Article in The Florentine
An original contribution by festival coordinator and event manager, Samantha Stout.
The August dates see Christophe Rousset take to the stage on August 19 for a solo concert on the harpsichord, held in collaboration with the Piccola Accademia di Montisi, followed one week later on August 26 by countertenor Raffaele Pe and La Lira di Orfeo who will close out the festival with a programme packed with Baroque song.
For the second edition of the Argiano festival, artistic director and founder Antonio Artese has set out to create a first rate cultural experience that explores the vast intricacies of the Baroque repertoire which, in his words…
“represents music that is like a great vintage; a mature wine that’s meant to be savoured in an intimate and refined environment, while fully appreciating the emotions and the wonder that it may give to us”
It helps that the pianist Artese is also a sommelier, and therefore the perfect one to marry the Baroque with Brunello.