2025 Festival Dates
July 19-27 2025
2025 Programme
Saturday 19 July, 7.30pm
Chiesa del Triano, Montefollonico
Mark Padmore tenor
Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung piano
Franz Schubert Fantasia for piano, four hands in F minor, D940
Franz Schubert Schwanengesang, D957
Sunday 20 July, 7.30pm
Cortile, Chiarentana
Daishin Kashimoto violin
Lise Berthaud viola
Tim Park cello
Alessio Bax piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Duet with Two Obbligato Eyeglasses, WoO32 for viola and cello
Ludwig van Beethoven String Trio in C minor, op. 9 n. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata n. 9 in A, op. 47 for violin and piano ‘Kreutzer’
Tuesday 22 July, 7.30pm
Pieve di Corsignano, Pienza
Sarah Christian, Daishin Kashimoto, Seohyun Kim violin
Lise Berthaud viola
Maximilian Hornung, Tim Park cello
Mark Padmore tenor
Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung piano
Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata no. 1 in E flat, BWV 525 (first movement – trasc. Kurtág)
Johann Sebastian Bach Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit no. 1, Sonatina, from Actus Tragicus BWV 106 (trasc. Kurtág)
Johann Sebastian Bach From Cantata BWV 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
Recitativo: Wie hast du dich, mein Gott
Aria: Bäche von gesalznen Zähren
Dimitri Shostakovich String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110
Franz Schubert Piano Trio no. 1 in B flat, D898
Wednesday 23 July, 7.30pm
Teatro degli Avvaloranti, Città della Pieve
PARLANDO
ALL THAT MATTERS: Bach, love, faith, grief – and the defining consolation of music
An evening of words and music with our author-in-residence James Runcie
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite for solo cello n. 1 in G, BWV 1007
Tim Park cello
(This is a free event, but advance booking is required)
Thursday 24 July, 7.30pm
Chiesa di Sant’Andrea, Castiglioncello del Trinoro
Daishin Kashimoto, Seohyun Kim violin
Radek Baborák horn
Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung piano
Ernest Chausson Poème for violin and piano, op. 25
Maurice Ravel Sonata no. 2 in G for violin and piano
Johannes Brahms Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano in E flat, op. 40
Saturday 26 July, 7.30pm
Teatro degli Avvaloranti, Città della Pieve
Sarah Christian, Clara-Jumi Kang, Daishin Kashimoto, Seohyun Kim violin
Lise Berthaud viola
Maximilian Hornung, Tim Park cello
Lucille Chung, Sunwook Kim piano
Mark Padmore tenor
Radek Baborák horn
Richard Rodney Bennett Tom O’Bedlam’s Song
Benjamin Britten Canticle III Still Falls the Rain, op. 55
Anton Reicha Grand Quintet for Horn and Strings, op. 110
Ernest Chausson Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet, op. 21
Sunday 27 July, 7.30pm
Cortile di Fattoria, La Foce
Remembering Antonio at La Foce
The annual tribute concert
Sarah Christian, Daishin Kashimoto, Clara-Jumi Kang, Seohyun Kim violin
Lise Berthaud viola
Maximilian Hornung, Tim Park cello
Mark Padmore tenor
Radek Baborák horn
Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung, Sunwook Kim piano
Franz Schubert Auf dem Strom, D943
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Suite for 2 violins, cello and piano left hand, op. 23
Brian Cherney Like Ghosts from an Enchanter Fleeing for cello and piano (dedicated to Antonio Lysy)
César Franck Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 14