March 2012
March 22 / April 1 – Photo Exhibition “Mestieri e Botteghe di un volta” by M. Malambrì
April 2012
April 1/29- Paintings Exhibition: “Calma apparente” by G. Iudice
April 2/29 – previous Church of S. Francesco di Paola – Art Exhibition “Riflessi di Luce” by Edyta Grzegorczyk
April 3/29 – previous Church of Carmine – Art Exhibition “Blu” by Salvatore Tudisco – Photographs and “sculpures” of pieces of wood, metals and stones found along the iciliann coast between Syracuse and Taormina.
April 4/29 – Town Library Art Exhibition “Enneagramma” by Aykut Saribas
April 5/29 Town Library- Art Exhibition “Uovo d’Artista” by Dionysos Association
April 14 – Taormina Congress Hall – Music, “Shine Records” by Vera Sorrentino & Giovanni Dall’O’
April 21 – Cathedral of Taormina – Music, “Classic Concert” – 6.30 pm
April 28 – Church S. Caterina – Music, “Taormina Ensemble” Jazz Fusion – 6.30 pm
May 2012
May 1/13 – Exhibition of Photographs “Blu” – Town Library
May 4 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Violin
May 6 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Musics of Renaissance & Baroque
May 10 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Sopran & Piano
May 12/24 – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano – Art Exhibition “Grafitismi di segni e di luci”
May 13 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Sopran & Piano
May 17 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
May 19 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Sopran & Piano
May 20 – Taormina Classica – Trio Art Kalispèra — sopran, clarinet, piano
May 24 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Quartet of Saxophones
May 25 – Taormina Classica – Duo Parisi / Barboro — clarinet, piano
May 27 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Flute & Piano
May 27 – Taormina Classica – Giuseppe Lo Cicero — piano
May 27 – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano – Art Exhibition “La mia luce verso Nord” by John Petter Havneraas
June 2012
June 1 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
June 2 – The Eco-friendly Garden: market & lectures
June 3 – Taormina Classica – Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara — piano
June 3 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Happy Basson Quartet. Musics of Prokoviev, Verdi, Schubert and others.
June 9 – Taormina Classica – Duo Blanco / Sinacori — guitars
June 9/17 – Exhibition of paintings by Billy Doolan – Babilonia Gardens
June 9 – July 29 – Glass Mixture Exhibition by S. Vigliaturo
June 7 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Harp
June 10 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Clarinet and Piano
June 14 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Violoncello and Piano
June 17 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Flutes, Violin, Violoncello and Harpsichord
June 21 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Quartet of Accordions
June 23 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
June 23/28 – Taormina Film Festival
June 23 – Taormina Film Fest – premièere “The Brave” in 3D
June 28 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
June 29 /30 – Nastri D’Argento Award
July 2012
July 1 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
July 5 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
July 5 – Jazz Nights at Babilonia Ristrot
July 8 – Opera – Norma By V. Bellini
July 8 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
July 10 – Opera – Norma By V. Bellini
July 13 – Sting in Concert
July 17 – Ligabue in Concert
July 17 /22 – Taormina Jazz Festival
July 18 – Taormina Jazz Festival – Kenny Werner Quartet
July 19 – Taormina Jazz Festival – Kurt Elling Trio
July 20 – Taormina Jazz Festival – Aaron Goldberg Bienestan
July 20 – Greek Theatre – Ficarra & Picone in “Apriti Cielo”
July 21 – Greek Theatre – Ficarra & Picone in “Apriti Cielo”
July 21 – Taormina Jazz Festival – David Kikoski Trio
July 22 – Taormina Jazz Festival – Dino Rubino Trio – Special Guest Paolo Fresu
July 25 – Ben Harper in Concert
July 29 – Greek Theatre – Valentina Lisitsa: Concert for piano and orchestra n. 1 by Tchaikovsky
August 2012
August 1 – Operetta – Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by J. Strauss II
August 2 – Operetta – Wiener Blut (Viennese Blood) by J. Strauss II
August 3 – Greek Theatre – Giorgia in concert
August 4 – Greek Theatre – Ivo Pogorelich plays Tchaikovsky
August 4/30 – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano – Art Exhibition “Viaggio a Taormina” by Antonio Nunziante
August 4/September 30 – previous Church del Carmine – Art Exhibition “Panorami di luce” by Antonio Nunziante
August 5 – Greek Theatre – Noa in concert
August 7 – Greek Theatre – Ballet – The Sleeping Beauty
August 10 – Greek Theatre – Ballet – Carmen
August 11 – Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
August 14 – Greek Theatre – Ballet Gala – Principals of New York City Ballets
August 17 – Greek Theatre – Vinicio Capossela in concert
August 18 – Greek Theatre – Riccardo Cocciante in concert
August 22 – Massimo Ranieri in concert
August 26 – Greek Theatre – Antonello Venditti in concert
August 31 – Greek Theatre – Beethoven: Concert n. 2 in Si bemolle op. 19; ’Ouverture “Die Ruinen von Athen” op 113; Sinfonia n. 5 in Do minore op. 67Piano: Marc Yu
September 2012
September 5 – Greek Theatre – Salvatore Accardo e l’Orchestra da Camera Italiana – Tickets
September 9 – Public Gardens – “Da Lucio a Lucio” – Tribute to the Italian singers Lucio Battisti and Lucio Dalla – Free entrance
September 15/30 – Church of S. F. di Paola – “Controcorrente”, paint exhibition by Francesca Borgia – Free entrance, 5.30pm-9.30pm
September 19 – Church of Santa Caterina – Chamber Concerts – Frank Wasser, Piano
September 22/28 – TaoBuk – Taormina Book Festival
September 23 – Church of Santa Caterina – Chamber Concerts – Fabio Maida, Guitar
October 2012
October 4 – Church of Santa Caterina – Chamber Concerts – Duo Crosta and Testa, Flute and Piano
October 6 – Church of Santa Caterina – Chamber Concerts – Duo Giambertone and Raimondo
October 12th – Church of Santa Caterina – Chamber Concerts – Duo Famiani and Leonardi, Viola and Piano
October 12 – 15 – Our Lady of Fatima visits Taormina
October 19/26 – La dalce vita “made in Sicily” – Photo exhibition by Michelangelo Vizzini
October 20 – Cathedral – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
October 21 – Church of Santa Caterina – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
October 27 – Church of San Giuseppe – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
October 28 – Church of San Pancrazio – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
November 2012
November 3 – Church of Varò – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
November 4 – Cathedral – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
November 11/22 – Ex Church del Carmine – Paint Exhibition – Sogni, visioni e Racconti
December 2012
For a detailed list of our Christmas events, please look here
December 1- January 6 – Taormina Christmas Market
December 8 – The Look of the Year
December 15 / January 2 – Painting exhibition by Filippo Andronico “I have a drem”. Portraits of six great great peacemakers: Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, John Lennon, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, pope John Paul II and Gandhi.
December 20 – January 6 – Cioccolart Sicily, 4th Edition
December 22-23 – Rally Event 2012
Dcember 26th – January 2013 – Living Nativity Scene in Taormina Trappitello
Christmas Living Crib – from December 26th
Taormina Trappitello, December 26th 2012 – January 13th 2013
During Christmas time in Italy, you are bound to come across cribs in homes and piazzas all over the country. Many cities also have a living crib, or a living nativity scene. It is thought that St. Francis hosted the first living nativity scene in 1223, sparking a tradition that continues in Italy to this day. Beginning on Christmas day, and running until January 6th, towns throughout Italy hold pageants to reenact the night of Jesus’ birth. Actors portray Mary, Joseph, the three Magi and other biblical figures from the gospel.
In Trappitello, hamlet of the town of Taormina, every year since 2001, in Chrismas time, a Living Crib with more than 100 (150 this year) actors and “walk-ons” is organised. The Show lasts several days, from Christmas to half January.
The location set is the huge garden of the old small church of Santa Venera.
How to get there: 500 metres from the motorway exit – Motorway Messina/Catania (A18), Exit Giardini Naxos, direction Trappitello – Francavilla di Sicili
Opening hours (even in case of rain):
– December 26 2012 – 5.00pm / 9.30pm
– December 28 2012 – 7.00pm / 10.30pm
– December 29 2012 – 5.00pm / 9.30pm
– December 30 2012 – 6.00pm / 9.30pm
– January 1 2013 – 6.00pm / 9.30pm
– January 4 2013 – 7.00pm / 10.30pm
– January 5 2013 – 5.00pm / 9.30pm
– January 6 2013 – 5.00pm / 9.30pm
– January 13 2013 – 5.00pm / 8.00pm
CONTACTS
Tel. +39 0942/50210
Tel. +39 349/4289961 – 339/8320324 (mobiles)
FB: http://it-it.facebook.com/pages/PRESEPE-VIVENTE-DI-TRAPPITELLO/128603542604
Mail: presepetrappitello@gmail.com
December 22/23 – Rally Event
December 22/23 2012
250 chlilometres of a fascinating and selective road rally which “touches” many small towns of the area, including Savoca, Limina, Alì Terme, Casalvecchio, Misserio, Roccalumera and Santa Teresa i Riva.
Exact route is not official yet.
Registration from November 21st to December 17th.
All information at http://rallyevent.jimdo.com/programma (in Italian)
Contact: info@rallyevent.it
Cioccolart Sicily 2012
December 20th – January 6th 2013. Free entrance
Fourth edition of Cioccolart Sicily, an exhibition entirely devoted to chocolate.
Exhibition of amazing artworks, culinary demonstrations, tastings, live workshops for kids, contests and much more!
PROGRAM
Tasting and demonstration (pages 2-4), cooking classes (page 5), special tastings for experts (page 6) and funny activities for kids (page 7)
More info and updated programs can be found on www.cioccolart.it
Christmas 2012 in Taormina
Christmas in Taormina 2012
December 2012 – January 2013
Download the program (in Italian)
Events, exhibitions, concerts, music and much more!
December 8 – The Look of the Year
The Look of the Year 2012
Taormina Congress Hall, 8.30pm
The LOOK OF THE YEAR is the most important fashion event all over the world, whose aim is to select and to launch models in the world of modelling. The Look of the Yaer is also a recognition that will be given every year to the most creative stylists, to the magazines and to the best professionalists of the sector. The aim is to create a direct line among who creates fashion, who promotes it and who wears it by profession. The event is addressed to an increasingly interested public, to a continuous rendezvous with fashion that finds rising number of girls willing to participate at The Look of The Year.
The LOOK OF THE YEARs style is in agreement with its location. The international event, located in Taormina / Giardini Naxos, usual destination of the international jet-set, where the most prestigious names of the international fashion take part.
The selection is made up of the most known professionalists of the world of look, photographers, stylists and models. It starts with the participation of about 200.000 girls, from 16 years old to 22 years old, minimum height 1,78m, size 40/42, giving to all of them equal opportunity to take part at the event, without discriminating colour, race, religion or ethnic origin.
THE LOOK OF THE YEAR is able to involve every year more than 40 countries, making use of numerous Seats all over the world. The organisers, thanks to the media, radio, television and newspapers, promote the event and the research of the models for the international phase.
(source: thelookoftheyear.tv)
More info on www.thelookoftheyear.tv
Taormina Christmas Market
From December 1st to January 13th – del Carmine Square, a few steps from Porta Catania
Opening hours: on working days from 3.00pm to 10.00pm. On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10.00am to 10.00pm
From December 1st to December 20th >> everything to decorate your home and Christmas Tree
From December 21st to Januar 6th >> the best Sicilian cakes on sale
Christmas Market starts on Saturday December 1st and run through to Epiphany (January 6) ending on Sunday January 13th .
More info on cioccolart.it
November 11/25 – Exhibition
Paint Exhibition: “Sogni, Visioni e Racconti“
Ex Church del Carmine
Artists: DeSanti, G. Donato, RoGiKa, A. Greco, P. Barbagallo, Mr. Lee, T. Berra, F. De Mariano, A. Gitto.
Live painting on November 18th: the proceeds of the sale of those works will be donated to a local charity “Un sorriso per Sofia”.
Download the playbill
Taormina Events Calendar 2012
March 2012
March 22 / April 1 – Photo Exhibition “Mestieri e Botteghe di un volta” by M. Malambrì
April 2012
April 1/29- Paintings Exhibition: “Calma apparente” by G. Iudice
April 2/29 – previous Church of S. Francesco di Paola – Art Exhibition “Riflessi di Luce” by Edyta Grzegorczyk
April 3/29 – previous Church of Carmine – Art Exhibition “Blu” by Salvatore Tudisco – Photographs and “sculpures” of pieces of wood, metals and stones found along the iciliann coast between Syracuse and Taormina.
April 4/29 – Town Library Art Exhibition “Enneagramma” by Aykut Saribas
April 5/29 Town Library- Art Exhibition “Uovo d’Artista” by Dionysos Association
April 14 – Taormina Congress Hall – Music, “Shine Records” by Vera Sorrentino & Giovanni Dall’O’
April 21 – Cathedral of Taormina – Music, “Classic Concert” – 6.30 pm
April 28 – Church S. Caterina – Music, “Taormina Ensemble” Jazz Fusion – 6.30 pm
May 2012
May 1/13 – Exhibition of Photographs “Blu” – Town Library
May 4 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Violin
May 6 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Musics of Renaissance & Baroque
May 10 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Sopran & Piano
May 12/24 – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano – Art Exhibition “Grafitismi di segni e di luci”
May 13 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Sopran & Piano
May 17 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
May 19 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Sopran & Piano
May 20 – Taormina Classica – Trio Art Kalispèra — sopran, clarinet, piano
May 24 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Quartet of Saxophones
May 25 – Taormina Classica – Duo Parisi / Barboro — clarinet, piano
May 27 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Flute & Piano
May 27 – Taormina Classica – Giuseppe Lo Cicero — piano
May 27 – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano – Art Exhibition “La mia luce verso Nord” by John Petter Havneraas
June 2012
June 1 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
June 2 – The Eco-friendly Garden: market & lectures
June 3 – Taormina Classica – Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara — piano
June 3 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Happy Basson Quartet. Musics of Prokoviev, Verdi, Schubert and others.
June 9 – Taormina Classica – Duo Blanco / Sinacori — guitars
June 9/17 – Exhibition of paintings by Billy Doolan – Babilonia Gardens
June 9 – July 29 – Glass Mixture Exhibition by S. Vigliaturo
June 7 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Harp
June 10 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Clarinet and Piano
June 14 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Violoncello and Piano
June 17 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Flutes, Violin, Violoncello and Harpsichord
June 21 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Quartet of Accordions
June 23 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
June 23/28 – Taormina Film Festival
June 23 – Taormina Film Fest – premièere “The Brave” in 3D
June 28 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
June 29 /30 – Nastri D’Argento Award
July 2012
July 1 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
July 5 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
July 5 – Jazz Nights at Babilonia Ristrot
July 8 – Opera – Norma By V. Bellini
July 8 – 8th AGIMUS Concert Season – Piano
July 10 – Opera – Norma By V. Bellini
July 13 – Sting in Concert
July 17 – Ligabue in Concert
July 17 /22 – Taormina Jazz Festival
July 18 – Taormina Jazz Festival – Kenny Werner Quartet
July 19 – Taormina Jazz Festival – Kurt Elling Trio
July 20 – Taormina Jazz Festival – Aaron Goldberg Bienestan
July 20 – Greek Theatre – Ficarra & Picone in “Apriti Cielo”
July 21 – Greek Theatre – Ficarra & Picone in “Apriti Cielo”
July 21 – Taormina Jazz Festival – David Kikoski Trio
July 22 – Taormina Jazz Festival – Dino Rubino Trio – Special Guest Paolo Fresu
July 25 – Ben Harper in Concert
July 29 – Greek Theatre – Valentina Lisitsa: Concert for piano and orchestra n. 1 by Tchaikovsky
August 2012
August 1 – Operetta – Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by J. Strauss II
August 2 – Operetta – Wiener Blut (Viennese Blood) by J. Strauss II
August 3 – Greek Theatre – Giorgia in concert
August 4 – Greek Theatre – Ivo Pogorelich plays Tchaikovsky
August 4/30 – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano – Art Exhibition “Viaggio a Taormina” by Antonio Nunziante
August 4/September 30 – previous Church del Carmine – Art Exhibition “Panorami di luce” by Antonio Nunziante
August 5 – Greek Theatre – Noa in concert
August 7 – Greek Theatre – Ballet – The Sleeping Beauty
August 10 – Greek Theatre – Ballet – Carmen
August 11 – Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
August 14 – Greek Theatre – Ballet Gala – Principals of New York City Ballets
August 17 – Greek Theatre – Vinicio Capossela in concert
August 18 – Greek Theatre – Riccardo Cocciante in concert
August 22 – Massimo Ranieri in concert
August 26 – Greek Theatre – Antonello Venditti in concert
August 31 – Greek Theatre – Beethoven: Concert n. 2 in Si bemolle op. 19; ’Ouverture “Die Ruinen von Athen” op 113; Sinfonia n. 5 in Do minore op. 67Piano: Marc Yu
September 2012
September 5 – Greek Theatre – Salvatore Accardo e l’Orchestra da Camera Italiana – Tickets
September 9 – Public Gardens – “Da Lucio a Lucio” – Tribute to the Italian singers Lucio Battisti and Lucio Dalla – Free entrance
September 15/30 – Church of S. F. di Paola – “Controcorrente”, paint exhibition by Francesca Borgia – Free entrance, 5.30pm-9.30pm
September 19 – Church of Santa Caterina – Chamber Concerts – Frank Wasser, Piano
September 22/28 – TaoBuk – Taormina Book Festival
September 23 – Church of Santa Caterina – Chamber Concerts – Fabio Maida, Guitar
October 2012
October 4 – Church of Santa Caterina – Chamber Concerts – Duo Crosta and Testa, Flute and Piano
October 6 – Church of Santa Caterina – Chamber Concerts – Duo Giambertone and Raimondo
October 12th – Church of Santa Caterina – Chamber Concerts – Duo Famiani and Leonardi, Viola and Piano
October 12 – 15 – Our Lady of Fatima visits Taormina
October 19/26 – La dalce vita “made in Sicily” – Photo exhibition by Michelangelo Vizzini
October 20 – Cathedral – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
October 21 – Church of Santa Caterina – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
October 27 – Church of San Giuseppe – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
October 28 – Church of San Pancrazio – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
November 2012
November 3 – Church of Varò – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
November 4 – Cathedral – The Taormina Plectrum Orchestra in concert
November 11/22 – Ex Church del Carmine – Paint Exhibition – Sogni, visioni e Racconti
December 2012
For a detailed list of our Christmas events, please look here
December 1- January 6 – Taormina Christmas Market
December 8 – The Look of the Year
December 15 / January 2 – Painting exhibition by Filippo Andronico “I have a drem”. Portraits of six great great peacemakers: Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, John Lennon, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, pope John Paul II and Gandhi.
December 20 – January 6 – Cioccolart Sicily, 4th Edition
December 22-23 – Rally Event 2012
Dcember 26th – January 2013 – Living Nativity Scene in Taormina Trappitello
Oct. 20 – Nov. 4 – Prima Vigilia Noctis – Concerts
Prima Vigilia Noctis
Concerts and tales in the churches of the old Roman road “Via Valeria”
Various churches of Taormina, from October 20th to November 4th 2012
In Roman times the street called Via Valeria climbed from the Spisone coast up to Taormina. Then it went through Taormina and returned towards the sea down the valley of the Sirina river. We would have found the Jupiter Serapis temple, the Baths, the Forum, and the Odeon, built on the ruins of the Aphrodite Greek temple, or the splendid Naumachie along this road. The noises, sounds, voices, and people of daily life during the day: the rich owner of the Domus (house) carrying out their business in the Forum among the amphoraes of many shapes, wine merchants shouting out the quality and good price of their goods in order to attract new customers while the sound of the potter’s wheel emphasized his ability to shape a new pitcher.
With a deep blue sky and a few torches in the darkness, Via Valeria would have had a unique atmosphere during the sunset of the la prima vigilia noctis (* 1) – which was spent working or talking.
The ancient street of Via Valeria has witnessed many changes with the passage of time: the Jupiter Serapis temple became St. Pancras’ Church, and St. Catherine’s Church rose above the remains of the Odeon. Palaces and other beautiful churches arose and the historic core of the city developed around them. So today we walk along Corso Umberto discovering different ages at every step changing from Arabic style to Norman and from Gothic to Baroque. What is more, we can only be enchanted along the way by Taormina’s Churches. Built through the ages, some of them were unfortunately destroyed or integrated into other buildings, while others were demolished but many are still used for worship and are open to visitors.
We are immediately struck by the Cathedral fortress, the Cathedral dedicated to St. Nicholas, while a glimpse of the medieval Varò Church is an impressive sight. Overlooking the sea, St. Joseph’s Church smiles and guides us along the road to St. Catherine’s Church. And before leaving Taormina, the S. Pancras Church greets us, the city’s patron saint.
* 1. The Romans divided the day into 12 daylight hours (from sunrise to sunset) and 12 hours of darkness. Consequently, the duration of each hour was not fixed but varied according to the seasons, daylight hours being longer in summer and shorter in winter, and vice versa at night. Both the day and night were then divided into four time periods: these hours of the day ended with the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth hours while the night were called Vigiliae (Eves). Prima vigilia noctis was from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm. From this division the early Christians introduced prayers to be recited at certain times of the day: the night office including Vespers, Compline, night, morning and praise, and the office during the day at the first, third, sixth and ninth hours.
PROGRAMME – Download
Cathedral
Saturday, October 20th at 7.30pm
Taormina Plectrum Orchestra
FRANZ SCHUBERT Ave Maria
RAFFAELE CALACE Rondò
HERMANN AMBROSIUS Feierlicher Reigen
ANTONIO VIVALDI Concerto in RE – 2° movimento
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Valse n°2 dalla Jazz Suite
PANCRAZIO GULOTTA Suite Siciliana n° 6
GIUSEPPE VERDI Nabucco – Sinfonia
Illustration by Giuseppina Ponturo
Church of Santa Caterina
Sunday, October 21st at 6.30pm
Conservatoire A. Corelli of Messina
Antonella Cernuto, harp
FRANZ SCHUBERT Ave Maria
GEORG FRIEDRIC HÄNDEL Movimento dal Concerto in si bemolle per arpa
ALPHONSE HASSELMANS Gitana
FRANZ POENITZ Todestanz der Willys
PEARL CHERTOK Suite around the clock
Illustration by Maria Costanza Lentini
Church of San Giuseppe
Saturday, October 27th at 6.30pm
Soloists of the Taormina Plectrum Orchestra
Alessandro Russo, mandoline – Aldo Filistad, mandoline – Elisabetta Monaco, lute – Ivana Rapisarda, mandoloncello – Alfredo D’Urso, guitar
PIETRO MASCAGNI dalla Cavalleria Rusticana, Ave Maria
RAFFAELE CALACE Danza esotica
SALVATORE FALBO Suite Campestre
GIUSEPPE BRANZOLI Spiritismo
RAFFAELE CALACE Impressioni Orientali
PRIMO SILVESTRI Tarantella vaga
GIOVANNI SOLLIMA Terra Aria
Illustration by Giuseppina Ponturo
Church of San Pancrazio
Sunday, October 28th at 6.30pm
Conservatoire A. Corelli of Messina
GOLDEN TRIO: Marta Arcodia, clarinet – Agata Feudale Foti, clarinet – Michela Sgambelluri, clarinet
W. AMADEUS MOZART Ouverture dal Flauto magico, Divertimento n. 4
PIOTR ILIC CIAJKOVSKIJ Suite dal balletto Lo schiaccianoci
GABRIEL FAURE’ Pavane
FRANZ SCHUBERT Danze per tre clarinetti
J.B. LOEILLET Sonata IV
ARCANGELO CORELLI Concerto Grosso
Illustration by Maria Costanza Lentini
Church del Varò
Saturday, November 3rd at 6.30pm
Soloists of the Taormina Plectrum Orchestra
Alessandro Russo, mandoline – Alfredo D’Urso, guitar
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Ave Maria
PRIMO SILVESTRI Burlesca
RAFFAELE CALACE Bolero
GIOVIALE Serate primaverili
GIOVANNI GIOVIALE Tarantella
CARLO MUNIER Capriccio spagnolo
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Adagio della sonata patetica
Illustration by Giuseppina Ponturo
Cathedral
Sunday, November 4th at 6.30pm
Chamber Orchestra of the Conservatorire A. Corelli of Messina
Salvatore Percacciolo, director
WOLFANG AMADEUS MOZART Divertimento n. 1 in re maggiore Ouverture da “Apollo e Giacinto” Sinfonia n. 6 in fa maggiore Ave Verum Sinfonia n. 24 in si bemolle maggiore
PETER WARLOCK Capriol Suite
GABRIEL FAURE’ Pavane
BELA BARTOK Danze Rumene
Illustration by Giuseppina Ponturo
October 19/26 – La dolce vita “made in Sicily”
San Francesco del Carmine previous church
From Friday 19 to Friday 26 October 2012.
Opening hours: 5.30pm – 8.00pm. Free entrance
Photo exhibition dedicated to the great Sicilian photoreporter Michelangelo Vizzini (1920-2009) who, in over 70.000 pics, immortalized the golden age of Taormina when the Taormina Film Fest and the Davide di Donatello award used to attract the world jet set. La dolce vita “made in Sicily” come to life in this exhibition and its over 60 pics.
Joan Crawford, Susan Hayward, Cary Grant, Warren Beatty, a very young Roman Polanski and Woody Allen, Gina Lollobrigida, Nino Manfredi are some of the names. HERE you can see some of these beautiful images.
Michelangelo Vizzini