Sacred Music in Tuscany

From April to November, in the cathedrals of Florence and Siena, 11 missed appointments. Here are the programs

In April 2016 we inaugurate two great sacred music festival in Florence and Siena, special concerts with very few programs, prestigious ensemble of first international level, with free admission.

In Siena, promoted by the Opera Metropolitana Siena, it opens Monday, April 4 4th Laudetur edition. 4 concerts, until 18 November 2016. Home of the concerts, Cathedral of Siena, free admission to availability.

In Florence, organized by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, part of Wednesday, April 6, the 20th edition of O Flos Colende. 7 rare concerts, until September 30, 2016. Office of the concerts the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, free admission.

LAUDETUR 2016, Siena, Cathedral 
PROGRAM:

Monday, April 4, at 21
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Friday, May 6, at 21
Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya: "Songs and dances in honor of the Black Virgin from the monastery of Montserrat from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat"

Thursday, June 9, at 21
Angelo Branduardi: "Da Francesco Francesco - The Canticle of Brother Sun"

Friday, November 18, at 21
Ensemble Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera di Parma: "Coronation Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart"

O FLOS COLENDE 2016, Florence, Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
PROGRAM:

Wednesday, April 6, at 21
Winchester Cathedral Choir: sacred music between Florence and England

Wednesday, April 27, at 21 - Friday, May 20, at 21
The largest organ Mascioni: the double performance of Giulio Mercati and Matteo Venturini with Andrea Dell’Ira's trumpet, the recital 'feminine' by Gail Archer

Tuesday, June 14, at 21
Debut of the Neapolitan Chapel: sacred Baroque between Florence and Naples

Friday, June 24, 10:30 am
The Cardinal Archbishop Giuseppe Betori celebrates a Mass for the Feast of St. John the Baptist: Fauré and the ancient Florentine sacred tradition with OGI musicians, the Treble Voices Choir of the Maggio Musicale and the Musical Chapel of Santa Maria del Fiore

Tuesday, July 12, at 21
Three entries for three faiths: Christian musical tradition, Jewish and Islamic

Thursday, September 8, at 21
Swingle Singers, the timeless charm of a cappella voices

Friday, September 30, at 21
World premiere of a new sacred drama: "Acknowledge, Filii, misericordiam Patris" with the Ottoni del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Musical Chapel of Santa Maria del Fiore directed by Michele Manganelli

Information and reservations:
Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore - Via della Canonica 1, Florence
Ph. +39 055 2302885, ofloscolende@operaduomo.firenze.it
www.operaduomo.firenze.it