La Filarmonica della Scala, Main Partner UniCredit and Sponsor Allianz, with the support of Esselunga, present Concerto per Milano.
From Piazza Duomo the tenth edition of the free symphonic event that transforms the heart of the city into a concert hall under the stars live on Rai 5 in Italy and abroad.
Nicola Campogrande
Definitely cheerful
Manuel De Falla
Interlude and Dance from the opera La vida breve
Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole op. 54
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
Catfish row from Porgy and Bess
Celebrating Sunday 12 June at 9.30 p.m. is Concerto per Milano, the great free and open-air event that Filarmonica della Scala traditionally holds in the Piazza del Duomo packed with spectators.
On the orchestra podium is Riccardo Chailly engaged in a programme of great vitality and energy, starting with a foray into the atmospheres of Spanish music, with pieces by Manuel de Falla and Maurice Ravel, to a tribute to George Gershwin, with the famous notes of An American in Paris and the Catfish row suite from Porgy and Bess.
The concert will open with the premiere of Decisamente allegro, the new piece commissioned from composer Nicola Campogrande on the occasion of the orchestra's 40th anniversary.
In 2013, on the occasion of the Expo Days, anticipating the 2015 universal exhibition, Riccardo Chailly conducted music by Gershwin, with Stefano Bollani at the piano, in front of an audience of almost 50,000; in 2014, more than 40,000 Milanese stayed to listen to Esa-Pekka Salonen with pianist Lang Lang, despite the pouring rain. In the year of Expo, with Chailly on the podium and the performance of David Garrett, the concert in Piazza Duomo has become Milan's most popular classical event. Recent editions have brought Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich, violinist Nikolaj Znaider and Russian pianist Denis Matsuev to the stage with Riccardo Chailly.
The great free and open-air event that Filarmonica della Scala traditionally holds in the Piazza del Duomo, packed with spectators.
ConductorRiccardo Chailly | Violin Maxim Vengerov
ConductorRiccardo Chailly
ConductorRiccardo Chailly | Piano Denis Matsuev
ConductorRiccardo Chailly | Violin Nikolaj Znaider
ConductorRiccardo Chailly | Piano Martha Argerich
ConductorRiccardo Chailly | Violin David Garrett
ConductorEsa-Pekka Salonen | Lang Lang Piano
ConductorRiccardo Chailly | Piano Stefano Bollani