photo "borrowed" from the Accademia Nazionale website :-)..... Smith ;-)))) Or better know as the lovely Tony Pappano ;-)
On an otherwise grey and dull Sunday , with nothing to look forward to than suitcase packing for yet more work travel at inhumanly early hours of the morning I luckily stumbled upon this wonderful interview with Tony Pappano in the Guardian which made me feel the warm Italian sun and think of a rich and fragrant glass of wine with a background of glorious and heart lifting music (maybe not Va pensiero, but definitely some Verdi ;-))
Click here to enjoy the interview for yourself.
It’s filled with wonderful sweet and sad childhood memories, with Pappano’s search of roots and identity between America, the UK and Italy, with a sense of healthy competitiveness between his two orchestras and various stories of music and life. You get some unexpected insights into the everyday life on an Italian orchestra, between the funny and the passionate.
And you can also find out interesting things about future plans for both the Santa Cecilia and the ROH. Among the latter a promise very dear to me of more Italian repertoire at the ROH, among which an Otello (which ,if information from other interviews is correct, may be with Anja Harteros and possibly Marcelo Alvarez), more Rossini and hopefully even a new production of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci.
But going back to the main focus of the interview, Pappano’s work with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, here is the link to their website:
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
If like me you rush to have a glimpse of that Guillaume Tell poster, alas it is not on line ;-) But there is plently of interesting stuff, including a possibility to listen to the concerts on line via PappanoinWeb!
You can also find the UK tour dates of the ANSC and buy tickets on line:
Thursday 17 March at 19.45 Tournée - Basingstoke, The Anvil
Antonio Pappano direttore
Boris Berezovsky pianoforte
Verdi ..... Aida: Sinfonia
Liszt ..... Concerto per pianoforte n. 1
Mahler ..... Sinfonia n. 1 "Il Titano"
Friday 18 March at 19.30 Tournée - Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
Antonio Pappano direttore
Boris Berezovsky pianoforte
Verdi ..... Aida: Sinfonia
Liszt ..... Concerto per pianoforte n. 1
Respighi ..... Pini e Fontane di Roma"
Saturday 19 March at 19.30 Tournée - Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Antonio Pappano direttore
Boris Berezovsky pianoforte
Verdi ..... Aida: Sinfonia
Liszt ..... Concerto per pianoforte n. 1
Mahler ..... Sinfonia n. 1 "Il Titano"
Go see! :-)
Wish i could too, but since i can’t i’ll give at least the PappanoinWeb live streaming a try :-))
Grazie Tony for brightening up my Sunday and In bocca al lupo! to the ANSC for their UK tour!
