ANDRĮS SCHIFF & PALLADIO at VICENZA
and Maria Stuarda at the Fenice VENICE
29 April - 5 May 2009


Shortly before he starts his well-earned sabbatical, Andrįs Schiff again gives his wonderful series of chamber, orchestral and - this year - choral concerts in the inimitable setting of Palladio's Vicenza, two in the Teatro Olimpico, which is still as built by Palladio in 1580 and one in the Basilica

Our first two nights are spent in VENICE where we inspect Palladio's church buildings and visit some of the churches and galleries. We stay at a charming hotel close to the Accademia. We then drive to VICENZA where we stay for the rest of the tour in a newly-refurbished three star hotel in the heart of the old city and across the square from the Teatro Olimpico. There will be two excursions by coach for private visits to some of the most celebrated and other less well-known villas in the region, most by special arrangement, including La Rotonda and Villas Cornaro, Barbaro and Emo. The tour is accompanied by Robert Avery and Jennifer Anderson.

Cost: £1,980  to include return flights (BA Gatwick-Venice), transfers, accommodation with breakfast 2 nights Venice 4 nights Vicenza, 2 dinners and 5 lunches, excursions and good tickets for all concerts and the opera. Single supplement £200 Venice; £60 Vicenza. Deposit £300.


Wednesday 29 April 
British Airways flight dep Gatwick 13.00 arr Venice 16.10.
Water-taxi across the lagoon to hotel - town walk and dinner
Thursday 30 April 
VENICE San Giorgio Maggiore, Il Redentore and San Francesco della Vigna are all that Palladio built in Venice, but Sansovino's Library is the model for the Vicenza Basilica. Teatro la Fenice Maria Stuarda (Donizetti)
Friday 1 May : VICENZA. Introductory walk before First Concert: 
Bach :" Lauchzet Gott in allen Landen" BWV51, Mozart : Requiem in D minor KV626 (part);
Mozart :"Ave verum Corpus" KV618
Cappella Andrea Barca - Andras Schiff (conductor and piano)
Corale Schola San Rocco di Vicenza, Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Britta Schwarz (alto) Lothar Odinius (tenor)
Saturday 2 May : half day excursion to Villa Barbaro at Maser. Second Concert: 
Bach : English Suite No 5 in D minor BWV811
Haydn : Symphony No 80 in D minor, Notturno, Symphony No 104 in D
Cappella Andrea Barca - Andrįs Schiff (conductor and piano)
Sunday 3 May : VICENZA the Palladian buildings - afternoon to La Rotonda and Villa Valmarana ai Nani. Third Concert: 
Bach : Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV 1047
Mendelssohn : Variations serieuses, Piano Concert No 2 in D, Hebridean Overture, Symphony No 3 in A minor "Scottish"
Cappella Andrea Barca cond. and piano Andrįs Schiff

The Cappella Andrea Barca, for anyone unfamiliar with it, includes the Panocha and Mosaiques Quartets and other chamber players who come together only for Andrįs Schiff.

Monday 4 May 
Whole-day excursion to Villa Cornaro and Villa Emo.
Tuesday 5 May 
Along the Brenta to Villa Malcontenta. British Airways flight dep Venice 16.55 arr Gatwick 18.05

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