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From 7 December, Sonorità Organistiche in Duomo’ with a special tribute to Bach

Every Saturday at 4.45 p.m. Direct streaming on Duomo Milano Tv

For all those who love the Duomo and the unmistakable timbre of its extraordinary Organ, the largest in Italy and among the first in the world, after the success of the last two editions, the successful event ‘Sonorità organistiche in Duomo’ returns to the Cathedral.

 

‘Sonorità Organistiche in Duomo’ is an initiative of the Veneranda Fabbrica dedicated to the worshippers and visitors that offers moments of listening to organ music lasting 30 minutes, every Saturday from December 7th, 2024 to July 26th, 2025 at 4:45 p.m., before the Vigil Eucharistic celebration (subject to variations depending on the liturgical activity).

 

Through the appointments of ‘Sonorità Organistiche in Duomo’, the public has the opportunity to listen to the Cathedral’s Great Organ, which is joined for the first time by the Duomo’s Choral Organ, recently positioned along the nave, whose clear and detailed listening favours the performance of literature from the Baroque and Classical periods.

The Great Organ makes it possible to appreciate romantic and modern literature in particular, with its majestic sonorities reverberating exceptionally in the grandiose acoustics of the Cathedral.

 

Both organs are controlled by the new Consolle, which during ‘Sonorità Organistiche’ events is positioned in direct visual contact with the public, in front of the presbytery.

 

The musical programme of ‘Sonorità Organistiche in Duomo’ undertakes for the 2024-2025 edition the performance for the first time in the Milan Duomo of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750), which will be completed in 2026: about 200 pieces.

In addition, 290 years after his birth, Johann Christian Bach (1735 – 1782), the eleventh son of Johann Sebastian and Organist of Milan Cathedral from 1760 to 1762, is also remembered, offering the listening of a selection of works for keyboard and appropriate to the organ.

One last anniversary characterises the 2024-2025 edition of ‘Sonorità Organistiche in Duomo’: the 100th anniversary of the death of Marco Enrico Bossi (1861 -1925), whose main organ works are performed; his brother, Costante Adolfo, was Organist of the Milan Duomo from 1907 to 1953.

 

‘Sonorità Organistiche in Duomo’ also offers the public organ pages from the romantic and modern repertoire, transcriptions and famous pages through which to appreciate the versatile sonorities of the Duomo’s Great Organ.

 

It begins on 7 December at 4.45 p.m. with the first appointment dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach, with Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (Schübler Chorales) and Toccata and Fugue in F major BWV 540.

 

All performances are conducted by Alessandro La Ciacera, Organist of the Milan Duomo.

 

The programmes of the various monthly appointments of ‘Sonorità organistiche in Duomo’ are published on this page near the events.

For the occasion, the review is broadcast live streaming on the Duomo di Milano YouTube channel Duomo Milano Tv.

 

An opportunity to discover the complexity of this magnificent instrument, protagonist of a mighty restoration project carried out by the Veneranda Fabbrica, started in 2019 and still ongoing.

An intervention made possible thanks to the fundamental support of Intesa Sanpaolo as main sponsor, as well as the contribution of the Municipality of Milan for the Christmas Market in Piazza del Duomo, Fondazione Bracco and Zucchetti.

 

 

 

Sonorità organistiche in Duomo
Milan Duomo


Every Saturday from 7 December 2024

4.45 p.m.

 

Organist
Alessandro La Ciacera

 

> Click here to view the complete 2024-2025 programme

 

The programme for December 2024

 

 

Saturday 7 December 2024 – J.S. Bach Opera omnia (1st part)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

 

Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565

 

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
(Schübler Chorales)

 

Toccata and Fugue in F major BWV 540

 

 

Alessandro La Ciacera, Organist of Milan Duomo

 


Saturday 14 December 2024 – Romantic masterworks

Joseph Bonnet (1884 – 1944)

Variations de concert op.1

 

 

Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
Toccata

 

 

Giovanni Morandi (1777-1856)
Rondo with imitation of bells
arranged by William Thomas Best, 1826-1897

 

 

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Toccata
(Symphony No. 5

 

 

Alessandro La Ciacera, Organist of Milan Duomo

 


Saturday 21 December 2024 – Christmas Carols for organ  

A Christmas medley

(Cantique de Nöel, Silent Night, Amazing Grace, Adeste Fideles and others)

 

 

Alessandro La Ciacera, Organist of Milan Duomo

 


Saturday 28 December 2024 – J.S. Bach Opera omnia (2nd part)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

 

Alla Breve BWV 589

 

Pastorella pro organo BWV 590

(Pastorale-Allemanda-Largo-Giga)

 

Preludio e Fuga in Re Maggiore BWV 532

 

 

 

Alessandro La Ciacera, Organist of Milan Duomo

 

 

 

 

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