Concert Season - Teatro Comunale di Ferrara

Sunday September 13th, h. 18:00
Pinacoteca Nazionale – Palazzo dei Diamanti
Francesco Cera harpsichord
Frescobaldi Day
“Frescobaldi, Froberger and Louis Couperin: Toccatas, Preludes and Meditations”

Wednesday September 16th, h. 20.30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Orchestra Mozart
Daniele Gatti conductor
BEETHOVEN
Overture Coriolano Op. 62
WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 (“Rhenish”)

Wednesday October 7th, h. 18:00
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
OPUS13 QUARTET
Sonoko Miriam Welde violin
Edvard Erdal violin
Albin Uusijärvi viola
Daniel Thorell cello
Aperitif with music
BARTÓK
String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
MATTEO FRANCESCHINI
Quartet*
*commissioned by Ferrara Musica and Bologna Festival
BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3
followed by an aperitif with the artists

Thursday October 22nd, h. 20.30
Palazzo Schifanoia
Giacomo Cardelli cello
music by BACH and BRITTEN

Friday October, 23rd, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Orchestra della Toscana
Francesca Dego violin
Diego Ceretta conductor
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (“Pathétique”)

Thursday October 29th, h. 18:00
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Martina Meola piano
CHOPIN
Mazurkas, Op. 30 Nos. 1 and 4
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
SCHUMANN
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
PROKOFIEV
from Ten Pieces for Piano from the ballet Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: Nos. 4, 6, 8 and 10
LISZT
Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi Sonata, S. 161/7
followed by an aperitif with the artists

Wednesday November 4th, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Mikhail Pletnev piano
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 (“Pathétique”)
Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (“Moonlight”)
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Seasons, Op. 37a

Thursday November 19th, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Kirill Gerstein piano
Ivan Fischer conductor
BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz. 119
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 (“Pastoral”)

Tuesday December 1st, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Filippo Gorini piano
SCHUBERT
Four Impromptus, Op. 90, D 899
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106

Thursday December 17th, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Solistas de La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XXI
Tembembe Ensemble Continuo
Jordi Savall viola, programme concept and direction
Anna Piroli soprano
David Sagastume countertenor
Víctor Sordo tenor
Mauro Borgioni bass
Christmas concert
“Christmas Villancicos, Dances and Variations from the Old to the New World”

Tuesday January 19th, h. 18:00
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
QUARTETTO WERTHER
Misia Jannoni Sebastianini violin
Martina Santarone viola
Vladimir Bogdanovic cello
Antonino Fiumara piano
MAHLER Quartettsatz in A minor (1876)
SCHNITTKE Klavierquartett (1988)
ANTONIONI Movimento di Quartetto (2025)
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
followed by an aperitif with the artists

Monday January, 25th, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Giovanni Bertolazzi piano
Marc Niemann conductor
LISZT
Mephisto-Waltzer, S. 514, for solo piano
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
“Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke” (Mephisto-Waltzer) for orchestra, S. 110/2
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major

Monday February 1st, h. 18:00
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
TRIO KOBALT
Riccardo Ronda piano
Irene Fiorito violin
Lorenzo Guida cello
SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 100 (D. 929)
SCHUMANN Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
followed by an aperitif with the artists

Tuesday February 9th, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Caroline Widmann violin
Gabriele Carcano piano
The complete BEETHOVEN Sonatas for piano and violin

Tuesday February 23rd, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone harpsichord and direction
Alessandro Tampieri violin
Marcello Gatti flute
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
TELEMANN Concerto in E minor for flute, violin and continuo, TWV 52:e3
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051
BIBER Battalia a 10, C61
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050

Wednesday March 3rd, h. 18:00
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
TRIO SHELIAK
Emanuele Brilli violin
Matilde Michelozzi cello
Sergio Costa piano
Aperitif with music
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1 No. 2
SCHUMANN Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80
followed by an aperitif with the artists

Monday March 15th, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Andras Schiff piano and conductor
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 (“Jeunehomme”)
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6 in C major, D 589 (“Little C major”)

Saturday March 20th, h. 18:30
Museo Antonioni - Corso Porta Mare 5
Nicola Sani music
Michelangelo Antonioni direction
MDI Ensemble
Focus Nicola Sani
Screening of Michelangelo Antonioni’s short film Noto, mandorli, Vulcano, Stromboli, Carnevale (1993), with music by Nicola Sani

Sunday March 21sth, h. 10:30 a.m.
Ridotto del Teatro
Music by Nicola Sani performed by MDI Ensemble

Wednesday March 31st, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Orchestra Nazionale della RAI
Giuseppe Mengoli conductor
“The Birth and Dissolution of the Waltz”
music by WEBER, BERLIOZ, STRAUSS, SHOSTAKOVICH and RAVEL

Monday April 19th, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano
Donald Sulzen piano
music by RAVEL, GLAZUNOV, SCRIABIN and RACHMANINOV

Tuesday April 27th, at 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Orchestra Città di Ferrara
Marco Angius conductor
Matteo Cardelli piano
Antonio Aiello violin

Wednesday May 5th, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Caroline Widmann violin
Gabriele Carcano piano
The complete Beethoven Sonatas for piano and violin

Thursday May 13th, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Sergey Khachatryan violin
Edgar Moreau cello
Mari Kodama piano
Kent Nagano conductor
BEETHOVEN “Triple Concerto”, Op. 56
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D 485

Monday May 24th, h. 20:30
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Ensemble Resonanz
Aozhe Zhang violin*
Riccardo Minasi conductor
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
*winner of the 2025 Paganini Prize

Friday May 28th, h. 20:30
Palazzo Schifanoia, Salone dei Mesi
Odhecaton
Paolo Da Col conductor
music by OCKEGHEM, OBRECHT, JOSQUIN and other composers