Songs of Experience

Songs of Experience

Inspiring the next generation

Julia Lynch and James Platt in recital.

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The ticket gives you access to the Fondazione and Corsini gardens (weather permitting) from 6pm, including the offer of a glass of good wine. The concert starts at 7pm.Please arrive no later than 10 minutes before to access the concert hall, the doors close at 7pm.

 

Programme

 

Songs and Dances of Death

M. Mussorgsky 

i) Lullaby

ii)  Serenade

iii)  Trepak

iv) The Field Marshal

 

 

Songs of Travel

R. Vaughan- Williams

 

i)  The Vagabond 

ii) Let Beauty Awake

iii)  The Roadside Fire

iv)  Youth and Love

v) In Dreams

vi) The Infinite Shining Heavens 

vii) Whither must I wander

viii) Bright is the Ring of Words

ix) I have trod the Upward and the Downward Slope 

 

 

Silent Noon (from The House of Life)

R. Vaughan- Williams

 

Total length: 50

The Florence Choral Course as an annual summer course, which thanks to our supporters is made entirely free for participants and dedicated to the study, performance and promotion of Italian choral music. Up to 25 singers from all over the world have the unique opportunity to come to Florence for in immersive period of daily rehearsals, choral technique workshops, individual singing lessons, archival tours, history lectures and masterclasses with world famous practitioners, including soprano Dame Emma Kirkby and director of Milan Cathedral Choir Maestro Massimo Palombella.
The week culminates in concert and ecclesiastical performances in some of Florence’s most iconic buildings, including Palazzo Tornabuoni, Santissima Annunciata and Santa Maria Novella, as well as a sung mass in the great cathedral of Milan.

In addition, the programme’s advanced choral course for aspiring professional singers provides students a unique opportunity to come to Florence for an intensive programme of study, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances, as well as historical lectures and tours in the heart of the most important city of Renaissance. 

In addition, the programme’s advanced choral course for aspiring professional singers provides students a unique opportunity to come to Florence for an intensive programme of study, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances, as well as historical lectures and tours in the heart of the most important city of Renaissance. 

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for the Florence Choral Course July 2024 will open on 1 January 2024.

To apply please send two recordings and your CV to thesacredmusicprogramme@mascaradeopera.com

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