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Concert by Soprano Maria Chiara Forte & Pianist Massimiliano Franchina
This concert featuring Maria Chiara Forte, soprano, and Massimiliano Franchina, piano, offers an inspiring journey through Rome’s musical heritage, uniting masterpieces of the Baroque with contemporary creativity. The program highlights composers who shaped or were shaped by the vibrant artistic life of the Eternal City.
The evening opens with works by prominent Baroque Roman composers such as Giacomo Carissimi, Carlo Caproli, and the multifaceted Salvator Rosa, whose refined vocal writing blends expressive depth with lyrical elegance. Their music reflects the flourishing cultural atmosphere of seventeenth-century Rome, a period in which theatricality, spirituality, and poetic sensitivity came together in striking new forms.
This musical exploration continues with pieces by Alessandro Scarlatti, one of the central figures of the late Baroque, whose refined melodies and expressive harmonic language helped define the Roman vocal style for generations.
The program then moves into the modern era with works by Giuseppe Agostini (1930–2020), a contemporary composer whose music stands in dialogue with tradition while offering fresh textures, evocative colors, and a uniquely introspective tone. His contribution represents the continuity of Roman musical creativity into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
A central moment of the evening will be the world premiere of a new Cantata by Aurelio Porfiri, composed on a text by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili, esteemed patron, poet, and leading intellectual of Baroque Rome. This premiere not only revives the artistic voice of Pamphili but also extends the living lineage of the Roman cantata, bridging centuries through new musical expression.
Together, Forte and Franchina illuminate the timeless beauty of Rome’s musical landscape — a dialogue between past and present, tradition and innovation, brought to life with artistry, passion, and elegance.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Complesso e museo di Santa Francesca Romana, 6 Vicolo di San Maria in Cappella, Roma, Holy See (Vatican City)
EUR 38.56
