Trio di primi - The first times of three great concerts with the first parts of the Maggio Orchestra.
On Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023 at 11 a.m., the sparkling cycle of Sunday events at the Maggio continues.

On the podium, leading the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and its first solo parts, maestro Riccardo Bisatti.

The orchestra's first parts featured in the morning are Jörg Winkler, viola; Simão Alcoforado Barreira, cello; and, on double bass, Marco Martelli.

The program features music by Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Franz Joseph Haydn and Giovanni Battista Bottesini.

Florence, Dec. 8, 2023 - The festive Sunday mornings at the Teatro del Maggio continue with the penultimate appointment of the Cycle “C'è Musica & Musica”, dedicated in its latest performances to the discovery of the forms of instruments with voices. On the bill, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023 at 11 a.m., again in the Zubin Mehta Hall, Tris di primi - The first tempos of three great concertos with the first parts of the Maggio Orchestra; a fascinating and entertaining journey through the first tempos of three lively compositions - Franz Anton Hoffmeister's Concerto in D major for viola and orchestra, Franz Joseph Haydn's Concerto in C major for cello and orchestra (cadenza by Daniel Grosgurin) and Concerto no. 2 in B minor for double bass and strings by Giovanni Battista Bottesini - to get up close and personal with three of the many instruments featured in an orchestra.
Soloists for the morning-as mentioned-three first parts of the Orchestra del Maggio, led this Sunday by Riccardo Bisatti: Jörg Winkler, viola; Simão Alcoforado Barreira, cello; and Marco Martelli, double bass.

The Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D major, offered in the first movement (allegro), was composed by Franz Anton Hoffmeister around 1799 and is one of the most expressive viola concertos of Viennese classicism, very close to the models of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with whom he had a deep friendship; Franz Joseph Haydn's Concerto in C major for Cello and Orchestra (moderato) (with cadenza by Daniel Grosgurin) was probably composed between 1761 and 1765: later Io was believed lost and was found by Czechoslovak musicologist Oldrich Pulkert, librarian of the National Museum in Prague, in a collection of 18th-century manuscripts. The sparkling morning closes with Concerto No. 2 in B minor for double bass and strings (allegro moderato) by Giovanni Battista Bottesini, who was among the most formidable performers of his era-his enormous talent even earned him the nickname 'Paganini of the double bass.

On Dec. 17, 2023, also at 11 a.m., the last appointment of the Cycle with Wolfi and Ludwi, which finds on the bill the compositions of two of the most beloved composers of all time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven.

As a reminder, each concert is offered at 15 euros for adults and 5 euros for children up to 18 years of age and includes breakfast - starting at 9:30 a.m. - served at the Theater Foyer bar.

In addition, thanks to a collaboration with Unicoop Firenze, an area dedicated to the very young is set up in a space adjacent to the foyer bar area, with stationery products from the eco-friendly ViviVerde Coop line, which provides children with materials for writing and drawing.

The concerts will be preceded by presentations by Giovanni Vitali and Cristina Bersanelli.