Festival time in Stresa

We continue in our summer of festivals, where the music scenes also make us discover scenic riches. Like Lake Maggiore, with Stresa and the Borromean Islands, epicentre of the glorious Festival. Like the Ligurian Sea, which is the backdrop to the Festival in Cervo, a village that is a member of the Associazione I Borghi più belli d'Italia, born within ANCI. And for those in town, the reflections of the sunset on the marble Terraces of Milan Cathedral will be an enchanting discovery.

From 17 August to 6 September the second part of the Stresa Festival. Among the numerous concerts, staged in an innovative way and in places and spaces of great interest (including Isola Bella and Isola Madre), we would like to mention the cellist Ditta Rohmann on 21-22 with the complete Soli by Bach for this instrument. The concerts will be held at the Hermitage of Santa Caterina, in Leggiuno, and also include a boat trip from Stresa; the enchanting Hermitage, high above Lake Maggiore, can only be reached on foot. Of further interest is the possibility of participating in a meeting with the cellist before the concert. On the 18th at the Stresa Festival Hall Monteverdi's 'Vespro della Beata Vergine' with the ensemble La Tempête, an example of the composer's desire to unite the arts in a true dramaturgy. In this case a composer such as Luca Mosca, whom RadioTre audiences well appreciate for his captivating "Music Lessons", will narrate the Vespro in the afternoon of the 18th.

On the 20th in the very intimate Piazza dei Corallini, high above the Ligurian Sea - which serves as a fascinating backdrop - the young Trio Orelon, recent winners of the ARD Competition in Munich. The same performers, but with a different programme, on the 22nd in the Romanesque Oratory of S. Caterina. Other chamber music concerts will follow, for the 61st edition of the Festival, which continues until 5 September.

Every Thursday until 12 September, when the infinite hues of sunset enchant the precious pink marble of Candoglia, special opening of the Terraces of the Duomo, with a concert in collaboration with the Milan Conservatory. On the 15th at 8 pm, cellist Rustem Smagulov will play music by Bach. On the 22nd Alessia Travaglini's viola da gamba and Alessandro Gonfiantini's theorbo will play music by Marais, De Visee, Forqueray, Hotman.