Pizza is always the correct answer!

an Artistic Score Engraving update from October 2024 Dear all, Welcome back to the monthly update, the first one since our coming back to Italy. The last few days in Belgrade were chilling cold (10-13 °C) after two months of non-stop 35+ °C. Temps here in NW Italy are a bit less extreme, and we finallyContinue reading “Pizza is always the correct answer!”

La Bergamasque — Episode 4

Announcing Gaetano Donizetti’s Larghetto “Una furtiva lagrima” for Piano Solo What follows is an extract from M° Fabrizio Capitanio’s notes at the beginning of this edition. Find the full edition here and watch the promo video here. NOTE EDITORIALI “Larghetto” [Una furtiva lagrima] Coming back to the composition of the playful melodrama Elisir d’amore, everythingContinue reading “La Bergamasque — Episode 4”

La Bergamasque — Episode 3

Together with Gioachino **Rossini** (1792–1868), Gaetano **Donizetti** (1797–1848) was one of the greatest Italian opera composers of the first half of the XIX century to dedicate himself with assiduity and commitment to instrumental music, a production almost entirely relegated to his years of apprenticeship.

Viva l’Italia!—Episode 1 & 2

Announcing Pietro Mascagni’s Intermezzo Sinfonico in several versions! This article is an expanded version of the Editorial Notes that can be found in the published edition, available at this link. You can watch the promo video here; version for cello ensemble. EDITORIAL NOTES Back in 2010, while studying cello performance in Sion, Switzerland, with myContinue reading “Viva l’Italia!—Episode 1 & 2”