PART 1: Jakub Polaczyk: Christmas Postcard for Strings (2015) Fryderyk Chopin: Rondo à la Krakowiak in F Major, Op. 14 Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 2 Stanisław Moniuszko: Pieśń “Dziad i Baba” Jakub Polaczyk: Flemish Wind (2024), for piano and orchestra – American premiere Stanisław Moniuszko: Aria “Ten […]
A beautiful program connecting different significant inspirations and sounds from Antiquity to the Contemporary. Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra presents a concert honoring Italian and Italian American heritage, including new music by New York native Ernesto Ferreri. The program also includes Brahms violin concerto in a new arrangement for chamber orchestra.
IN PROGRAM:
Ottorino Respighi: Antiche danze et arie per liuto, Suite No.3
Ernesto Ferreri: Octet for Chamber Orchestra, op. 32
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op.77
Adrian Sylveen, violin
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Damiano Tognetti, guest conductor
A beautiful program connecting different significant inspirations and sounds from Antiquity to the Contemporary. Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra presents a concert honoring Italian and Italian American heritage, including new music by New York native Ernesto Ferreri. The program also includes Brahms violin concerto in a new arrangement for chamber orchestra.
IN PROGRAM:
Ottorino Respighi: Antiche danze et arie per liuto, Suite No.3
Ernesto Ferreri: Octet for Chamber Orchestra, op. 32
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op.77
Adrian Sylveen, violin
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Damiano Tognetti, guest conductor
A beautiful program connecting different significant inspirations and sounds from Antiquity to the Contemporary.
IN PROGRAM:
Divertimento in D major, K.136 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons) — Antonio Vivaldi
Holberg Suite, Op.40 — Edvard Grieg
Adrian Sylveen, violin
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Featuring Historic 1938 Austin Pipe Organ
PROGRAM:
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Concerto (Suite) for Violin, Cello and Organ, Op. 149
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D for Organ & 2 Violins
“Mein gläubiges Herze” (My believing heart) from Cantata #68
Felix Mendelssohn Nachspiel in D major, MWV W 12
Hymn: Hear my prayer, MWV B 49
Gettano Felice Piazza: Sonata for 2 Organs in F major
Cesario Gussago: Sonata La Leona a 8
Program sponsored in part by Marjorie Jolidon Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
SOLOISTS: Giacomo Benedetti, Eugenio Milazzo
Brunilda Myftaraj, Sanga Yoon, Laura Andreini, Adrian Sylveen
We are happy to announce a week-long workshop presented by our Italian artists from Greve Opera Academy: Eugenio Milazzo (piano: Verdi, Puccini, Bel Canto, etc), and Giacomo Benedetti (Organist and harpsichordist, early Italian music specialist). The workshop will take place in NYC at locations: The classes daily will take place […]
PROGRAM:
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Concerto (Suite) for Violin, Cello and Organ, Op. 149
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D for Organ & 2 Violins
Felix Mendelssohn Nachspiel in D major, MWV W 12
Gettano Felice Piazza: Sonata for 2 Organs in F major
Cesario Gussago: Sonata La Leona a 8
SOLOISTS:Giacomo Benedetti
Brunilda Myftaraj, Sanga Yoon, Adrian Sylveen
THE MONIUSZKO CHOIR Wanxue Zhang, soprano McKayla Ferguson, alto Igor Antonio, tenor David Kennedy, bass Members of the Connecticut VIRTUOSI Adrian Sylveen, conductor
THE MONIUSZKO CHOIR Wanxue Zhang, soprano McKayla Ferguson, alto Igor Antonio, tenor David Kennedy, bass Members of the Connecticut VIRTUOSI Adrian Sylveen, conductor
A Semi-Staged Version of An opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda. The opera’s original title, La Maledizion (The Curse), refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by the Count Monterone, whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto’s encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda falls in love with the Duke and sacrifices her life to save him from the assassin hired by her father.
An opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo. The opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851. The work, Verdi’s sixteenth in the genre, is widely considered to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi’s middle-to-late career.
"WE THE PEOPLE" Immigrant stories in music - part 11
IN PROGRAM:
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F-minor
Soloist: Corbin Beisner
Stanisław Moniuszko: Latin Mass in E-flat major
with The Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology
“WE THE PEOPLE” — Immigrant stories in music —
IN PROGRAM:
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F-minor
Soloist: Corbin Beisner
Stanisław Moniuszko: Latin Mass in E-flat major
with The Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology
Since 2015, GREVE OPERA ACADEMY & FESTIVAL (4-week residency) offers singers the opportunity to perform roles in fully staged productions with a professional orchestra. The 2025 edition will feature a full production of PAGLIACCI (Leoncavallo) and the Italian and World premieres of compositions by Italian American composer Ernesto Ferreri.
We are excited to announce the continuation of our Virtuosi Summer Music Institute and Festival, which has been delighting audiences since 2011. The program is designed to address the need for intensive music education for talented and motivated students, that is affordable yet rigorous, comprehensive, and provided by world-class instructors. Our program is open to students who demonstrate a command of their instrument and are able to perform in a variety of musical settings.