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Soloists
Orchestras, soloists & conductors
Composers
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
4 - 7 May 2022
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All concerts, lectures and rehearsals are moved from chiesa
di Ognissanti to chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
IN A G U R A T I O N & O P E N I N G C O N C E R T
Mandolin music by Italian 18th century composers
Wednesday 4 May 19:30 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
The mandolin & string ensemble
CAMERATA MANDOLINO CLASSICO
Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
&
Soloists
Natalia Marashova - baroque mandolin
Emil Galimzanov 10 years old - violin
Concert program - Music by
Antonio Vivaldi - Andante from Concerto in Do maggiore per molti strumenti
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in Do maggiore per mandolino, archi e cembalo
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in Sol maggiore per violino, archi e cembalo
Giovanni Paisiello - Concerto in Mi bemolle maggiore per mandolino, archi e cembalo
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L E C T U R E
Venetian 18th century Mandolin Music
Thursday 5 May 10:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
Lecture about the compositions for mandolin by the Venetian
composers Vivaldi, Hasse & Paolucci and the status
of the mandolin in the 18th century Venice
Lars Forslund - lecturer
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R E H E A R S A L
Venetian 18th century Mandolin Music & The gala concert program
Thursday 5 May 10:30 - 13:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
The international mandolin orchestra
VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Natalia Marashova / Robert Neff / Birgit Wendel /
Rene Izquierdo / Maxine Rizzotto - conductors
Rehearsal program - Music by
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in Re maggiore per chitarra, orchestra e cembalo. Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
Giuseppe Paolucci - Trio G-Dur fur Zupforchester & cembalo. Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in Sol maggiore per due mandolini, orchestra e cembalo. Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
Johann Adolf Hasse - Konzert G-Dur fur Solo-Mandoline, Zupforchester & cembalo. Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
Giuseppe Verdi - Brindisi, from La Traviata. Robert Neff - conductor
Giuseppe Verdi - The prisoners choir from Nabucco. Robert Neff - conductor
Giaccomo Puccini - Nessun Dorma from Turandot. Robert Neff - conductor
Eduardo di Capua - O Sole Mio. Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
Ernesto De Curtis - Torna a Surriento. Rene Izquierdo - conductor
Ernesto De Curtis - Canta pè me. Lars Forslund - conductor
Theodoro Cottrau - Santa Lucia. Natalia Marashova - conductor
Luigi Denza - Funiculi Funicula in F major. Birgit Wendel - conductor
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C O N C E R T
Venetian 18th century Mandolin Music
Thursday 5 May 16:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
The international mandolin orchestra
VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
&
Soloist
Rene Izquierdo - guitar
Concert program - Music by
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in Re maggiore per chitarra, orchestra e cembalo
Giuseppe Paolucci - Trio G-Dur fur Zupforchester & cembalo
&
The mandolin orchestra from Germany
JUGENDZUPFORCHESTER BADEN-WÜRTTENBERG
Birgit Wendel - conductor
&
Duo by two teachers from the orchestra
Sonja Wiedemer - mandolin / Jonas Khalil - guitar
Concert program duo - Music by
Manuel de Falla - La Vida Breve
Jacob do Bandolim - Benzinho
Raffaele Calace - Pavana / Réverence
Concert program orchestra - Music by
Jürg Kindle - Kalimba
Ricardo Sandoval - Bumbac
Yasuo Kuwahara - Novemberfest
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonatine in c-Moll
Duo for mandolin & guitar - program to be decided
Christopher Grafschmidt - Hau ruck!
Marius Kirsten - Spätzle Arrabbiata (premiere)
Astor Piazolla - Libertango
Christopher Grafschmidt - Skabbalabaster
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C O N C E R T
Venetian 18th century Mandolin Music
Thursday 5 May 19:30 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
The international mandolin orchestra
VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
&
Soloists
Natalia Marashova - mandolin / Thekla Schirz - mandolin
Concert program - Music by
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in Sol maggiore per due mandolini, archi (ZO) e cembalo
Johann Adolf Hasse - Konzert G-Dur fur Solo-Mandoline, Zupforchester & cembalo
&
The mandolin orchestra from Germany
MANDOLINEN ORCHESTER NIEDERKASSEL e. V.
Robert Neff - conductor
Concert program - Music by
Johann Sebastian Bach
Antonin Dvorak
Joaquin Rodrigo
Camille Saint-Saéns
Georg Friedrich Händel
Nino Rota
Francisco Tárrega
Ennio Morricone
Georg Friedrich Händel
Pietro Mascagni
Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Jules Massenet
Astor Piazolla
Karl Jenkins
Marc-Antonie Charpentier
Peter Tschikowsky
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L E C T U R E
The Gimo Collection
Friday 6 May 10:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
Lecture about the The Gimo Collection from Gimo castle, Sweden. The world's
biggest collection of Italian mandolin music from the 18th century. The Gimo
Collection is now keept in the library of Uppsala University, Sweden
Lars Forslund - lecturer
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R E H E A R S A L
The Gimo Collection
Friday 6 May 10:30 - 13:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
The international mandolin orchestra
VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Natalia Marashova / Robert Neff / Birgit Wendel /
Rene Izquierdo / Maxine Rizzotto - conductors
Rehearsal program - Music by
Giovanni Battista Gervasio - Trio in Re maggiore per due Mandolini (ZO) e Basso Continuo. Birgit Wendel - conductor
Carlo Cecere - Concerto en La majeur pour Mandoline et Orchestra a plectre. Birgit Wendel - conductor
Vito Ugolino - Concerto in Sol maggiore per mandolino, 2 violini (ZO) e B.C. Birgit Wendel - conductor
Domenico Gaudioso - Concerto G-Dur fur Mandoline, Zupforchester & cembalo. Birgit Wendel - conductor
Giuseppe Verdi - Brindisi, from La Traviata. Robert Neff - conductor
Giuseppe Verdi - The prisoners choir from Nabucco. Robert Neff - conductor
Giaccomo Puccini - Nessun Dorma from Turandot. Robert Neff - conductor
Eduardo di Capua - O Sole Mio. Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
Ernesto De Curtis - Torna a Surriento. Rene Izquierdo - conductor
Ernesto De Curtis - Canta pè me. Lars Forslund - conductor
Theodoro Cottrau - Santa Lucia. Natalia Marashova - conductor
Luigi Denza - Funiculi Funicula in F major. Birgit Wendel - conductor
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C O N C E R T
The Gimo Collection
Friday 6 May 16:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
The international mandolin orchestra
VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Birgit Wendel - conductor
&
Soloist
Natalia Marashova - mandolin
Concert program - Music by
Giovanni Battista Gervasio - Trio in Re maggiore per due Mandolini (ZO) e Basso Continuo
Carlo Cecere - Concerto en La majeur pour Mandoline et Orchestra a plectre
&
The mandolin orchestra from USA
MILWAUKEE MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA
American Mandolin Music - from the early 1900s
Rene Izquierdo - conductor
Concert program
William C Stahl - The Talisman
William C Stahl - Danse Hongroise
A. J. Weidt - My Lady Jazz
Carlos Graziani-Walter - Gemito Appassionato
A. A. Babb - Flying Wedge
Carlos Curti - The Flower of Mexico
Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes - Shine On Harvest Moon
William C Stahl - Sweet Marjorie
Walter Rolfe - Delectation
Schreier-Bottero - Tango of the Roses
Howard Weeks - Mandolins in the Moonlight
A. A. Babb - On the Mill Dam
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C O N C E R T
The Gimo Collection
Friday 6 May 19:30 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
The international mandolin orchestra
VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Birgit Wendel - conductor
&
Soloist
Antonia Platzdasch - mandolin
Concert program - Music by
Vito Ugolino - Concerto in Sol maggiore per mandolino, 2 violini (ZO) e B.C.
Domenico Gaudioso - Concerto G-Dur fur Mandoline, Zupforchester & cembalo
&
The mandolin orchestra from Austria
SALZBURGER MANDOLINEN ORCHESTER
Gerhard Heitzinger / Natalia Marashova - conductors
&
Soloists
Paula Wesseley - mandolin
Emil Galimzanov - violin
Yulia Merten - mandolin
Natalia Marashova - mandolin
Thekla Schirz - mandolin
Concert program - Music by
Fabritio Caroso - "Il Ballarino“
Francesco Eterardi - "Echo Concerto“ 2 & 3 Movement
Italian Dances: Anonymus - "La morte de la Regione“
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in Sol maggiore per violino
Fabritio Caroso - "Balle del Fiore"
Cesare Negri - "Catena d’Amore"
Cesare Negri - "Bianco Fiore“
Valentin Röser - Sonata IV
Marco Uccelini - "Aria Sopra la Bergamasca“
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in Sol maggiore per due mandolini
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L E C T U R E
Kuwahara sensei - My Mandolin Teacher
Saturday 7 May 10:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
Lecture about the compositions of Yasuo Kuwahara
and the status of the mandolin in Japan
Lars Forslund - lecturer
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R E H E A R S A L
Japanese Music
Saturday 7 May 10:30 - 13:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
The international mandolin orchestra
VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Natalia Marashova / Maxine Rizzotto - conductors
Rehearsal program - Music by
Yasuo Kuwahara - "The Song of Japanese Autumn". Natalia Marashova - conductor
Lars Forslund - "Sakura Suite". Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
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C O N C E R T
Japanese Music
Saturday 7 May 16:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto
The international mandolin orchestra
VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Natalia Marashova / Maxine Rizzotto - conductors
Concert program - Music by
Yasuo Kuwahara - "The Song of Japanese Autumn"
Lars Forslund - "Sakura Suite"
&
Duo mandolin & guitar
Carlo Aonzo - mandolin & Rene Izquierdo - guitar
Concert program
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite in E major BWV 817 (original arrangement for mandolin and guitar)
Niccolò Paganini
Sonata I in A minor/major (from Centone di Sonate MS 112)
Fabrizio Giudice
Serenata
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G A L A C O N C E R T & C A R N I V A L P A R T Y
An Italian Mandolin and Opera Gala
Saturday 7 May 18:00 Gala concerto in a Venetian palace
All participants in The Venice Mandolin Festival
Opera da Camera di Venezia & Opera soloists
Dance Masters in 18th century costumes
Artists from Carnevale di Venezia
All the conductors of the festival
Maxine Rizzotto, Robert Neff, Rene Izquierdo,
Birgit Wendel & Natalia Marashova
The international mandolin orchestra
VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Gala Concert program - Music by
Giuseppe Verdi - Brindisi, from La Traviata. Robert Neff - conductor
Giuseppe Verdi - The prisoners choir from Nabucco. Robert Neff - conductor
Giaccomo Puccini - Nessun Dorma from Turandot. Robert Neff - conductor
The mandolin orchestra from Germany
MANDOLINEN ORCHESTER NIEDERKASSEL e. V.
Robert Neff - conductor
(Your own free choice of repertory. From 5 to maximum 10 minutes)
The chamber orchestra from Venice, Italy
OPERA DA CAMERA DI VENEZIA
Roberto Barison - dance master / Lorenzo Parravicini - conductor
(Dancemusic from the 18th century by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and others)
The mandolin orchestra from Germany
JUGENDZUPFORCHESTER BADEN-WÜRTTENBERG
Birgit Wendel - conductor
Gala Concert program - Music by
Christopher Grafschmidt - Hau ruck! / Ricardo Sandoval - Bumbac
The mandolin orchestra from USA
MILWAUKEE MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA
Rene Izquierdo - conductor
Gala Concert program - Music by
William C Stahl - Merry Whirl
Alessandro Cicognini and Carl Sigman - Summertime in Venice
The mandolin orchestra from Austria
SALZBURGER MANDOLINEN ORCHESTER
Gerhard Heitzinger - conductor / Natalia Marashova - mandolin soloist
Gala Concert program - Music by
Niccolò Paganini - Il carnevale di Venezia, Op.10
The international mandolin orchestra
VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Eduardo di Capua - O Sole Mio. Maxine Rizzotto - conductor
Ernesto De Curtis - Torna a Surriento. Rene Izquierdo - conductor
Ernesto De Curtis - Canta pè me. Lars Forslund - conductor
Theodoro Cottrau - Santa Lucia. Natalia Marashova - conductor
Luigi Denza - Funiculi Funicula in F major. Birgit Wendel - conductor
The chamber orchestra from Venice, Italy
OPERA DA CAMERA DI VENEZIA
Roberto Barison - dance master / Lorenzo Parravicini - conductor
(Dancemusic & Wiener Walzer by Richard Strauss, Nino Rota and others)
In colaboration with Opera da Camera di Venezia
& artists from The Carnival of Venice
Reservation for any changes
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Here on our website you can listen when Lars Forslund plays Bach, Beethoven and Mozart on a Pandini mandolin.
Please contact us with your questions about the instruments. We are very happy to try to answer your questions.
Please contact us with your questions about The Venice Mandolin Festival.
We have much more to tell you about the organisation, soloists,
orchestras, concerts, repertory, the big party and so on.
We are very happy to try to answer your questions.
Don't hesitate to ask everything you wonder!
Beautiful 3D films about The Carnival of Venice in the 18th century. Or play along to our soundtracks.
Music by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Näslund and others
