L'assassinio di Florence Nightingake

In 1697 King Jan III of Poland died. Attempts to install his son Jacob as King were unsuccessful and the widow of the recently deceased king, Maria Kazimiera Sobieska (also known as Marysieńka) made the decision to move to Rome. In March of 1699 she arrived there – accompanied by 259 courtiers, 30 carriages and carts, some 500 horses and a number of pack-camels! She was soon very active in the cultural life of Rome. Amongst her acquaintances was cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, a famous patron of music. Ottoboni employed Scarlatti, and was an admirer of his music - so much so that he later contributed a Latin epigraph to the composer’s tomb in Naples.

The unpublished CD features Andrea Manco, flute; Luisa Prandina, harp, in a tribute to the immortal art of Mozart, accompanied by the Orchestra Italian Opera Florence conducted by David Boldrini: Concerts for flute and orchestra n. 1 in G major K 313 and no. 2 in D major K 314 and Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra in C major K 299.

L’autore ricerca i ‘caratteri originali’ della grande città d’arte attraverso un viaggio nel suo passato, dalle origini ai tempi della florentina libertas, dai fasti del Principato mediceo e asburgo-lorenese, per giungere alla Firenze del XX secolo con i suoi problemi e le sue crisi, ma anche con la sua carica inventiva e la sua spinta al rinnovamento. …