Sunday, March 6th 2022, 11.00 am – Orto Botanico, Palermo

Concert on the occasion of the centenary of the death of Antonio Scontrino

ECHÉA QUARTET
Aliayta Foon-Dancoes, violin | Rosa Hartley, violin
Dave Shaw, viola | Eliza Millet, cello

PROGRAMME

Antonio Scontrino (1850 – 1922) – Quartet in E minor
I. Präludium. Andantino II. Fuge. Allegro moderato

Daniele Vulpiani (1989) – Rescriptus (First performance)

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809) – Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
IV. Finale. Fuga a due soggetti

Anna Maria Sollima, musicologist and professor of history of music at the conservatory Alessandro Scarlatti of Palermo will curate the conversation on Antonio Scontrino.
The composer Daniele Vulpiani will intervene to briefly present the piece “Rescriptus” inspired by themes from Scontrino’s quartet n.2 and composed on commission of the Associazione Siciliana Amici della musica. 

Concert open to the public
Tickets can be purchased at the entrance to the Orto Botanico; the price includes the entrance to the Orto and the concert.
Prices: € 6.00 (full) / € 4.00 (reduced)