Aldo Finzi – Concert at the Carnegie Hall

Stern Auditorium Perelman Stage

 

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Aldo Finzi 

Aldo Finzi (www.aldo-finzi.com) was born in Milan on February 4^th in 1897 from an old Jewish family in which love for music was a tradition: he graduated in law from the Pavia University but in the meanwhile he was graduating from the Conservatorium in composition as an external candidate at the St. Cecilia Academy in Rome.
He quickly reached success and fame among young Italian musicians: at the age of 24, he had become one of the authors whom operas were published by Ricordi Editions.
In 1937 the Scala Theatre announced a contest for a brand new opera which would have took place in the following season: Finzi took part of it with his “La serenata al vento”, published nowadays always by Ricordi/Universal; among members of the examining commission there was Pick Mangiagalli, who moved close to Finzi to give advance notice of the obtained victory in the contest. The official announcement, waited for spring of 1938, did not come because of the racial laws and in this way the Finzi’s consecration among the world most famous musicians vanished.

To carry on he settled for working anonymously or under other people’s name: a denunciation ensured Italian SS to go to the accommodation where his son hid himself to seek Maestro Aldo Finzi, actually hidden somewhere else; to avoid his son accommodation search and arrest, Maestro gave spontaneously himself up to SS: he died under an alias on February 7^th 1945.

The beautiful Aldo Finzi’s music has been played by now almost all over Europe, in addition to the USA, Canada, Panama, Mexico, Israel, Japan and Australia.

12.17.2017: a date one cannot miss giving importance to an unremembered Italian genius – and now the aim of a revival large-scale project with ACE Agency – and definitively promote his music all over the world through this concert participation in the place we can consider the whole world music temple.

ORCHESTRA

GARDEN STATE PHILARMONIC

CONDUCTOR

MAESTRO ALESSANDRO CALCAGNILE

PROGRAM

Aldo Finzi

 

“Shylock” – Ouverture

La serenata al Vento – Arie

Liriche

Sonata per violino e pianoforte

“Cyrano di Bergerac” – Symphonic Poem

Matti Kovler

“Cokboy” for voice and orchestra

 

Raphael Negri – violin

Simonetta Heger – piano

Ágnes Molnár – Soprano

Elizabeth Herzberg – Soprano

Francesco Anile-Tenore

John Palladino – host

 

 

 

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ALDO FINZI

CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL

STERN AUDITORIUM, PERELMAN STAGE

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2017, 8:00 P.M.

 

Garden State Philharmonic

 

Alessandro Calcagnile, Conductor

 

Raphael Negri, Violin

Simonetta Heger, Piano

Ágnes Molnár, Soprano

Francesco Anile, Tenor

Elizabeth Hertzberg, Soprano

John Palladino, Host

 

The compositions of Aldo Finzi (1897-1945), which are undergoing a worldwide revival,

will, at last, be performed at the world’s most celebrated concert hall.

 

The vicissitudes of Finzi’s life and early death would alone suffice to make him

a unique figure worthy of interest, but it is his music that has led to the creation

of a project that will begin in New York and develop globally.

 

Now is the time to bring maximum attention to the Carnegie Hall concert

of December 17^th by filling the hall, by publicizing the event,

and by finding the necessary funds for making the concert succeed.

 

Program:

 

Aldo Finzi: “Shylock” Overture

Aldo Finzi: Excerpts from the opera, La Serenata al Vento

Act II: Duet, “Ah ch’io non vi so dir”

Aria, “Una notte di maggio”

Matti Kovler: Cokboy, for actor and chamber orchestra

Aldo Finzi: Excerpt from La Serenata al Vento

Act II: Duet, “Ai piedi tuoi mi prostro”

Intermission

Aldo Finzi: Liriche

Aldo Finzi: Sonata for violin and piano

Aldo Finzi, Symphonic Poem, “Cyrano de Bergerac”

 

For more information about Aldo Finzi, see the Web site, www.aldo-finzi.com

 

 

Please consider making a donation to this project today:

Or send us a check:

payable to: International Brazilian Opera Company
For: Aldo Finzi – Carnegie Hall

IBOC – 203 West 111th St. #4A – New York, NY – 10026-4159 – USA

All or part of your gift may be tax-deductible as a charitable contribution.  Please check with your tax advisor.