“Puccini” is plural - Teatro alla Scala

14 March 2022

Teatro alla Scala String Quartet

Script and staging	Mario Acampa
Illustrations	Gabriele Pino
Violin	Francesco Manara
Violin	Daniele Pascoletti
Viola	Simonide Braconi
Cello	Massimo Polidori
Piano	Simone Soldati

programme
Giacomo Puccini	Torre del Lago. Lento e armoniosamente for piano Tre minuetti SC 61 for strings quartet Gavotta * for strings quartet Fuga prima in G major * for strings quartet Scherzo SC 34 for strings quartet Piccolo Valzer SC 66 for piano from Crisantemi SC 65 for strings quartet Andante mesto
Luigi Boccherini	Quintetto n. 9 in E min. Op. 57 No. 3 G 415 for strings and piano Andante Lento assai Minuetto non presto con grazia Provensal Allegro vivo Andante lento Provensal Allegro vivo e pp come prima

programme

Giacomo Puccini

Torre del Lago. Lento e armoniosamente
for piano

Tre minuetti SC 61

for strings quartet

Gavotta *

for strings quartet

Fuga prima in G major *

for strings quartet

Scherzo SC 34

for strings quartet

Piccolo Valzer SC 66
for piano

from Crisantemi SC 65
for strings quartet
Andante mesto

Luigi Boccherini

Quintetto n. 9 in E min. Op. 57 No. 3 G 415
for strings and piano
Andante Lento assai
Minuetto non presto con grazia
Provensal Allegro vivo
Andante lento
Provensal Allegro vivo e pp come prima

*First performance or first reprise in modern times

In collaboration with

Centro studi Giacomo Puccini

Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giacomo Puccini

Fondazione Simonetta Puccini per Giacomo Puccini

What if we were to tell you that the great-great-grandfather of the composer of Turandot was also named Giacomo Puccini? And if, among other things, he was maestro at the Palatine Chapel of Lucca, where Luigi Boccherini performed as a solo cellist? Poetry, letters, stories, and anecdotes acquaint us better with a great family of composers, who have contributed so much to music from the eighteenth century to the modern day, always bringing powerful emotions to the stage.