Insert your e-mail and click to "Sign in", you will receive all news and scheduled events. 03/12/2011 - Per Sonar Organi, last concert Saturday 3 December 2011, at 9 p.m., Michele Croese will perform on the Bianchi organ (1869) in St. Andrew's church at Morego, Genova, for the last scheduled concert of Per Sonar Organi festival. Music by Frescobaldi, Rossi, A. Scarlatti, Martini, Galuppi, Morandi. Free entrance. Free tasting of typical local food at the end. Morego is 2 kms from Genova-Bolzaneto exit of A7: is easily reachable by car driving on Via Ferriere Bruzzo, passing the fruit and vegetable market, the viaduct upon Secca river and the lights; then take Via Morego on the right. 26/11/2011 - Pietre Sonore 2011 Sacred music scheduled for next Saturday, 26 November, at San Siro di Struppa abbey, Genova, at 4.15 p.m. Vespers sung in plainchant will be the last 2011 scheduled concert of Pietre Sonore festival, featuring Cantus Januae ensemble directed by Luca Dellacasa. The festival is sponsored by Municipio IV, Banco di Chiavari e della Riviera Ligure and Malta Assicurazioni. How to get to the church: the abbey is situated in Via di Creto, along the SP 13 to Montoggio and Scrivia valley: arriving from Genova take the SS45 to Piacenza and follow signs to Creto-Montoggio SP13, from Milan and Turin take Genova-est exit of A12, from Scrivia valley drive 12km from Busalla exit of A7 (signs to Chiavari-Montoggio) then turn right into SP13 to Creto-Genova for 13km. 26/11/2011 - Remembering Arrigo On 26th November, at 9 p.m., in the baroque church of St. Stephen in Casella, Genova, M° Ruben Jais (picture), Resident Director of Verdi Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Milano will conduct Ensemble Stil Moderno, together with "I piccoli Cantori" boys choir, Coro S. Stefano di Casella and Cantus Januae Ensemble. Performing with virtuosic talent and fervor, StilModerno’s talents will thrill and excite as you sit only feet away from this internationally acclaimed musicians. This concert is the penultimate of "Per Sonar Organi 2011" festival, and is dedicated to Arrigo Boccioni (1921-2010) for his outstanding dedication to choral music performance and education and his activity as local historian and researcher. The program includes Bach's cantata "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", Dall'Abaco's concerto for cello, strings and continuo and Vivaldi's Gloria in D major. Free entrance. Free tasting of typical local food at the end. 25/09/2011 - Per Sonar Organi 2011, Ensemble Libercantus Per sonar organi, "Scientia et Musica", 14 July-3 December 2011. Another event in Genova, in Abbazia dei Santi Cosma e Damiano, on Sunday 25 September at 5 p.m.: Libercantus Ensemble directed by M° Vladimiro Vagnetti will perform a concert titled "Sounding architectures: vocal geometries from the Middle Ages to contemporary music". Music by Anonimous 14th century, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomas Luis Da Victoria, Hans Leo Hassler, Francis Poulenc, Randall Thompson, Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, Piero Caraba, Urmas Sisask. Admission free. Free tasting of typical local food at the end of the concert. Abbazia dei Santi Cosma e Damiano is easy to reach from Acquario di Genova, going towards Magazzini del Cotone: from Piazza Cavour take Via San Bernardo, the church is in Piazza di San Cosimo, walking up Via San Bernardo then turning right. 24/09/2011 - Per Sonar Organi 2011, Ensemble Libercantus The 7th event of Per Sonar Organi 2011 festival will take place at Clavarezza (Valbrevenna), in St. Michael archangel church, on Saturday 24 September at 9.30 p.m. Ensemble Libercantus directed by Vladimiro Vagnetti will perform a concert titled "Sounding architectures: vocal geometries from Middle Ages to contemporary music". Music by Anonimous 14th century, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomas Luis Da Victoria, Hans Leo Hassler, Francis Poulenc, Randall Thompson, Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, Piero Caraba, Urmas Sisask. Admission free. Free tasting of typical local food at the end. Get to Clavarezza: from lower Bisagno valley take the road to Montoggio, after Santuario di Santa Maria delle Trefontane turn left at the crossroads into SP226 (direction Casella – Busalla) and at Avosso take on the right to Valbrevenna driving on the main road and taking to Clavarezza on the left; from higher Bisagno valley or Fontanabuona take to Passo della Scoffera - Busalla, then at Avosso as above; people coming via highway should take the Busalla exit of A7, then straight to Casella – Montoggio and at Avosso turn on the left to Valbrevenna. 23/09/2011 - Per Sonar Organi 2011, I piccoli cantori Per Sonar Organi, "Scientia et Musica", 14 July-3 December 2011. The 6th event will take place in Oratorio del SS.mo Sacramento e San Bartolomeo di Staglieno (Genova) at 9 p.m., with a concert performed by "I piccoli cantori di Casella" chorus directed by M° Luca Dellacasa. The concert is titled "Beata es Maria", with a survey of some of the most interesting compositions dedicated to the Virgin Mary from the Middle Ages until recent times. Admission free. Free tasting of typical local food at the end of the concert. To get to the Oratorio: by car, Genova-est exit of A12, follow signs to Piacenza, at the second bridge turn left, and then take the 1st street on your left (Via delle Gavette); by bus, get off at stop Piacenza/Resasco of lines 13, 34, 634, 480, 482, 680 and walk up through Salita alla Chiesa di Staglieno. 07/09/2011 - Per Sonar Organi 2011, 5th concert Per Sonar Organi 2011, Early Music Festival in Valbisagno and genoese valleys, “Scientia et Musica”. I piccoli cantori di Casella, directed by Luca Dellacasa, at Santuario di Santa Maria delle Tre Fontane (Montoggio), Saturday, Sept. 7, at 9 p.m. This recently formed children's choir will perform a selection of music written for the Blessed Virgin from the Middle Ages to contemporary music in a concert titled "Beata es Maria". Admission free. To get to Santuario di Tre Fontane from the centre of Genova by car: drive through Valbisagno, then take SP13 to Creto and Montoggio; from Torino, Milano and Vallescrivia take Busalla exit of A7, then follow to Torriglia-Chiavari-Montoggio, then to Creto-Genova. For people using public transport, buses depart from Genova Brignole (line M1) or Busalla railway station (line F), for infos www.atp-spa.it . in the picture: the Paoli organ (1894) of Santuario di Trefontane 18/08/2011 - Per Sonar Organi 2011, 4th concert Organ recital, next 18th August, in St. John the Baptist church at Mongiardino Ligure (AL), at 9 p.m. featuring Ennio Cominetti on the Agati-Tronci organ (1889). Music by Martini, Zipoli, Anonymous 18th century, Quirici, Fumagalli. Free tasting of local foods at the end of the concert. Admission free. How to get: from Busalla exit of A7, drive through SP8 to Crocefieschi, continue to Vobbia and from there on SP145 to Mongiardino; for people coming from Milano - Torino, take Isola del Cantone exit of A7, from here follow SP8 to Vobbia and then SP145 to Mongiardino. in the picture: the Agati-Tronci organ of Mongiardino 16/08/2011 - Per Sonar Organi 2011, concert on the newly-restored organ a The 3rd concert of Per Sonar Organi 2011 festival will take place at Senarega (Valbrevenna), in Santa Maria Assunta church, on tuesday 16 August at 9 p.m. The organist Stefano Molardi will play the Locatelli organ (1898), restored by Dell'Orto&Lanzini. Following a several months restoration initiative, sponsored by Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali and desired by ex Minister Sandro Bondi, Senarega will officially debut its newly renovated pipe organ to the public. Senarega’s Locatelli instrument, the finest example of mechanical organ in High Scrivia valley, was painstakingly restored to its original 1898 condition. Upcoming performances by renowned organists will continue the longstanding tradition of live music in the church of Senarega. Admission free. Get to Senarega: from lower Bisagno valley take the road to Montoggio, after Santuario di Santa Maria delle Trefontane turn left at the crossroads into SP226 (direction Casella – Busalla) and at Avosso take on the right to Valbrevenna driving on the main road for about 13 km; from higher Bisagno valley or Fontanabuona take to Passo della Scoffera - Busalla, then at Avosso as above; people coming via highway should take the Busalla exit of A7, then straight to Casella – Montoggio and at Avosso turn on the left to Valbrevenna. 05/08/2011 - Per Sonar Organi 2011, 2nd concert The second concert of Per Sonar Organi 2011 festival will take place at Moranego di Davagna, in San Colombano church, on friday 5 August at 9 p.m. The organist Valentino Ermacora will play the wonderful Tomaso I Roccatagliata organ (1721), restored in 1994 by Dell'Orto&Lanzini. The title of the concert is "Ars et scientia in European keyboard music of 17th and 18th century". Admission free. Get to Moranego: from Genova and Bisagno valley: take the road to Torriglia-Piacenza, after Prato at the first junction of the SP14 to Davagna go straight on SS45, after Sottocolle turn left following SP62, then at Passo della Scoffera turn left and take the SP14, direction Davagna; from Valfontanabuona: keep driving towards Busalla-Torriglia until you reach Sottocolle, then follow the same indications as above; from Milano, Torino and Scrivia valley: from Busalla exit of A7 keep driving to Montoggio–Torriglia; at Laccio take the road to Genova, then Davagna. 14/07/2011 - Per Sonar Organi 2011, inaugural concert Giuliano Mameli, organist at Dekanat Oppenheim (Germany) will play the big Trice organ in Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata, Genova, next Thursday 14 July at 9 p.m., in a concert titled "The art of transcription in organ music of Romanticism". Music by Liszt, in the 200th anniversary of his birth, Mendelssohn and Schumann. Admission free. 06/07/2011 - Pietre Sonore 2011 The third event of Pietre Sonore will take place next Tuesday July 6 2011, at 6.30 p.m., with “Vesperae in festo Sancti Syri”, featuring Ensemble Cantus Januae. 12/06/2011 - St. Bartholomew of Staglieno Today, Sunday 12 June, the bells of the tower at San Bartolomeo di Staglieno, one of the oldest churches in Bisagno valley, come back to ring with the early method using ropes, at 4.30 p.m. Old bells (the oldest is dated 1843), on one of the most glorious towers in the valley, for the bell ringer Andrea Ricci, better known as “O Dria”, spent here several years of his life ringing bells, together with singing in the tradional “trallallero” ensembles, playing guitar and writing verses in genovese dialect. He died in 1994; we are going to perform his music today with the same technique he adopted, and using the same ropes in the same place he left during one of hil last concerts. 29/05/2011 - Pietre Sonore 2011 The 2011 edition of Pietre Sonore is now starting, with a concert next Sunday 29 May 2011, at 6 p.m., in the wonderful St. Cosma and Damianus' abbey, in the historic centre of Genova. The concert "Vesperae in Tempore Paschali" (Vesper in Easter Time) will present music from Laudario di Cortona (13th century) and by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Tomàs Luis de Victoria, in the 4th centenary of his death. 05/05/2011 - Bells, poliphony and electronic music A synergy of various musical experiences, gathered in a musical event promoted by 5 florentine institutions like L’Homme Armé, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Tempo Reale, scheduled for next 5 May in Florence. Also bells will be heard, in a “liturgy of musics, images, architectures between the Renaissance and contemporary art”. Further details on www.temporeale.it or www.hommearme.it 01/04/2011 - Concerti spirituali "Lacrime belle", the second concert of the series "Concerti spirituali" will take place on Sunday 10th April, in the parish church of St. Stephen at Casella at 9 p.m., with some of the masterpieces of 17th century italian sacred repertoire. The ensemble is comprised of 5 voices and a boy treble, with Gianenrico Cortese (archlute), Roberta Pregliasco (baroque trombone) and Luca Dellacasa (organ, director). Admission free. How to get to Casella: Casella is about 7 Kms from Busalla exit of A7, direction Torriglia-Chiavari; from Bisagno valley drive along SP13 to Creto-Montoggio, then take to Busalla), from Polcevera valley, direction Serra Riccò-Casella and from Fontanabuona valley direction Busalla. From Genova city center also by the Genova-Casella railway or ATP buses, line F (buses run before the concert only). 24/12/2010 - I piccoli cantori in concert I piccoli cantori di Casella in concert in St. Cyprianus' church at S.Cipriano di Serra Riccò (GE), on Sunday 26 December at 6.15 p.m. Music by Grancini, Praetorius, Bartolucci, Liberto and traditional italian christmas songs. 16/12/2010 - Christmas concert I Piccoli Cantori di Casella and Coro Santo Stefano in concert in St. Stephen's church at Casella, next Saturday, 18 December, at 9 p.m. Music by local composers and traditional christmas carols. Together with our best wishes for a happy Christmas! 22/11/2010 - St. Cecilia's day at Casella St. Stephen's Choir and I Piccoli Cantori of Casella will celebrate St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, on Sunday 28 at 6 p.m. at Casella, in St. Stephen's church. 01/11/2010 - Missa Papae Marcelli The ensemble Odhecaton conducted by Paolo Da Col gained the Diapason d'or for the recording of Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli on the Arcana label. "A recording sure to become a benchmark for this sacred masterwork of contrapuntal and formal perfection..." (Presto Classical, UK) 21/09/2010 - Last events at Per Sonar Organi 2010 The last two scheduled concerts next 24 and 25 September, in Per Sonar Organi festival, with instruments of different periods, and rare music that will provide music lovers an exceptional listening experience. Keep visiting our website for all details! 18/08/2010 - Per Sonar Organi 2010 Venerdì 20 Agosto, alle ore 21, nella chiesa di San Pietro a Savignone (GE), concerto dell'ensemble Orientis Partibus. In programma musiche sacre e danze del '400 italiano. Come arrivare: in auto Savignone è raggiungibile dall'uscita A7 di Busalla, direzione Montoggio - Casella - Torriglia, poi per Savignone. Per chi proviene da Valbisagno - Valfontanabuona direzione Montoggio - Busalla poi per Savignone; con i mezzi ATP da Busalla sino a loc. Ponte di Savignone, poi breve tratto a piedi (ultima corsa utile da Busalla ore 20.40); al ritorno ore 22.45 da Ponte di Savignone (corsa diretta a Genova Brignole FS) nella foto: la chiesa e il campanile di S. Pietro di Savignone 30/07/2010 - Per Sonar Organi 2010 The third concert of "Per Sonar Organi" will feature Davide Merello playing on the wonderful “Tomaso I Roccatagliata” organ, built in 1721 and restored by Dell’Orto&Lanzini in 1994 (in the picture), in the church of San Colombano di Moranego, at Davagna, tonight, Saturday 31 July at 9 p.m.; the programme will focus on italian organ music between 17th and 19th century. To get to Moranego: from Genova and Bisagno valley: take the road to Torriglia-Piacenza, after Prato at the first junction of the SP14 to Davagna go straight on SS45, after Sottocolle turn left following SP62, then at Passo della Scoffera turn left and take the SP14, direction Davagna; from Valfontanabuona: keep driving towards Busalla-Torriglia until you reach Sottocolle, then follow the same indications as above; from Milano, Torino and Scrivia valley: from Busalla exit of A7 keep driving to Montoggio–Torriglia; at Laccio take the road to Genova, then Davagna. 05/06/2010 - The painting by Piola in S. Cosimo di Struppa church online In the website of Liguria Region www.culturainliguria.it , a detailed account of the restoration of the painting "Crucifixion between saints and souls in Purgatory" is available. The painting was restored by the Liguria Region Workshop and presented during Per Sonar Organi last year. 03/03/2010 - Players of the past Concerts of bells next thursday, 5 March, at 1030 at Sant’Antonino di Casamàvari and saturday, 7 March, at 10 at Quezzi, for the visit of the archbishop. The music that will be played during each concert is the same composed by players who have been climbing up to these towers for all their lifes, playing their enchanting melodies but now dead: Giuseppe Narizzano, Andrea Ricci, Filippo Traxino, Agostino Gherardi, Giovanni Battista Santagata (the compiler of the manuscript of bells music of Quezzi). To get to Sant'Antonino by bus: servizio integrativo AMT. To get to Quezzi: bus AMT n. 82 . in the picture: from left to right, Mario Benvenuto and G.B. Santagata, at the inaugural ceremony for the new bells at Bavari (1935) 15/12/2008 - Vespri di Natale An extraordinary event for Genova will be held by ensemble Seicentodieci, next Sunday, 21 December, at 5.30 p.m. in the church of San Giovanni di Pré: the performance of music by genoese composers of XVII century forgotten in libraries throughout Europe but recently restored to its original splendour after a long oblivion. Sunday 21 December, 5.30 p.m., admission free. 01/10/2008 - Stella splendens “Stella splendens: songs of faith and joy along pilgrim’s ways during the Middle Ages” is the title of the concert scheduled at Chiesa millenaria of Ruta di Camogli for next Sunday, 5 October, at 6 p.m., featuring Orientis Partibus Ensemble, and included in the festival "Per Sonar Organi". They will perform some of the laude of St. Columban’s monastery of Bobbio manuscript F I 4. Orientis Partibus Ensemble performs on authentic instruments, reconstructed on the basis of medieval iconography. The musicians have made tournées to Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Hungary, USA, Australia. The lecture “Music and musical instrumens in the Middle Ages: pilgrims’ ways songs”, that will deal with the most interesting and curious aspects of pilgrims’ music, performing praxis and musical instruments of the Middle Ages, will be given at 5.15 p.m. To get to Chiesa millenaria, by car: proceed along the SS1 Aurelia (from A12, exit at Recco and follow signs to Rapallo-La Spezia if you are coming from Genova, or exit at Rapallo and follow to Genova, driving from the east Riviera) until you reach Ruta di Camogli; then take the SP31 to San Martino di Noceto, you will find Chiesa millenaria at the crossroads among Via XXV Aprile, Via Caravaggio and Via Chiesa Vecchia di Bana; by bus: there is a regular bus service departing from Camogli FS, Recco, Santa Margherita Ligure and Rapallo FS to Ruta (info: www.atp-spa.it ). in the picture: an amazing view of Chiesa millenaria 22/03/2007 - Cantus Januæ: open rehearsals The ensemble “Cantus Januæ” gave the first performance in modern times of genoese music of the end of the XVI century, in St. Torpete church in Genova last tuesday, 20 March, from 7 p.m. Cornetts and sackbuts, together with the newly restored organ were the setting of these extraordinarily beautiful musics. in the picture, from left to right: the ensemble’s cornettist and director, Doron Sherwin and Luca Dellacasa, during a break on the bell-tower at San Cosimo