Edition 2024

Early Music Day takes place every year on 21 March, at the initiative of REMA. This celebration of more than a thousand years of music, through concerts and events taking place simultaneously around the world, is an opportunity for Europeans to (re)discover our musical heritage!

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The language of music: Dante, Petrarch, and the Italian lyrical tradition in the music of the Cinquecento

24/03/2024 17:00 CET (24/03/2024 17:00 CET)

The language of music: Dante, Petrarch, and the Italian lyrical tradition in the music of the Cinquecento On-site

Forlì Antiqua Italy
Chiesa dei Servi di Forlimpopoli (FC, Italy), Via Cesare Battisti 17, 47034 Forlimpopoli FC
Which language for the Renaissance? Petrarch and the charm of a euphonic language, or the passionate language of Dante Alighieri? Discover the singing tradition of Italian poetry in the Cinquecento between improvisation and print heritage, across Rome, Venice and San Gimignano.
Musicians
Giovanni Cantarini, voice, lute, recitation
Giulia Ricci, harpsichord and organ
Follie Barocche

21/03/2024 14:00 CET (21/03/2024 14:00 CET)

Follie Barocche Online and On-site

Liceo Musicale Statale "Margherita di Savoia" - Napoli Italy
Salita Pontecorvo n.72, 80135 Napoli
"Follie barocche" is a musical journey on an anciet theme "la Follia", beautifully though for the european early music day. The music by J.S.Bach, A. Corelli, G.F.Haendel, A. Scarlatti, performed with our voices and on our musical instruments, recalls to original sounds and particular music languages, where past and present harmonize like in a cream to the original sounds.
Musicians
Allievi: Castiello Sofia, Teleno Silvana, Tesone Barbara, Chukhrovska Yana, Notaro Giovanni, De Vito Gaia, Balena Alessandra, Negri Alessia, Varriale Alfredo, Perrotta Annarita, Tramontana Emilianna, Musto Mattia, Carannante Mattia, Scicchitano Miriam, Pacilio Ilaria, Pollice Aurora, Giordano Viviana, Dini Ciacci Luna, Botosineanu Elisa, Botosineanu Luis, Avino Giacomo, Nastych Anna, Feola Enrika, Capocotta Valerio, Capuano Liliana, Succoia Maria Teresa, Rocco Alessandro, Durazzano Francesco.
Docenti: Angela Amato (Violino), Ida Caiazza (Canto), Elisa Greco (Arpa), Francesco Nocerino (Pianoforte)
                 Valentina Crimaldi (Flauto), Gianni Iaccarino (Flauto), Vittorio Migliaccio (Fagotto), Francesco Oricchio (Corno)
La Principessa triste - La musica segreta di Amalia

21/03/2024 20:30 CET

La Principessa triste - La musica segreta di Amalia On-site

festival Wunderkammer - CARPE DIEM Italy
Torre del Lloyd - Sala delle Colonne , via Von Bruck 2, Trieste - Italy, 34123 Trieste
The programme focuses on the figure of Anna Amalia Hohenzollern, princess of Prussia, a cultured woman and fine musician whose 300th death anniversary falls last year. Sister of Frederick the Great, her life was crushed by an oppressive father and brother who always kept her in a marginal role. The story of a woman caged in a society that wanted her submissive and who finds her freedom through art.  Music by Telemann, Friedrich der Grosse.
Musicians
Flutes&Frets duo: Beth Stone, flute - Daniel Murphy, lute 
Paola Erdas, narrator 
Quante Follie in Europa!!!

26/03/2024 11:00 CET (26/03/2024 11:00 CET)

Quante Follie in Europa!!! Online and On-site

Liceo Musicale Statale "Margherita di Savoia" - Napoli Italy
Salita Pontecorvo n.72, 80135 Napoli
Workshop Musicale
Presentazione del tema musicale della Follia, 
                    a cura di 
Diana Facchini e Francesco Nocerino 

Brani musicali di 
Haendel, Corelli, Scarlatti, Vivaldi e Bach 

 
 
Musicians
Ensemble Barocco 
preparato  dai Docenti: 
Angela Amato (violino), Ida Caiazza (canto), Elisa Greco (arpa), Francesco Nocerino (pianoforte), 
Valentina Crimaldi (flauto), Gianni Iaccarino (flauto), Vittorio Migliaccio (fagotto), Francesco Oricchio (corno)   
Bach and friends

21/03/2024 17:30 CET

Bach and friends On-site

Agamus ETS Italy
Cappella della Santissima Annunziata, Via Dante Alighieri, 1, 10095 Grugliasco
The concert program includes the performance of the Concerto for Four Violins in G major (TWV 40:203) by G.P Telemann, the cello suite in D minor by J.S. Bach and the Concerto 4 in A major (TWV 40:204) by G.P. Telemann.

Musicians
Ottetto Telemann - 8 violins
Filippo Conrado, Giulia Gaietti, Giulia Elettra Genovese, Teresa Pironato, Giulia Salituro, Amanda Serra, Carla Adriana Tamietto ,Giada Zhou.

Baroque cello: Clara Ruberti
LA WUNDERKAMMER MUSICALE. Visita Guidata alla Stanza delle Meraviglie ducali

16/03/2024 15:30 CET (16/03/2024 15:30 CET)

LA WUNDERKAMMER MUSICALE. Visita Guidata alla Stanza delle Meraviglie ducali On-site

Grandezze & Meraviglie Italy
Galleria Estense di Modena, Largo Porta Sant'Agostino, 337, 41121 Modena
Guided tour of the collection of Galleria Estense di Modena on the musical instruments, which were prominent at the Duke’s Cabinet of Wonders. For example the Arpa Estense from Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara at the end of the 16th century.
Il Suono della Luce - il viaggio musicale nella Commedia

21/03/2024 20:30 CET (21/03/2024 20:30 CET)

Il Suono della Luce - il viaggio musicale nella Commedia On-site

almamusica433 and kalicantus ensemble Italy
Tempio Monumentale di San Francesco, Viale S. Antonio da Padova, 2, 31100 Treviso
The vocal concert retraces the journey of Dante Alighieri told in the Comedy through the stories and musical pages of the composers he met and the sound suggestions recounted. Between words and music, a journey within a journey.
Musicians
Kalicantus Ensemble
G.Ph. Telemann, concerto strumentale,  Monteverdi e il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

21/03/2014 16:30 CET (21/03/2014 16:30 CET)

G.Ph. Telemann, concerto strumentale, Monteverdi e il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Online and On-site

Conservatorio Alfredo Casella (L'Aquila) Italy
LIBRERIA COLACCHI, L’AQUILA, CORSO VITTORIO EMANUELE, 5 - L'AQUILA, 67100 L'AQUILA
PART I 
Alfredo Casella' Conservatory of Music - L'Aquila 
Ensemble music workshop for ancient instruments by Prof. Maria de Martini 
Mandolin Ensemble by Prof. Fabio Giudice 
 
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 
Sonata in C Major TWV 41:C2 
Cantabile, Allegro, Grave, Vivace 
 
Triosonata in A minor TWV 42:a4 
Largo, Vivace, Affettuoso, Allegro 
 
Concerto in D Major TWV 40:202 
Adagio, Allegro, Grave, Allegro (transcription for four mandolins) 
 
Quartet in D minor TWV 43:D3 
Andante, Vivace, Largo, Allegro 
 
PART II 
 
Project 1624-2024: 4 CENTURIES OF COMBAT. 
Claudio Monteverdi and the Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda on the 4th centenary of the first performance 
Coordination Prof. Massimo Salcito 
 
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) 
Aria for several voices "Sì dolce 'l tormento" by Claudio Monteverdi, SV 332 
"Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda" by Claudio Monteverdi, SV 153 
Canzonetta for several voices "Fugge 'l verno dei dolori" 232

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Musicians
Performers: (lab. Ancient Instruments Conservatorio A. Casella (Prof: De Martini-Giudice) 
- Nina Taddei, Recorder 
- Maria de Martini, Recorder 
- Sayaka di Matteo, Baroque Violin 
- Antonio Lattanzi, Transverse Flute 
- Giordano D'Alfonso, Harpsichord 
- Alberto Lattanzi, Viola da Gamba 
- Felice Zaccheo, Viola da Gamba 
- Fabio Giudice, Mandolin 
- Stefano Pogelli, Mandolin 
- Fabio Refrigeri, Mandolin 
-Marco Battistelli, Mandolin 

Ensemble 'Alceo Toni 
- Azzurra Di Marco 
- Arianna Giuliani 
- Vincenzo Ciccarelli 
- Wei Keke 
- Massimo Salcito, Harpsichord
La Bande de violons du Louis XIV

21/03/2024 14:30 CET

La Bande de violons du Louis XIV On-site

Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado - Fondazione Milano Italy
Via Stilicone 36 , 20154 Milano
Open rehearsals of the Baroque Orchestra of the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado under the guidance of Susanne Scholz on an Erasmus exchange from the Instituts für Alte Musik und Aufführungspraxis of the Kunstuniversität of Graz (Austria). The concert related to Susanne Scholz's project will be held on Saturday 23 March at 4.00 pm at the Sala della Balla of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan.
Musicians
Susanne Scholz, conductor and violin
Angelo Basile, Neyén Finot Copa, Martín Moya Fernandez, Lucilla Tempella, violins
Hagar Girsai, Alejandra Segovia Masià, Olesia Romaniv, violas
Massimo Campagna, Chiara Cardelli, cellos
Rita Perego, Rosario Scafili, Matteo Taverniti, recorders
Eleonora Casolari, traverso
Emanuele Gorla, theorbo
Ninon Dusollier, basson
Sebastiano Cristaldi, Nicola Gandolfo, harpsichords
Teodora Tommasi, harp
Hyun Ji, soprano
Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690), «Vespro di San Callisto», from «Salmi a cinque. Tre voci e due violini», opus V (Venezia, 1657)

21/03/2024 20:30 CET (21/03/2024 20:30 CET)

Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690), «Vespro di San Callisto», from «Salmi a cinque. Tre voci e due violini», opus V (Venezia, 1657) Online

MUSICA MIRABILIS. International Musical Festival Giovanni Legrenzi - Municipality of Clusone (Bergamo) Italy
Chiesa della Beata Vergine del Paradiso, Piazza del Paradiso, 24023 Clusone (Bergamo)
The Salmi a cinque, tre voci e due violini, fifth work, by Giovanni Legrenzi, are a collection of thirteen pieces: twelve psalms and the Magnificat, published in Venice in 1657. From this collection a Vespers for the feast of St. Callisto was created.. These psalms follow the model of the church cantata, with multiple sections, consisting of the succession of individual parts, contrasting with each other in style, metric signature and agogic prescription; each combined with a verse of the psalm following changing formal patterns.
Musicians
Collegium vocale et instrumentale 'Nova Ars Cantandi'. Alessandro Carmignani, singing; Enrico Torre, alto; Gianluca Ferrarini, tenor; Marcello Vargetto, bass; Luca Giardini, violin; Gian Andrea Guerra, violin; Marco Frezzato, cello; Mauro Pinciaroli, theorbo and guitar; Ivana Valotti, organ; Giovanni Acciai, conductor.
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), “Maddalena ai Piedi di Cristo”

21/03/2024 21:00 CET

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), “Maddalena ai Piedi di Cristo” On-site

ACCADEMIA DEL RICERCARE Italy
Piazza Sant'Eusebio, 10, 13100 Vercelli
 The period instruments orchestra "Accademia del Ricercare", lead by Luigi Pagliarini, will perform Antonio Caldara's Oratorio "La Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo" in the splendid setting of the church of Sant'Agnese in Vercelli. "Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo" was written in Venice probably between 1697 and 1698. Lodovici Forni's tight, cohesive libretto (also used by Bononcini in 1690) is based on Luke 7:36-50, with the addition of Martha from John 11:1-2 and 12:1-4. 
Musicians
 Arianna Stornello, Maddalena
Chiara Pontoriero, Marta
Sara Lacitignola, Amor Celeste
Rossella Giacchero, Amor Terreno
Stefano Gambarino, Christ
Mario Tahtouh, Pharisee
Yayoi Masuda, Efix Puleo, Francesco Bergamini, Artem Dzeganovskyi, violins
Elena Saccomandi, Alessandro Curtoni, violas
Daniele Bovo, cello
Gualtiero Marangoni, violone
Laura La Vecchia, theorbo
Claudia Ferrero, harpsichord

Luigi Pagliarini, conductor 
La primavera di Bach

21/03/2024 21:04 CET

La primavera di Bach On-site

Associazione Mousike Vicenza Italy
Centro Storico di Vicenza , Contra San Rocco 26, 36100 Vicenza
Concerts between 17 and 21 March 2024 in the beautiful venues of Vicenza's historic centre.
In memoriam of Michael Radulescu, with Teatro Armonico and many artists.
Musicians
With Margherita Dalla Vecchia, Pier Damiano Peretti, Stefano Molardi, Enrico Viccardi, Francesco Galligioni, young students from the Verona Conservatory and Vicenza schools
I Colori del Barocco

21/03/2024 16:00 CET (21/03/2024 16:00 CET)

I Colori del Barocco On-site

Be Ancient Be Cool Italy
Salone Odeo, Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Matteotti 11, 36100 Vicenza
A selection of chamber music by J. B. Boismortier, K. H. Graun, A. Caldara, J. J. Quantz on period instruments. A programme which showcases the many colours and timbres of baroque music, perfectly matching the beautiful setting of the Teatro Olimpico.
Musicians
Isobel Cordone, baroque violin
Giuseppe Falciglia, baroque oboe, oboe d'amore and recorder
Silvia Dell'Agnolo, chalumeau
Dario Pisasale, theorbo
Telemann e Monteverdi

21/03/2024 16:30 GMT (21/03/2024 17:30 CET)

Telemann e Monteverdi Online and On-site

Conservatorio Alfredo Casella Italy
L'Aquila, De Martini, Via Dei Dauni, 2, 00185 Roma
PART I 
Alfredo Casella' Conservatory of Music - L'Aquila 
Ensemble music workshop for ancient instruments by Prof. Maria de Martini 
Mandolin Ensemble by Prof. Fabio Giudice
 
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 
Sonata in C Major TWV 41:C2 
Cantabile, Allegro, Grave, Vivace 
 
Triosonata in A minor TWV 42:a4 
Largo, Vivace, Affettuoso, Allegro 
 
Concerto in D Major TWV 40:202 
Adagio, Allegro, Grave, Allegro (transcription for four mandolins) 
 
Quartet in D minor TWV 43:D3 
Andante, Vivace, Largo, Allegro
 
PART II 
 
Project 1624-2024: 4 CENTURIES OF COMBAT. 
Claudio Monteverdi and the Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda on the 4th centenary of the first performance 
Coordination Prof. Massimo Salcito 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) 
Aria for several voices "Sì dolce 'l tormento" by Claudio Monteverdi, SV 332 
"Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda" by Claudio Monteverdi, SV 153 
Canzonetta for several voices "Fugge 'l verno dei dolori" 232 
 
Ensemble 'Alceo Toni': 
- Azzurra Di Marco 
- Arianna Giuliani 
- Vincenzo Ciccarelli 
- Wei Keke 
- Massimo Salcito, Harpsichord
Musicians
Performers: 
- Nina Taddei, Recorder 
- Maria de Martini, Recorder 
- Sayaka di Matteo, Baroque Violin 
- Antonio Lattanzi, Transverse Flute 
- Giordano D'Alfonso, Harpsichord 
- Alberto Lattanzi, Viola da Gamba 
- Felice Zaccheo, Viola da Gamba 
- Fabio Giudice, Mandolin 
- Stefano Pogelli, Mandolin 
- Fabio Refrigeri, Mandolin 
-Marco Battistelli, Mandolin
DOMENICO SCARLATTI. 16 Sonate

23/03/2024 15:30 CET (23/03/2024 15:30 CET)

DOMENICO SCARLATTI. 16 Sonate Online and On-site

Grandezze & Meraviglie Italy
Grandezze & Meraviglie Hall, Via Ganaceto 40b, 41121 Modena
The legendary harpsichordist Stefano Innocenti, a great Italian soloist, offers a selection of splendid sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti. 

Musicians
Stefano Innocenti, harpsichord. Riccardo Castagnetti, lecturer.

Caritas et Amor - La scuola della Carità tra Arte e Musica

23/03/2024 19:00 CET (23/03/2024 19:00 CET)

Caritas et Amor - La scuola della Carità tra Arte e Musica On-site

Concentus Musicus Patavinus - Università degli Studi di Padova - Coro da Camera Italy
Scuola della Carità - Padova -, Via S. Francesco, 61-63, 35121 Padova (PD)
The oratorio 'La Morte di Sant'Antonio' by B. Aliotti fits into the context of 17th century sacred art, flanking masterpieces such as "Jephte" by G. Carissimi: both examples of how sacred music transcended the boundaries of the era, communicating emotions and spirituality through a masterful combination of music and word.
The concert is preceded by a guided tour by the Doctorate Course in History, Criticism and Conservation of Cultural Heritage at the University of Padua.
Musicians
Francesca Toso, PhD student in History, Criticism and Conservation of Cultural Heritage

Alice Fraccari, soprano
Camilla Scappatura, soprano
Maria de Lourdes Carrillo Guerrero, soprano
Rosalba Cipriani, mezzo-soprano
Sara Tommasini, alto
Michele Fracasso, tenor
Alessio Bisetto, bass

Chamber Choir of the Concentus Musicus Patavinus - University of Padua -

Luca Ranzato, violin and viola
Alessandra Scatola, violin and viola
Carolina Putica, recorder
Francesco Galligioni, cello
Roberto Loreggian, organ
Ignacio Vazzoler, conductor 
LA GALLERIA ESTENSE TRA ARTE E MUSICA. Genesi di una collezione

15/03/2024 18:00 CET (15/03/2024 18:00 CET)

LA GALLERIA ESTENSE TRA ARTE E MUSICA. Genesi di una collezione Online and On-site

Grandezze & Meraviglie Italy
Grandezze & Meraviglie Hall, Via Ganaceto 40b, 41121 Modena
Presentation of the collection of Galleria Estense di Modena on the musical instruments, which were prominent at the Duke’s Cabinet of Wonders. For example the Arpa Estense from Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara at the end of the 16th century.
Musicians
Paola Gigini, lecturer.
Buon Compleanno Bach

18/03/2024 17:45 CET

Buon Compleanno Bach On-site

Associazione Mousike Vicenza Italy
Odeo del Teatro Olimpico, Odeo del Teatro Olimpico, 36100 Vicenza
MONDAY 18 March
ODEO OF THE OLYMPIC THEATRE
5.45 p.m. The Cello Suites BWV 1010, 1011, 1012 second part
Francesco Galligioni, baroque cello
Musicians
Francesco Galligioni
Associazione Mousikè 
Guillaume Du Fay: between hidden architecture and projection into the future

21/03/2024 17:30 CET (21/03/2024 17:30 CET)

Guillaume Du Fay: between hidden architecture and projection into the future On-site

Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra di Milano (Pontifical Ambrosian Institute of Sacred Music in Milan) Italy
Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra di Milano, Corso Garibaldi 116, 20121 Milano
2024 marks the 550th anniversary of Guillaume Du Fay's death, and Early Music Day is the perfect occasion to remember his long and important compositional career. 'Luna totius musicae': this is how he is mentioned by Compère in the motet Omnium bonorum plena. And indeed, Du Fay was an important reference point for his own and subsequent generations of composers. Always open to all musical novelties, he was able to constantly update his own compositional paradigm. At the same time, however, he was able to combine this continuous drive towards the future with the preservation of that late-medieval symbolic conception that characterised the works of the masters who had preceded him. All this gave rise to an interesting mix of the ancient and the modern, which certainly, together with other elements, constitutes one of the ingredients of Du Fay's greatness.
Musicians
Francesco Rocco Rossi, Professor of Musical Semiography at the Pontifical Ambrosian Institute of Sacred Music in Milan
L'incanto della Musica - Il mito di Orfeo

20/03/2024 16:30 CET (20/03/2024 16:30 CET)

L'incanto della Musica - Il mito di Orfeo On-site

Concentus Musicus Patavinus - Università degli Studi di Padova - Scuola di di Dottorato in Storia, Critica e Conservazione dei Beni Culturali Italy
Museo di Scienze Archeologiche e d’Arte dell’Università di Padova, Piazza Capitaniato 7, 35010 Padova
Orpheus, the legendary musician of Greek mythology, enchanted with the sound of his lyre, which tamed the beasts and moved the gods themselves. His music conveyed deep emotions and told stories that touched the soul, making him an iconic figure of the power of music to express feelings and overcome challenges.
Musicians
Monica Salvadori, Vice-Chancellor for Artistic, Historical and Cultural Heritage 
Mario La Rosa, PhD student in History, Criticism and Conservation of Cultural Heritage
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