CONCERTS 2026 | SYMPHONY
MARCO ANGIUS
CORRADO The Jaguar Sun | Concerto for oboe and orchestra
Commission of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
First performance
HINDEMITH Nobilissima visione
Director
Marco Angius
Oboe
Paul Grace
Program
Pasquale Corrado
The Jaguar Sun | Concerto for oboe and orchestra
Commission of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
First performance
Under the Jaguar Sun is the title of a collection of “sensory” short stories written by Italo Calvino around the themes of smell, taste and hearing. In fact, the writer’s initial plan was to complete five short stories about the five senses, in a sort of cognitive investigation of the outside world through each of them. With this title will be heard in Bologna the new work by Pasquale Corrado (1979), the Concerto for oboe and orchestra born from the commission of the Teatro Comunale, for which in 2019 the composer from Lucania had presented – again as a premiere – the chamber opera Macbeth Alone.
Paul Hindemith
Most noble vision
Visiting the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence in 1937, Paul Hindemith was thunderstruck by Giotto’s frescoes of episodes from the life of St. Francis. The inspiration resulted in a ballet — later called a choreographic drama or danced legend — entitled “Saint Francis” and as such was presented on July 21, 1938 in London with the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo and choreography by Léonide Massine. “Nobilissima visione” was the title chosen when the score was published and since then it has been linked mainly to the Concert Suite which, as in the ballet, ends with an impressive Passacaglia celebrating the apotheosis of the Saint and his admirable “Canticle of the Creatures.”
Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
45 min. before the start of the concert, the audience is invited to an in-depth discussion of the program by Luca Baccolini, which will be held on the lower floor of the Theater.
Luca Baccolini
journalist, music popularizer and writer, works with the Bologna editorial office of Repubblica and is on the editorial staff of the monthly Classic Voice. For Newton Compton he has published ten books on the history of Bologna. He is the author of theatrical subjects and collaborates as an essayist and popularizer with the most important Italian lyrical symphonic institutions.
SECTOR 1
Full: €45
Over65: €35
Reduced30-35: €30
U30: €25
SECTOR 2
Full: 40€
Over65: 30€
Reduced30-35: 25€
U30: 20€
SECTOR 3
Full: 35€
Over65: 25€
Reduced30-35: 20€
U30: 15€
SECTOR 4
Full: €15
Tickets at €10 for all students enrolled at the University of Bologna, the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna and the G.B. Martini Conservatory of Music for concerts of the 2026 Symphonic Season.
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