ANDRĮS SCHIFF & PALLADIO at VICENZA
 		26 April - 1 May 2012


Andrįs Schiff again gives his wonderful series of chamber and orchestral concerts in the inimitable setting of Palladio's Teatro Olimpico, which is still as built by Palladio in 1580.

We are based in VICENZA where we stay in a newly-refurbished three star hotel in the heart of the old city. 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.

Cost : £1,850 to include return flights (BA Gatwick-Venice), transfers, accommodation with breakfast , 4 lunches, excursions and good tickets for all concerts.
Single supplement £100 Deposit £300.




Thursday 26 April 
British Airways flight dep Gatwick 12.50 arr Venice 16.00.
Coach to Vicenza.
Friday 27 April : VICENZA. Introductory walk - the Palladian buildings La Rotonda and Villa Valmarana ai Nani (and lunch with the Valmarano family) First Concert:  
Haydn : Missa in tempore belli "Paukenmesse"
Beethoven : Sonata No 32 in C minor op.111
Cappella Andrea Barca, Schola San Rocco and Andrįs Schiff
Saturday 28 April : half day excursion to Villa Barbaro at Maser. Lunch. Second Concert: 
Schubert : Symphony No 3 in D Mozart : String Quintet K516
Schumann : Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54
Cappella Andrea Barca - Andrįs Schiff (conductor and piano)
Sunday 29 April : Villa Cornaro and Villa Emo. Lunch. Third Concert: 
Schubert : Symphony No. 6 in C
Schumann : Piano Quintet
Brahms : Symphony No 1 in C minor op. 68
Cappella Andrea Barca - Andrįs Schiff (conductor and piano)

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 30 April 
Whole-day excursion to VENICE San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore - the only Palladian buildings in La Serenissima. Exclusive entry to the monastic buildings of San Giorgio with the Veronese back in place in the refectory.
Tuesday 1 May 
Along the Brenta to lunch and Villa Malcontenta. British Airways flight dep Venice 16.45 arr Gatwick 17.55



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