ORT | HOFFMANN | BARRADAS
Classical Concert Season 24_25

ORT | HOFFMANN | BARRADAS

NIKLAS BENJAMIN HOFFMANN conductor | JOÃO BARRADAS accordion
N.B. Hoffmann
Location
Firenze - Teatro Verdi

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conductor
Niklas Benjamin Hoffmann
accordion
João Barradas
Orchestra della Toscana
music by
Mendelssohn, Cristian Carrara, Weill
organizer
Fondazione ORT

Date and times
Saturday 17 May9:00 pm

Availability and tickets
Single numbered sector
Full (*)
€ 22,00
Reduced (*)
€ 18,00
Under 30
€ 10,00
Students (infos in Reduced)
€ 5,00
(*) €2.00 must be added to these prices if purchased in advance (this applies up to one hour before the event).
The prices indicated refer to tickets purchased at the Teatro Verdi ticket office; if purchased online or in external sales points, the relevant sales commissions will be added. In order to check seat availability we recommend clicking on "Buy online" below: the map on TicketOne is always updated in real-time.

Students of all levels (Italians and foreigners) pay a special price of €5.00 all inclusive (the ticket can only be purchased at the ticket office, NOT online)

Normal discounts apply to:

Over 65s
> Season ticket holders for the Theatre Season of Teatro Verdi
ACI – ViaVai
A.Gi.Mus Firenze
ARCI Firenze
Associazione Culturale “Il Trillo”

FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi
(upon presentation of the ticket for the current exhibition)
> Italian Design Istitute
Opera Santa Croce
(upon presentation of the ticket for the visit carried out)
Touring Club Italiano
UniCoop – Firenze
> Università dell’Età Libera
Welfare Interclub

For safety reasons, for spectators with a certified disability equal to or greater than 70% a reserved area is set aside near one of the exits at the back of the stalls (4 seats available for disabled people with mobility impairments and 5 seats for disabled people who are able to walk). These spectators are entitled to a reduced ticket and a free ticket for their service companion.

The purchase can be made EXCLUSIVELY by contacting the Teatro Verdi ticket office via email (info@teatroverdionlilne.it), by telephone at 055.21.23.20 or even in person.

This concert can be included in one of the season ticket formulas provided (from € 48.00 to € 255.00):

– ALL-INCLUSIVE (15 concerts)
– OCTET (8 concerts)
– DO-IT-YOURSELF (from 5 to 12 concerts)
DIY OPEN (3 to 6 concerts)

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Tickets for this event can also be purchased with the  Teacher’s Card – Culture Bonus and with 18 Apps, both at the theatre ticket office and through the Ticketone website.

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Orchestra della Toscana
Niklas Benjamin Hoffmann conductor
João Barradas accordion
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Program
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / The Hebrides, Op.26
Cristian Carrara / Rosso Ferrari (Red Ferrari) – commissioned by Fondazione ORT, Musica Insieme Bologna, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Santa Barbara Symphony e FVG Orchestra
Kurt Weill / Symphony No.2

Nearly one hundred years separate each of the three compositions in the program of ORT’s final concert of the season. Indeed, The Hebrides Overture by Mendelssohn dates back to 1830, Weill’s Symphony to 1933-34, and fresh from the pen is Cristian Carrara’s score, commissioned by Fondazione ORT, Musica Insieme, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Santa Barbara Symphony, and FVG Orchestra. The Hebrides is the work of a young man in his twenties from a wealthy family, completing his education on the Grand Tour. Among the first stops is Scotland, where he visits the Hebrides islands. On one of these, Staffa, he is captivated by the so-called Fingal’s Cave, a natural marvel formed by hexagonal basalt pillars, named after a hero of Gaelic-Scottish mythology. In the overture, Mendelssohn vividly depicts the misty Scottish weather, the restless sea, and the storms around the cave. Weill’s Symphony is instead a work of exile. Shortly after the Nazis came to power, Weill decided to leave Germany and settle in France. This symphony is his first work as an exile: pure music, devoid of political subtext, and it was premiered by one of the century’s greatest conductors, Bruno Walter. The third piece of the evening comes from a composer well known to ORT, having served as its artistic coordinator between 2020 and 2021. It is Cristian Carrara, now leading the Teatro Verdi in Pisa and the Fondazione Pergolesi-Spontini in Jesi. The soloist for Rosso Ferrari is João Barradas. On the podium is the return of Niklas Benjamin Hoffmann, a young German maestro who cut his teeth as assistant conductor at the London Symphony Orchestra.


Orchestra della Toscana

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