Opera Barga

The project aims to highlight some of the most distinctive locations of the historic councils in the Tuscan Appennine Range with the participation of SIMONE BERNARDINI’S ENSEMBLE LE MUSICHE.

Simone Bernardini plays first violin for the Berlin Philharmonic and is currently the guest concert master for the Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim during their recent series of concerts featuring the entire cycle of Bruckner Symphonies and Mozart’s Piano Concertos.

In Barga, Simone and his Le Musiche Quartet partners along with other players from some of Europe’s major orchestras will be performing a variety of chamber music, with the programs being selected and rehearsed in the small villages of Barga and Bagnone. Some rehearsals are also open to the public.

The MUSICA NEI BORGHI PROJECT has been made possible thanks to the support of the Councils of Barga and Bagnone.

The Le Musiche Quartet player are

Simone Bernardini e Christophe Horak – violins – both members of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Andreas Willwohl – Lead viola of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Ulrike Hofmann – first cello of the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra

Other Ensemble Members are:

Simon Roturier, Lauriane Vernhes, Avishai Chameides, Joan Bachs, (quartetto Noga)

Giulia Bellingeri (violin), David Quiggle (viola), Daniel Van Biemen (violin), Mok-Hyun Gibson-Lane (cello)

Jerome Akoma (violin) and Claire Thirion (cello).

Flute – Curt Schroeter

Horn – Deborah Kopp

Piano – Lauma Skride

A few of the compositions that will be performed during the concerts are listed below.

Schubert’s Fantasy for violin and piano

Trio for horn, violin and piano in E flat Maj. op. 40 by J. Brahms

Schubert’s C min Quartettsats D. 703

Quartett no. 3 in D maj. op. 18 by L. v. Beethoven

Quartet in G maj op. 106 by A. Dvorak

J. Haydn:

The last seven words of Christ on the Cross for quartet and narrator

J. Brahms:

String sextet no. 2 in G maj.. op. 36

W. A. Mozart

Quartet for flute and strings in D Maj.

L.v. Beethoven

Serenade for flute, violin and viola op. 25

A. Dvorak

American Quartet No. 12 op. 96 in F Maj.