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FESTIVAL
CLASSICAL MUSIC
In Orvieto from Wednesday 28th
Rachmaninoff Gala with Denis Matsuev
S
Umbria Jazz Winter
T
he 19th edition of this
successful jazz festival,
an offshoot of the well
known “Umbria Jazz” festival that takes place each
summer, offers five days of
top quality music performed
in a truly unique setting.
Concerts and other events
take place in the historic centre of the ancient town of
Orvieto, one Umbria's most
Friday 23rd at Parco della Musica
anta Cecilia celebrates Christmas with two of Rachmaninov's most
famous works: his concertos n. 2 and n. 3 for piano and orchestra,
which Rachmaninoff himself considered as “piano symphonies”. Technically
they are considered to be in the upper echelon of the virtuoso Romantic
piano concerto literature, and the Third, in particular, has the reputation as
the most difficult concerto in the entire repertoire, with a record for the
most notes notated and played per minute.The Second is arguably more
difficult, as it calls for a greater talent in interpretation. For the occasion
28-year-old conductor Daniele Rustioni, fresh from a successful run at the
Royal Opera House in London, conducts the Santa Cecilia Orchestra accompanied by virtuoso pianist Denis Matsuev. On Friday 23rd
at Parco della Musica,
Viale P. de Coubertin.
For booking and info
tel.
068082058,
www.santacecilia.it
Pianist Denis
Matsuev
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beautiful and historic citadels, home to art, architecture, fine cooking and good
wine. The formula for this
winter festival was established in its first year, and has
since been consolidated and
fine-tuned. For five days there is music throughout the
day and into the small hours,
out in the streets and squares,
inside some historic venues,
and in selected restaurants
and wine bars. Some names
to look out for are those of
Michel Camilo, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chano Dominguez,
Stan Tracy, The Harlem Jubilee Singers, Allan Harris,
Funk Off, and many more.
From 28th December to 1st
January. For booking and
info tel. 0763340493,
www.umbriajazz.com
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SHOW
In town during the festive season
Circuses, between tradition and modernity
A
n evening at the Circus is an
all-time Christmas family favourite, and in Rome there are
three very different ones to choose
from. After a world-wide tour,
box-office hit “Boreal” Circus arrives in town with its extraordinary
acrobatic numbers produced by
the Spanish group “La Fiesta Esce-
nica”. Then there is the “Golden
Circus” conceived and directed
by Liana Orfei who has an ancient
family circus tradition, but a contemporary take on the art of circus
today. And finally, the sea world
“Aquatic Circus” which comes to
life in a magnificent circular aquarium containing over 50.000 litres
of water. “Boreal” is at
the corner between Via
Cristoforo Colombo and
Via Oceano Atlantico,
from 25th December to
5th February. “Golden Circus”is at Teatro Tendastrisce, Via G. Perlasca
69, from 23rd December
to 8th January. “Magnifico
Acquatico” is at Viale Tor
di Quinto (former Gran
Teatro), from 25th December to 5th February.
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ROCK
DANCE
Kiev Ballet
The Clash Tribute Night
K
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EXHIBITIONS
GUERCINO 1591-1666.
MASTERPIECES
FROM
CENTO AND FROM ROME
On display a selection of precious works highlighting the
milestones of the life and career of Francesco Barbieri,
known as “Guercino”, born in
the city of Cento and one of
the most significant protagonists of 17th centur y Italian
art. Until 29th April at Palazzo
Barberini. Open from 9am to
7pm. Closed on Mondays. Info
and booking tel. 0632810,
www.mostraguercino.it
ARTE POVERA
Rome's Galler y of Modern Ar t
par ticipates in a major multivenue exhibition that involves
several Italian museums ce-
lebrating Ar te Povera: a contemporar y visual ar ts movement which made a major contribution to the world of ar t.
Until 4th March at Galleria
Nazionale d'Ar te Moderna,
Viale delle Belle Ar ti 131, tel.
0632298221. 8.30am to
7.30pm. Mondays closed.
I BORGHESE E L’ANTICO
T anks to an exceptional collaborative effort of the Louvre,
the Borghese Gallery presents
the exhibition “I Borghese e
l’Antico” which gathers 60 masterpieces currently belonging
to the Paris Museum. The
works in question were collected by the Borghese family
and especially by Cardinal Scipione Borghese from the 17th
century on, and although most
of the precious collection re-
mains intact and on display
in Rome, a significant sale of
classical sculpture was made
under duress to the Louvre in
1807. Until April 2012 at the
Borghese Gallery, Piazzale Scipione Borghese 5. Booking is
necessar y tel. 0632810,
www.ticketeria.it
DAYS OF THE DINOSAUR
A touring interactive exhibition
that aims to provide visitors
with a first-hand experience
of the world of the gigantic
Thursday 22nd at Teatro Olimpico
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Birthday celebration for the Filarmonica Romana
R
ome's oldest music establishment celebrates 190 years of activity
with a prestigious Christmas Concert featuring the Choir of the
Accademia Filarmonica Romana conducted by Pablo Colino and the
participation of the soprano Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz. The Academy
has been a vibrant member of the Rome music scene since 1821, since when it has continued to offer a top class season of chamber and
symphonic music, both classical and contemporary. The evening programme features a selection of Christmas music ranging from
medieval hymns to music by Benjamin Britten and Nino Rota. Concert on Thursday 22nd at Teatro Olimpico, Piazza G. da Fabriano.
Info tel. 063201752.
Soprano Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz
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the best
laxon is an Italian band which has been active
mongst the many offers of the Christmas
since the end of the 1970s. Its last record
season, ballet is a classic. Especially “The Nutrelease is dated 2009 but a new album is in the
cracker” with its tale of festive magic that unfolds
making. In Rome, band members Andrea Morelli,
under the Christmas tree. The Municipal Ballet of
Lorenzo Tovoli, Fabrizio Ferraro and Roberto MoKiev, which boasts affiliaton with the tradition
schetti pay homage to one of the most popular
of ballet excellency of the former Soviet Union,
British punk bands ever
stages this seasonal
with an evening entifavorite as well as a
tled “The Clash Tribute
traditional version of
Night”. The concert is
“Swan Lake”. The 80part of a new club inistrong company, with
tiative entitled “Gioa repertory of over 30
vedissimo” with free
works, aims to mainconcerts, djsets, exhitain the jewels of the
bitions and theme eveRussian classical tradinings every third Thurtion enhanced by the
sday of the month.
work of contemporary
Klaxon are live in conchoreographers. On
cert on Thursday 22nd
Thursday 22nd and
at Circolo degli Artisti,
Friday 23rd at Teatro
Via Casilina Vecchia 42,
Quirino, Via delle Vertel. 0670305684.
gini 7, tel. 066794585.
A scene from the ballet “Swan Lake”
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animals that owned Earth tens
of millions of years ago. The
exhibition features over fifty
life sized dinosaur robots,
complete with moving eyes,
tongue and claws, as well as
skeleton replicas and an interactive area where children
get to become palaeontologists for one day. In addition
to the great thrill of watching
dinosaurs in motion, the exhibit provides related information throughout the entire tour.
Until 18th Januar y daily from
10am at Nuova Fiera di Roma,
Via Por tuense 1645/1647.
Reduced family tickets available. Tel. 0665074200. For
information www.daysofthedinosaur.it
ROME IN CARAVAGGIO’S
TIME
T his exhibition explores the
life and ar t of the Eternal City
during a par ticularly critical
time following the political and
social upheavals of the Protestant Reformation and the effor ts of the popes to restore
the power and prestige of the
Catholic Church. By bringing
together some 140 paintings
from museums and galleries
around the world, the show
traces the influence of the
two great ar tists at the turn
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of the XVII centur y, the classical painter Annibale Carracci
from Bologna and the revolutionary Caravaggio from Milan.
Until February 5th, open 10am
to 7pm, closed on Mondays,
details and bookings on 0632810.
PIET MONDRIAN
This is a major retrospective
that aims to cover the over
30 years of Piet Mondrian’s
activity. More than seventy
oil paintings and drawings by
the Dutch ar tist who is considered to be one of the founders of abstractionism, as
well as an impor tant representative of neo-plasticism,
highlight the overall coherence
of an ar tist whose capacity
for renewal and artistic growth
remained constant throughout
his career. Until 29th Januar y
2012 at Complesso del Vittoriano, Via San Pietro in Carcere. For information tel.
066780664. Open Monday
to Thursday 9.30am - 7.30pm;
Friday and Saturday 9.30am
- 11.30pm; Sunday 9.30am 8.30pm.
MICHELANGELO
AND
LEONARDO
This exhibition at the Capitoline Museums offers, for the
first time, a chance to com-
pare and contrast drawings
and sketches by the two great
masters of the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo and Michelangelo, through some sixty
of their works on display until
Februar y 19th 2012. Opening
hours from 9am to 8pm, closed on Mondays, tickets euro
6 or euro 12 for joint entrance
to the exhibition and museums, details on 06-0608.
FILIPPINO LIPPI AND SANDRO BOTTICELLI IN 15TH
CENTURY FLORENCE
This exhibition aims to shine
the light on the approximately
34 years of Lippi's career.
Lippi was an extremely prolific
ar tist and his work ranged
from panels, to frescoes, from
drawings on coloured paper
to paintings. The works on
show are from leading international museums and private
collections. A selection of
works by Botticelli also provides the public with an opportunity for stylistic comparison
with his master, his friend,
and ultimately his rival. Until
15th Januar y at Scuderie del
Quirinale, Via XXIV Maggio,
tel. 0639967500.
con la collaborazione
di Linda Bordoni
Living nativity scenes and representations
In Rome and surroundings: the sacredness of the nativity
he Christmas crib comes to life with respect for tradition
but also adapting to the times, never however, without
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charm. Out and about in the the city and surrounding areas
all sorts of cribs are on display. At the Bramante exhibition
spaces in Piazza del Popolo the annual initiative entitled
"100 nativity scenes" Christmas cribs from each of the Italian regions plus those of some twenty-five foreign countries. An enormous variety of scenes representing the Nativity come to life in materials as diverse as coral, silver,
wrought iron, wood, ceramic, clay and recycled materials.
Another popular crib to be found in the heart of Rome is
the one created each year by the city garbage collectors in
Via dei Cavalleggeri 5. It's made of two thousand stones,
one hundred illuminated dwelling places, angels that fall
from the sky beneath the alternation of day and night. Large numbers feature also in the International Museum of
the Nativity in the Church of Saints Quirico and Giulitta:
An image from last year's edition of the Living
three thousand individual figurines animate the cribs houCrib in Pereto
sed there. The scent of history is strong in the nativity scene
to be found in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore with its Sacred Cradle, a century-old relic, and the crib
created by Arnolfo di Cambio (in the XIIIth century). In the Church of Santa Galla in Circonvallazione Ostiense, there is a nativity scene composed of over onehundred and fifty moving figures. Something else that
never fails to arouse public interest are the living cribs: true and proper live performances, like the one that
takes place in Greccio, home to the first crib in the world back in 1223. Here an amphitheatre-like structure
hosts a complex set made of six living tableaux. It is repeated from Saturday 24th to January 8th . On Monday 26th in Pereto, some 50 km from Rome, between the ancient walls of the medieval village, a nativity
scene complete with original costumes and Roman soldiers on horseback comes to life.
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