by Penny | 11 May, 2012 | Exhibitions, Music, News, Opera, Photography, Renaissance Art, Social History, theatre
11.5.12 St John the Baptist celebrations 2012 As patron saint of the City of Florence ever since the era of the Longobards, (ie way before the early Renaissance celebration shown above!) St John the Baptist’s Special Day of June 24th always goes out with a big...
by Penny | 8 Oct, 2011 | Music, Renaissance Art, Social History
7.10.11 New Discoveries – forgotten music written by Antonio Vivaldi – played live in the Hall of the 5oo. At the end of a delightfully exuberant evening of glorious Vivaldi – Federico Maria Sardelli and his team from Modo Antiquo (above) take their...
by Penny | 30 Sep, 2011 | Music, News
Festa Baroque Firenze 30.9.11 Grande musica per una grande Storia – a Baroque feast of Music in the Salon dei Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze. Gli Intermedii de La Pellegina was written for the marriage ceremony between Ferdinando I de Medici and the...
by Penny | 26 Sep, 2011 | Feature, Music, Renaissance Art, Social History
25.09.11 Florence’s famous old Palace – Palazzo Vecchio is currently open from 9am to Midnight – and night time is a great time to view it – it feels like you have sneaked in without the tourists and the lighting throughout is magical. However...
by Penny | 24 Jul, 2011 | Music, News, Social History
24.7.11 Glorious Baroque with il Prete Rosso (“The Red Priest”) aka Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741), In September 1703, Vivaldi became maestro di violino (master of violin) at an orphanage called the Pio Ospedale della...
by Penny | 15 May, 2011 | Music
I have been taking friends and customers to these operas regularly since I moved to Florence three years ago – and the standard just gets better and better. Tonight was the first time I have seen the group perform Carmen and it really worked well in the intimate...
