Castle harmonies 2025 –14th concert season/3th concert

AMADEO ORCHESTRA

Leon Ravnikar, guitar

Leto Križanič Žorž, harp

Tilen Draksler, conductor

At the last of the three concerts of the Castle Harmonies, we will have the opportunity to listen to two protégés of the Gallus Foundation, which supports young musical talents and projects that they believe have a chance of international recognition. Together with the Amadeo Orchestra, founded in 2013 and under the artistic direction of pianist and conductor Tilno Draksler, which has been a permanent orchestra of the Gallus Selected Stages since 2021 in various configurations, guitarist Leon Ravnikar and harpist Leto Križanič Žorž will play between the castle walls. Ravnikar is a promising young musician, whose mentors are convinced that he can already stand alongside the world’s musical artists – and yet he is only at the beginning of his musical journey. The many international and national awards he has won are testimony to the fact that he is an exceptional musician with great potential. He is active as a chamber musician in many different ensembles and as a soloist with orchestra, as he loves to meet other music lovers and new instruments. Recipient of numerous international awards and prizes, Leto Križanič Žorž works as an invited musician with young musicians performing new original compositions, in various chamber ensembles and in studio recordings.

The concert is a collaboration with the Gallus Foundation.

Indicative programme:

Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 30

Debussy: Ritual and Secular Dance for harp and orchestra

B. Ipavec: Serenade for string orchestra

Music season 2024/25 – 44th concert season/8th  concert

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF THE ITALIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Marco Albonetti, soprano and baritone saxophone

The last concert of the season will be dedicated to the film music. In its beginnings, it was created by the greatest masters of classical music, only to develop later into a distinct musical genre whose works have remained fully equal and on a par with their concert cousins, so it is no wonder that orchestras or chamber ensembles continue to include them regularly in their programmes today. Masterpieces by Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Armando Trovaioli or Astor Piazzolla, which have marked both musical and cinematic history, are adored by audiences all over the world because this music creates a magical dualism with the stage action, a dynamic dialogue of chiaroscuro, contrasts, affinities and harmonies. This is one of the reasons why the saxophonist Marco Albonetti and the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra, this time in a chamber ensemble, approach these scores with deep respect, love and even deliberate preservation of the patina. Of course, film music is meant to accompany the action on screen. But the music of the greatest composers is so powerful and distinctive that these melodies can live on their own, transporting us to another time and place, evoking memories of past experiences, or introducing us to new worlds that we can conjure up in our imagination.

Programme:

A. Piazzolla, E. Morricone, A. Trovajoli, N. Rota, G. Barbieri