Un Ensemble per la Cultura, Rome: 18 December 2017
On 18th December 2017, a chamber ensemble of EUYO musicians performed as part of Un Ensemble per la Cultura, an event organized by RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, to launch the 2018 Year of European Cultural Heritage in Italy.
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Dario Franceschini, and Silvia Costa, MEP and former Chair of the Culture Committee of the European Parliament, were amongst the key note speakers. The event began at 11am on Monday 18 December at the RAI offices in via Asiago in Rome, and was broadcasted by RAI Radio.
Speakers:
Dario Franceschini - Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities
Monica Maggioni - RAI President
Sandro Gozi - Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers with a mandate for European Affairs
Silvia Costa - European Parliamentarian
Beatrice Covassi - Head of Representation in Italy of the European Commission
PROGRAMME
Joseph Haydn
String quartet in B-flat Hob. III:78, Sunrise, 1st mov.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto in D major, 'Il Gardellino', RV 428
solo flute Viola Brambilla
Carl Maria von Weber
Rondò from Clarinet Quintet op.34
solo clarinet Lorenzo Russo
Buddy DeSylva
If you knew Susie, arr. Thorpe
Ludwig van Beethoven
EU Anthem Ode to Joy