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Optional tours from Rome:

SUMMER EVENINGS OF GREAT MUSIC  

AT THE COURTYARD OF S. IVO ALLA SAPIENZA

This summer, for its 26^th consecutive concert season, the International Chamber Ensemble will once again treat Rome audiences to fourteen unforgettable evenings featuring musical masterpieces from the symphonic and operatic repertory in the courtyard of one of the eternal city’s most splendid examples of Renaissance architecture.  

Located in the heart of ancient Rome just a short walk from Piazza Navona, the Courtyard of S. Ivo alla Sapienza (hallowed halls of the original 15^th century university of Rome) will lend its architectural and acoustical excellence, as it has for the past eleven years, to the International Chamber Ensemble’s 2007 summer series. The season’s repertory highlights a stimulating array of immortal music ranging from the concertos of Vivaldi to the celebrated melodies of the Beatles, from the romantic “Romeo and Juliet” by Tchaikovsky to Astor Piazzolla’s sensual tangos and includes music for symphony orchestra and for soloists as well as four fully-staged and costumed performances of Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni”, presented in collaboration with the Opera Academy company of international singers. Under the exceptional direction of Francesco Carotenuto, this twenty-sixth season guarantees, as always, to please both veteran and novice concert and opera goers alike.

  The internationally renowned International Chamber Ensemble, now in its 27^th consecutive year of activity, continues to present every year to Rome audiences a popular series of concerts, recognized and appreciated in particular for its artistic excellence, which utilize the many varied formations from within the Ensemble and which offer a delightfully diversified panorama of the last three centuries of instrumental music.

The Ensemble’s activities are not confined to the eternal city either. Beginning with an American debut in 1987, and with 2 well-received CDs, the orchestra has since been invited to perform throughout the world (repeated visits to the US, Canada, Japan, Russia, throughout Europe and Scandinavia, Greece and Turkey) with increasing success and critical acclaim.

  Advance ticket sales for the XXVI season will begin on June 11 at all of the major ticket outlets around the city. From June 27, tickets will be available at the door of the St. Ivo Courtyard (Corso Rinascimento n.40).

Tickets costs: for the concerts: €20 (normal), €18 (seniors), €15 (students), €10 (kids) and for the opera Don Giovanni: €24 (normal), €20 (seniors), €15 (students), €10 (kids).

For information: tel. 06.86800125; e-mail: intchens@tin.it or visit www.interensemble.org

Evenings of Great Music at the St. Ivo Courtyard

Corso Rinascimento n.40 

June 30, July 3 and 5   9:30pm

ANTONIO VIVALDI “A Concert of Concertos”
Concerto in D minor for orchestra “Madrigalesco”
Concerto in E major for violin and orchestra “Winter” from the Four Seasons
Concerto in D major for oboe and orchestra RV 453
Concerto in B-flat major for violin, ‘cello and orchestra
Concerto in  A minor for 2 violins and orchestra
Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets and orchestra 

Soloists Giuliano Bisceglia, Luca Vignali, Antonio Ramous, Henry Domenico Durante, Alessandro Verzari, Marco Diano

The International Chamber Ensemble
Conductor Francesco Carotenuto

July 10 and 14    9:30pm

“The fabulous ‘60s – from Piazzolla to the Beatles”

Suite for string orchestra “The Beatles” featuring music by

J. LENNON, P. McCARTNEY and G. HARRISON

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA “Yo soy Maria”, “Adios nonino”, “Balda para un loco”, “Oblivion”, “Libertango”, “Violentango” 

The International Chamber Ensemble String Orchestra
Conductor Francesco Carotenuto

July 20, 21, 24 and 25    9:00pm

DON GIOVANNI
Opera in two acts by
W.A. MOZART
Conductor Francesco Carotenuto
Stage Director Richard Harrell
The Opera Academy Company
The International Chamber Ensemble Symphony Orchestra

July 28, 31 and August 1    9:30pm
P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet
Symphony n.5 op.64 in e minor 
The International Chamber Ensemble Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Francesco Carotenuto

August 4 and 7    9:30pm

“The fabulous ‘60s – from Piazzolla to the Beatles”
Suite for string orchestra “The Beatles” featuring music by 
J. LENNON, P. McCARTNEY and G. HARRISON

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA “Yo soy Maria”, “Adios nonino”, “Balda para un loco”, “Oblivion”, “Libertango”, “Violentango” 

The String Orchestra of the International Chamber Ensemble
Conductor Francesco Carotenuto