Cantare amantis est
Concerto del Giubileo
On the occasion of the 2025 Jubilee Year
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
conductor Hossein Pishkar
Andrea Berardi organ
Gerard Bunk
Praeludium in G minor (from Fünf Orgelstücke Op. 16, No. 2)
Antonio Vivaldi
Symphony in B minor for strings and basso continuo “Al Santo Sepolcro” RV 169
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fuga (Ricercata N. 2) for six voices from Das Musikalische Opfer BWV 1079/5
transcription for orchestra Anton Webern
Richard Wagner
Karfreitagszauber (“Good Friday Spell”), from Parsifal
Leonardo Marino
new composition
for organo, strings, and boy treble
premiere
commissioned by Ravenna Festival
Edward Elgar
Sursum corda Op. 11 for strings, brass instruments, and organ
In this jubilee year, this project, named after the words of St Augustine, inevitably focuses on the spiritual element that runs through so much music and through Ravenna itself, its churches, its magnificent basilicas and the organs they house: extraordinary ancient instruments whose sound brings back to life the history of the city and of its people. It’s like going on a journey through the collective memory locked up in these ancient machines, to reinterpret it through the eyes and voices of today, in a festival that bridges past and future, where a contemporary score by Leonardo Marino meets the immortal music of Vivaldi, while the “modern” Webern faithfully transcribes Bach’s monumental fugue. Different generations join hands today to learn the lessons of yesterday, full of hope for tomorrow.
