Pergolesi and Spontini Festival in Le Marche

Jesi - Maiolati Spontini - Monsano - Montecarotto - Monte San Vito - San Marcello

FIRST OPERAS: THE ROOTS OF GENIUS

Pergolesi’s first serious opera and Spontini’s first comic opera are the opening and closing works on the program of the Festival, dedicated, in its eighth year, to the moment in which genius blossoms and creative fantasy takes its first steps. The first operas of the great composers alternate with the music of the teachers of Neapolitan conservatories, meaning those who first recognised the genius of Pergolesi and Spontini and cultivated their gifts, and the music of modern-day composers who look back at Pergolesi with the ffectionate gesture of a parody.
Of course, no tribute to art’s “Spring reawakening” would be complete without a Night of the Prodigies, an event devoted to young musicians who have displayed precocious talent: concerts are held in the theatres, churches, courtyards and parks of Jesi.

PROGRAMME

Friday 5 th September, at 9 pm
Sunday 7 th September, at 9 pm
Jesi, G.B. Pergolesi Theatre

LA SALUSTIA
Three-act drama set to music
Music by G.B. Pergolesi • Revision by Dale Monson
Conductor Antonio Florio • Director Jean Paul Scarpitta
La Cappella della Pietà dei Turchini
New production co-produced with the Montpellier Festival

Teatro Pergolesi

Saturday 6 th September, at 9 pm
Montecarotto, Municipal Theatre
SALUSTIA AL QUADRATO
A retrospective of Pergolesi’s work through the eyes of contemporary composers

Teatro Montecarotto

Tuesday 9 September, at 9 pm
Monte San Vito, La Fortuna Theatre
FIRST WORKS
Music written by the great composers as children and young people

Wednesday 10 September, at 9 pm
Monsano, Church of the Aroli
THE MAESTROS
Music for harpsichord by 18th-century Neapolitan composers