Faithful to custom you can enjoy a well-assorted festival menu (entree + main course) before the evening concerts in AMUZ. During the marathon of madrigals this pop-up bistro serves a special Menù della Maratona.

FESTIVAL MENU: On 23, 24, 26, 27 & 28 August

Entree choose from Melanzane alla parmigiana (casserole with aubergines, courgettes, tomato, melted mozzarella & parmegiano) OR Insalata Caprese: salad with mozzarella, tomato & basil

Main course choose from Scaloppina alla Milanese (breaded veal with pasta & tomato sauce) OR Lasagna vegetale (vegetarian lasagna) OR Linguine scampi Capri (linguine with prawns in a spicy tomato sauce) 

Dessert € 6,00: Tiramisu, Panna Cotta, Tartufo

Price € 19. Festival menu SAT 23/08 ORDER | SUN 24/08 ORDER | TUE 26/08 ORDER | WED 27/08 ORDER | THU 28/08 ORDER

MENÙ DELLA MARATONA: On 29 & 30 August
06.00 p.m.: buffet of homemade pizzas
08.00 p.m.: evening concert 
09.15 p.m.: buffet of Italian Specialities (Saltimbocca alla Romana, Pasta Vongole, Polpetta Pomodoro, Lasagna, Patate al forno …)
10.15 p.m.: late evening concert 

Price: € 24. Menù della Maratona FRI 29/08 ORDER | SAT 30/08 ORDER

Concert tickets are not included. Advance booking is required.

26 August, 2014 16:00 -- AMUZ

In addition to his Madrigal Books Monteverdi also wrote less ambitious vocal works. He called them arie, canzonette or scherzi. Concerto Soave brings a generous selection of these fresh pieces of music: from the volume Canzonette, published in 1584 – Monteverdi was only seventeen at that stage – and the two books with Scherzi Musicali. 

Although the scherzi musicali were intended as entertainment, these ‘musical little things’ achieve summits of refinement. The three-part canzonette then again belong to the earliest work that Claudio wrote: very accessible and striking ‘little songs’ that are rarely if ever performed. Nobody can match the top soloists of Concerto Soave to present them to you!

26 August, 2014 18:00 -- AMUZ

In addition to his Madrigal Books Monteverdi also wrote less ambitious vocal works. He called them arie, canzonette or scherzi. Concerto Soave brings a generous selection of these fresh pieces of music: from the volume Canzonette, published in 1584 – Monteverdi was only seventeen at that stage – and the two books with scherzi musicali.

Although the scherzi musicali were intended as entertainment, these ‘musical little things’ achieve summits of refinement. The three-part canzonette then again belong to the earliest work that Claudio wrote: very accessible and striking ‘little songs’ that are rarely if ever performed. Nobody can match the top soloists of Concerto Soave to present them to you! 

26 August, 2014 20:00 -- Amuz

Torquato Tasso: prodigy and celebrated poet, but also a tormented lunatic who never earned a penny with his most famous work, La Gerusalemme liberata. Until the beginning of the 20th century Tasso was one of the most widely read poets in Europe. Born performer Marco Beasley reads from his oeuvre, breathing new life into it.

Tasso’s best-known poems appeared at a great moment when music, influenced by composers such as Monteverdi, Gesualdo and Marenzio, underwent a genuine transformation in Italy. The mellifluous melodies and sensual melancholy of, for example, Aminta, are hand in glove with the contemporary spirit of the age. Until two centuries after his death Tasso’s influence on the opera and the cantata was perceptible. A rediscovery is in order! We celebrate this occasion at the studio of Peter Paul Rubens, who at the court of Mantua most probably met our festival star Monteverdi.

26 August, 2014 20:15 -- Rubenshuis

Torquato Tasso: prodigy and celebrated poet, but also a tormented lunatic who never earned a penny with his most famous work, La Gerusalemme liberata. Until the beginning of the 20th century Tasso was one of the most widely read poets in Europe. Born performer Marco Beasley reads from his oeuvre, breathing new life into it. 

Tasso’s best-known poems appeared at a great moment when music, influenced by composers such as Monteverdi, Gesualdo and Marenzio, underwent a genuine transformation in Italy. The mellifluous melodies and sensual melancholy of, for example, Aminta, are hand in glove with the contemporary spirit of the age. Until two centuries after his death Tasso’s influence on the opera and the cantata was perceptible. A rediscovery is in order! We celebrate this occasion at the studio of Peter Paul Rubens, who at the court of Mantua most probably met our festival star Monteverdi. 

26 August, 2014 22:15 -- Rubenshuis

Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 are no doubt the most ambitious religious music collection from the period before Bach. In this lecture by Marco Mencoboni you will discover why this work gets pride of place in music history. (In English)  

27 August, 2014 11:00 -- AMUZ