solo
Tigran Mansurian,  Lachrimae
Paul Hindemith, Sonata op. 25 n. 1 for solo viola  (I Breit Viertel, IV RasendesZeitmaße)
Yuval Avital,  Horizon and Siren [world premiere]
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9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - ISTITUTO DI MUSICA "HENZE"

FACING HENZE
in cooperation with Accademia Europea di Musica e Arti Palazzo Ricci and Kunststiftung NRW
Michael Kerstan, moderator
with Jörg Widmann, Christoph Poppen, Luciano Garosi
Hans Werner Henze, Viola sonata
Hans Werner Henze, Trio for violin, cello and piano
 [free entrance]

6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - FORTEZZA

THE CANTIERE ARCHIVE
Submission of the archival project curated by Mediateca della Marroca
[free entrance]

9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - FORTEZZA
Montepulciano 1976 - Documentary series on first Cantiere
“La città in musica” Prod. RAI 1976, directed by Paolo Poeti
curated by Mediateca della Marroca
[free entrance]

9,30pm | CASTELMUZIO - CHIESA DELLA COMPAGNIA

MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM
Maurizio Barbetti, viola | Michele Selva, saxophones
Music by Roman, Méfano , Berio, Taglietti, Glass, Mansurian, Hindemith, Avital
[free entrance]

6,pm | MONTEPULCIANO - FORTEZZA

CHAMBER MUSIC
TRIO VOX | DUO SOLEIL
Irene Novi, piano | Clarice Curradi, violin |
Augusto Gasbarri, cello| Simona Miniati, flute
Sergej Prokofiev, Sonata for flute and piano
Norberto Oldrini, "Terra piatta uomo scimmia" for flute, cello and piano [world premiere commissioned by 40° Cantiere]
Anton Dvořák, Dumky-trio
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9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - ISTITUTO DI MUSICA "HENZE"

FACING HENZE
Michael Kerstan, moderator
with David Graham, Luca Lombardi, Riccardo Panfili, Francesco Fournier Facio, Saskia Bladt
Music by Henze, Graham, Lombardi e Bladt
[free entrance]

6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEMPIO DI SAN BIAGIO

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT
with Accademia Europea di Musica e Arti Palazzo Ricci
Orchestra da camera Renana
Jörg Widmann, clarinet
Christoph Poppen, conductor
Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony N.89 F-Dur
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concert for clarinet and orchestra
Jörg Widmann, Insel der Sirenen
Joaquín Turina, La oración del torero
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8,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

An Aperitif at the Opera - introductory explanation of the music program

9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

IDROSCALO PASOLINI
Contemporary opera [World premiere commissioned by 40° Cantiere]

by Stefano Taglietti and Carlo Pasquini
Ensemble Royal Northern College of Music - Manchester
Francesco Mauri, Leonardo Bianconi, Roberto Giovenco, Michele Zaccaria, Nicola Ciammarughi, actors
Rosaria Fabiana Angotti, "Maria Callas" | Giada Frasconi, "Corvo" |
Andrea Tabili, "Cardinale" | Andrea Ciacci, "Chierichetto"
Marco Angius, conductor
Carlo Pasquini, director
Maria Concetta Gravagno, assistant director
Chiara Trancossi, executive design
Katrin Schöss, sets | Noemie Grottini, costumes |
Pietro Sperduti, stage lighting
Giulia Maran, make up

With thanks to Fondazione Opera di Firenze by kind permission of technical equipments
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6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - CHIESA DI SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE

BAROQUE CONCERT
Modus Ensemble
Giulia Manzini, cantus
Stefano Guadagnini, altus
Enrico Torre, tenor
Antonio Orsini, tenor
Diego Procoli, tenor
Enrico Correggia, bassus
Jasmina Capitanio, viola da gamba
Luca Marzetti, violone
Roberto Caravella, theorbo
Mauro Marchetti, conductor
Claudio Merulo, 5 voices motets from “Liber primus sacrarum cantionum” - Ave Maria - Ascendens Christus in altum - Cumque beatissimus Marcus - Evangelista - Maria unxit pedes Jesu
Girolamo Frescobaldi, Canzona a canto e basso detta “L’Ambitiosa”
Claudio Merulo, Beata Elisabeth - O admirabile commercium - Maximum hoc omnium - Tribus miraculis ornatum diem
Girolamo Frescobaldi, Canzona a canto e basso detta “La Tromboncina”
Claudio Merulo, Tu es Petrus - Sancti et justi - Ego sum panis vivus - Innocentes pro Christo
Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde, Susanna Passegiata
Claudio Merulo, Salvator noster, dilectissimi - Stephanus autem plenus gratia
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8,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

An Aperitif at the Opera

9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

IDROSCALO PASOLINI
contemporary opera
by Stefano Taglietti and Carlo Pasquini
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00am | MONTEPULCIANO - PIAZZA GRANDE

MIDNIGHT CONCERT - Raf Ferrari 4tet
Raf Ferrari, piano | Vito Stano, cello
Andrea Colella, double bass | Claudio Sbrolli, drums
Presentation of the record “Quattro”
[free entrance]

5pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

An Aperitif at the Opera

6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

IDROSCALO PASOLINI
contemporary opera
by Stefano Taglietti and Carlo Pasquini
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9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - DUOMO

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Recital by Gunther Rost, organ
Johann Sebastian Bach, Französische Ouvertüre, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 677, Pastorale in Fa maggiore BWV 590, Italienisches Konzert, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 675, Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu Dir BWV 687
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Esce mars SwWV 321
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata A dur KV 331
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6pm | CETONA - COMUNITÀ MONDO X - CONVENTO DI SAN FRANCESCO

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Recital by Gunther Rost, organ
Johann Sebastian Bach, Französische Ouvertüre, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 677, Pastorale in Fa maggiore BWV 590, Italienisches Konzert, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 675, Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu Dir BWV 687
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Esce mars SwWV 321
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata A dur KV 331
[free entrance]

6pm | SARTEANO - MUSEO CIVICO

MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM
Antonio Galella, Giulio Cuseri, Francesco Scozzaro, clarinet
Music by W. A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven, M. Poot,  R. Kuttemberger.
[free entrance]

9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - GIARDINO DI PALAZZO BRACCI TESTASECCA

SALVÀTI!
A common thread gathers up and distends memories. Overwhelming anguish. A warm welcome.
curated by Gianni Trabalzini | by and with Silvia Luzzi | and with Francesco Storelli
Ensemble RNCM - Manchester
Roland Böer, conductor
Children's Choir from Istituto di Musica “Henze”
Antonio Lysy, cello
Music by Haydn, Mozart, Bach, Henze
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6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - PALAZZO RICCI

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Recital Markus Bellheim, piano
Olivier Greif, Sonate de Guerre op.54
Franz Liszt, Sonata in B minor
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9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEMPIO DI SAN BIAGIO

ORCHESTRAL CHORAL CONCERT
Orchestra Poliziana | Corale Poliziana | Corale J. Arcadelt | Coro Cantica Nova
Massimiliano Grassi, organ | Franco Barbucci, violin | Eleonora Contucci, soprano | Antonia Fino, mezzosoprano |
Marco Rencinai, tenor | Philip Smith, bass
Gabriele Centorbi, conductor
G. F. Handel, from "Music for the royal fireworks" (la Paix, la Réjouissance, Minuetto I e II)
A. Vivaldi, L’estate, da “Le quattro stagioni”
G. F. Händel, Concert for organ and orchestra
J. Haydn, Missa in Tempore Belli
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6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - FORTEZZA
PINSUTI'S ROMANCES

Recital Marco Rencinai, singer
Michela Caldesi, piano
Ciro Pinsuti, Il libro santo - Lettere - Tante cose - Do, sol, do, mi = La, mi, la, do - Beatrice - Bedouin love song - Dream of Peace - Je t'amais - Il mio sogno - Uno sguardo
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9,30pm | SARTEANO - RISERVA NATURALE DI PIETRAPORCIANA

SALVÀTI!
A common thread gathers up and distends memories. Overwhelming anguish. A warm welcome.
curated by Gianni Trabalzini | by and with Silvia Luzzi | and with Francesco Storelli
Ensemble RNCM - Manchester
Roland Böer, conductor
Children's Choir from Istituto di Musica “Henze”
Antonio Lysy, cello
Music by Haydn, Mozart, Bach, Henze
[free entrance]

6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - PIAZZA GRANDE

TUTTI GIÙ PER TERRA
Musical performance by the “Orff” workshop
cured by Ciro Paduano and Marcella Sanna
In cooperation with OSI (Orff Schulwerk Italiano)
[free entrance]

8,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

An Aperitif at the Opera

9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

LA FINTA SEMPLICE
opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Orchestra Royal Northern College of Music - Manchester
Katharina Ruckgaber, Rosina | Philipp Kranjc, Don Cassandro |  Pasquale Scircoli, Don Polidoro | Alessia Martino, Giacinta | Simon Bode, Fracasso | Minni Diodati, Ninetta | Marko Ferjancic, Simone
Roland Böer, conductor
Caterina Panti Liberovici, director
Marie Lambert, assistant director | Sergio Mariotti, sets | Alessandra Garanzini, costumes
Chiara Lussignoli, stage lightening

With thanks to Fondazione Opera di Firenze by kind permission of technical equipments
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6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - FORTEZZA

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Montfort Quatuor
Jelena Nerdinger, Klaus Nerdinger, violin |
Guy Speyers, viola | Emil Bekir, cello
Alexander Borodin, String quatuor N.2
Max Bruch, String quatuor op.9
Francesco Fournier Facio, String quatuor N°2 "Thauma" [world premiere]
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9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

LA FINTA SEMPLICE
opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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00am | MONTEPULCIANO - PIAZZA GRANDE

MIDNIGHT CONCERT
Ensemble Royal Northern College of Music - Manchester
Roger Hamilton, conductor
Heinrich Biber, la Battaglia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Serenade in C minor K388 "Nachtmusik"
[free entrance]

12pm | MONTEPULCIANO - PIAZZA DELLE ERBE

CHAMBER CONCERT
Uta Woyniewicz and Jelena Nerdinger, violin
Music by Leclair, Telemann, Haydn, Pleyel
[free entrance]

4pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

An Aperitif at the Opera

5pm | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

LA FINTA SEMPLICE
Orchestra Royal  Northern College of Music - Manchester 
Giuseppe La Malfa, conductor
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9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - PIAZZA GRANDE

CARMEN, LES HOMMES
Contemporary dance
Cie Twain phisycal dance theatre
Loredana Parrella, coreography and direction
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9,30pm | TORRITA DI SIENA - CHIESA DELLE SANTE FLORA E LUCILLA

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Montfort Quatuor
Jelana Nerdinger and Klaus Nerdiger, violin |
Guy Speyers, viola | Emil Bekir, cello
Ludwig Van Beethoven, String quatuor op.18, N.4
Max Bruch, String quatuor op.9
Francesco Fournier Facio, Quatuor N.2 "Thauma"
[free entrance]

6pm | CETONA - MUSEO CIVICO

MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM
Giampiero Allegro, flutes
Massimiliano Grassi, organ and harpsichord
Music by Castello, Fontana, Storace, Händel, Baston, Scarlatti, Corelli
[free entrance]

9,30 | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

EL CIMARRÓN
Recital for four musicians by Hans Werner Henze
Ensemble El Cimarrón
Michael Kerstan, director
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00am | MONTEPULCIANO - TEATRO POLIZIANO

MIDNIGHT CONCERT
Montfort Quatuor | Uta Woyniewicz, violin |
Jacopo Francini and Justus Grimm, cello |
Rebecca Stephenson, Fusun Naz Altinel, viola
Maria Nolan, double bass
Roland Böer, harpsichord
Antonio Vivaldi, Doppio concerto per due violoncelli
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandeburg Concerto N.3 for three violins, three violas, three cellos and basso continuo
[free entrance]

6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - PALAZZO RICCI

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Justus Grimm, cello | Markus Bellheim, piano
Claude Debussy, Sonata for cello and piano
Albert Huybrecht, Chant Funebre
Olivier Greif, Vieni Creator
Richard Strauss, Sonata for cello and piano
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9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - PIAZZA GRANDE

SYMPHONYC CONCERT
Orchestra Royal Northern College of Music - Manchester
Markus Bellheim, piano
Roland Böer, conductor
Bohuslav Martinů, Memorial to Lidice
Béla Bartók, Piano concert n. 3
Luigi Cherubini, Marcia funebre
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony N.5
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6pm | CHIANCIANO TERME - MUSEO CIVICO

MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM
Recital Jacopo Francini, cello
Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite N.1 in G Dur BWV1007
Hans Werner Henze, Serenade
George Crumb, Sonata for cello solo
Krzysztof Penderecki, Per Slava
Gaspar Cassadò, Suite for cello solo
[free entrance]

9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - FORTEZZA

Montepulciano 1976 - Documentary series on first Cantiere
“Festa in Montepulciano” Prod. BBC 1976 (’60)
Cured by Associazione Mediateca della Marroca
[free entrance]

9,30pm | SAN CASCIANO DEI BAGNI - PIAZZA DELLA REPUBBLICA

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Monfort Quatuor (Klaus Nerdinger, Jelena Nerdinger, violin | Guy Speyers, viola | Emil Bekir, cello)
Ben Newton, viola
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, String Quatuor in A flat, op. 13
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, String Quintet in Bb Dur, op. 87
[free entrance]

6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - CHIESA DI SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE

BAROQUE CONCERT
Thomas Pietsch, baroque violin | Dagmar Lübking, organ and harpschord
Jacob Froberger, Toccata I, Toccata VI da sonarsi alla Levatione
Heinrich Biber, Chrisi Geburt (III Rosenkranz Sonate), Gloria in excelsis et in terra pax, Sonata rappresentativa
Johann Schop, Als Jupiter gedacht
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Capriccio sopra il Cucù, Battaglia
Johan Paul von Westhoff, La Guerra
Johann Sebastian Bach, Verleih' uns Frieden gnädidlich BWV 321
George Muffat, Toccata decima
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9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - FORTEZZA

UN PAESE CHE NON C’È
Pervin Chakar, soprano
Ayten Inan, piano | Hevi Dilara, poems
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9,30pm | SINALUNGA - PIAZZA IV NOVEMBRE

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Monfort Quatuor (Klaus Nerdinger, Jelena Nerdinger, violin | Guy Speyers, viola | Emil Bekir, cello)
Ben Newton, viola
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, String Quatuor in A flat, op. 13
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, String Quintet in Bb Dur, op. 87
[ingresso libero]

6pm | MONTEPULCIANO - CAFFÈ POLIZIANO

A QUICK COFFEE
Public event with Markus Stenz, Detlev Glanert,
Jan Latham-Koenig, Roland Böer, Margaret Barry
[free entrance]

9,30pm | MONTEPULCIANO - PIAZZA GRANDE

CLOSING CONCERT
Orchestra Royal Northern College of Music - Manchester
Justus Grimm, cello
Markus Stenz, Roland Böer, Jan Latham Koenig, conductors
Detlev Glanert, Frenesia per grande orchestra [italian premiere]
Sergej Prokofiev, Sinfonia concertante for cello and orchestra op. 125
Sergej Prokofiev, War and Peace Suite [italian premiere]
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9,30pm | SIENA - PIAZZA DEL CAMPO
Concert for Siena Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2015

SYMPHONYC CONCERT
Orchestra Royal Northern College of Music - Manchester
Justus Grimm, cello
Roland Böer, conductor
Bohuslav Martinů, Memorial to Lidice
Sergei  Prokofiev, Sinfonia Concertante Op. 125
Luigi Cherubini, Marcia funebre
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sinfonia n. 5
[free entrance]