Visioni di Napoli

A number of excellent composers and performers who subsequently became famous across Europe came from the sunny city of Naples. Not for nothing was the city under Vesuvius nicknamed “the conservatory of Europe”… The virtuosity of Neapolitan musicians directly influenced the stylistic refinement of instrumental forms, such as solo and chamber sonatas and sinfonias. The Talenti Vulcanici ensemble, who have their home in the southern Italian metropolis, will present, under the artistic direction of harpsichordist Stefano Demicheli, the works of Neapolitan natives and 18th-century composers working there to the Prague audience.
 
Brilliant works by Francesco Durante and Nicola Fiorenza, who contributed to the fame of the Neapolitan conservatories, will be presented, along with virtuoso violin pieces by the London-based Nicola Matteis, solo harpsichord sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti and trio sonatas by Angelo Ragazzi, whose career culminated in Vienna. One Neapolitan-style musical delicacy after another will fill the beautiful painted hall of Troja Chateau, a true gem of Italian artistic style on the banks of the Vltava River.