…In this corner of Paradise sunrise is awaited, as every year, accompanied by music as part of one of the biggest and oldest artistic festivals, the Ravello Festival, during what is known internationally as “The Dawn Concert”… The concert, the symbolic event of the...
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“Philosophical Issues in Richard Wagner’s opera”, the book by the musician and composer Aurelio Canonici
Discovering the “musician philosopher”
The book by the musician and composer Aurelio Canonici, “Problematiche filosofiche nell’opera di Richard Wagner” (Philosophical Issues in Richard Wagner’s opera) was presented amongst the many activities taking place at the Ravello Festival, this year dedicated to the...
On absolute music
Richard Wagner and interpretations of a nineteenth century paradigm
…By the way, the very recent Wagner’s interpretation presented by the musician and philosopher, Aurelio Canonici, in Musica e Sofía [Music and Sophia] was intriguing… Elio Matassi, Amadeus, november 2009
Woolf, Vidal & Co.
The 20th Century Flew Over the Swallow’s Nest
…The highlight, following tradition, was registered on the night of St. Lawrence with the dawn concert: 4.15 am, a thousand people muffled up against the cold in the marvellous gardens of the Villa Rufolo in order to be present at the performance by the “G. Verdi...
“Concerto all’Alba” always a winner
Excellent result of the “Savaria Symphony” Orchestra conducted by Maestro Aurelio Canonici
…There was a standing ovation for Maestro Aurelio Canonici and for the Hungarian “Savaria Symphony” Orchestra for their generous effort. With the usual encore of “Morning Mood” by Grieg…and after the moving surprise encore of “Aura”, composed by Maestro Canonici…the...
The “Concerto all’Alba” in Villa Rufolo: You Would be Crazy Not to Go
…Aurelio Canonici, who has, for a number of years, been the conductor of the prestigious symphonic section of the Ravello Festival, put himself in the front lines by guiding the orchestra in Villa Rufolo, proposing captivating programs…The Prelude to the I Act of...
From Brahms to Contemporary Music
…The young Italian Maestro Aurelio Canonici has elegantly and beautifully directed the musicians of the “Arpeggione” Orchestra, who were then able to demonstrate their class.…Cradling and soaring, even the famous “Liebesliederwalzer” by Brahms sounded fresh and...
Istanbul Symphony, Borusan Philharmonic take audiences on journeys in dreams
…Beethoven’s mighty “Egmont Overture” got a sturdy reading under guest conductor Aurelio Canonici, whose minimal gestures were evidently the right ones because the orchestra was exceptionally well coordinated, accurate and downright exciting. He choosed the perfect...
Opera Gala Verdi-Wagner in Bartók Hall
…The Opera Gala with music of Verdi and Wagner proved to be a top-level event…sold-out, the audience filled every seat….From the first notes of the Overture from “La Forza del Destino” the audience succumbed completely to the musical experience…. During the course of...
Concert in the City Hall
On Sunday night a special Xmas concert was given in the Cityhall. The Reutlingen Philharmonic Orchestra of Wùrttemberg proposed a concert adapted to all tastes: for ballet fans there was Tchaikovsky; for Baroque music lover,s Bach; and for those lovers of the waltz...