Download Concert by Quintetto Bottesini Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan

Concert by Quintetto Bottesini
Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Tuesday, February 9,
7:30 PM.
Alessandro Cervo, violin
Federico Stassi, viola
Giacomo Grandi, cello
Roberto Della Vecchia, double bass
Linda Di Carlo, piano
The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Roosevelt University, is pleased to
present the world renowned Quintetto Bottesini. The quintet was created with the intent
of rediscovering compelling but rarely performed musical repertory that brings together
violin, viola, cello, double-bass and piano.
This instrumental ensemble, consecrated by Franz Schubert in his famous Die Forelle
quintet (1819), has also been put to use by lesser-known composers such as Johann
Nepomuck Hummel, who inserted the double-bass in his Settimino and in the op. 87
quintet (1822). In addition to these compositions, the repertory of Quintetto Bottesini
features well-known quartets with piano (Mozart, Schumann, Brahms) and virtuoso
pieces by Giovanni Bottesini, the renowned double-bass player, composer and
conductor for whom the quintet is named.
On February 9 the first half of the evening with Quintetto Bottesini will be devoted to the
Quintet in C. Minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). The second half of the
program will feature Cuatro Estaciones Portenas by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992).
Please join ICI director Tina Cervone for an evening exciting music and outstanding
musical performance.
A reception will follow the concert.
(where - reception)