{"id":1753,"date":"2024-03-20T11:59:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T11:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk\/?page_id=1753"},"modified":"2024-07-09T21:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T21:11:28","slug":"festa-di-puccini","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk\/?page_id=1753","title":{"rendered":"Festa di Puccini"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>As part of the Buxton International Festival&#8217;s final choral-themed weekend, Buxton Musical Society are marking the centenary of the death of Giacomo Puccini by performing his largest sacred work &#8211; the <em>Messa di Gloria<\/em>. Written when he was 21, the work shows the influence of his family&#8217;s close involvement with the Cattedrale di San Martino in Lucca but hints at the glorious melodies that were to come in his later work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concert opens with Respighi&#8217;s rousing <em>Primavera <\/em>from the Botticelli Tryptych and a rarely performed work by Swiss composer Frank Martin who died fifty years ago &#8211; <em>Pavane Couleur du Temps<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Festa2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Festa2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1751\" style=\"width:243px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Festa2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Festa2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Festa2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Festa2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Festa2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>O Respighi<\/strong> <em>Primavera <\/em>(Spring), from <em>Trittico Botticelliano<\/em> (Botticelli Tryptich)&nbsp;<br><strong>F Martin<\/strong> <em>Pavane Couleur du Temps<\/em> (Pavane \u2013 The Colour of Time)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><strong>G Puccini<\/strong> <em>Messa a Quattro Voci<\/em> (\u2018Messa di Gloria\u2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Liu &#8211; <em>tenor<\/em><br>Dominic Felts &#8211; <em>bass<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus &amp; Orchestra of Buxton Musical Society<br>Players from the BIF Young Instrumentalists Programme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam Hayes <em>Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets \u00a320 will be available on the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Buxton International Festival&#8217;s final choral-themed weekend, Buxton Musical Society are marking the centenary of the death of Giacomo Puccini by performing his largest sacred work &#8211; the Messa di Gloria. 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