The Hot 100 Hits of the 17th Century
This week the weather has been absolutely terrible. A solid week of being inside was just about to drive me crazy, so last Friday night I decided I was going to go out. Since the weather was terrible, I thought that I could enrich my sense of culture by attending a concert that I had heard about through small conversations on the street. I knew that the concerts were limited as far as actual concert dates go, so I bought my ticket for La Musica ai Tempi di Goldoni "Music From the Times of Goldoni" in Piazza San Marco a couple days early.
The concert has two concert dates a month and focuses on the music composed at the time of Carlo Goldoni, which is the 17th century. The concert is like that of a greatest hits concert of today. There were a number of different composers represented by the program from Vivaldi, Handel, and Mozart. However, some of the music from Mozart was specific excerpts from his operas. This type of selection also held true for a couple of selections from Galuppi and Haydn, but still good selections.
There is also a short narration before each selection to help the audience understand something more about the piece and the composer. The pieces that were presented on the night that I attended were not well-known by me, but were rather different from the usual, mainstream, classical selections that can be found on every CD in every record store. As a fellow musician I found it refreshing and entertaining.
The price is a bit high for the minimalism of the concert but not a bad deal considering it’s a cultured evening out in Venice.
Where: Carlo Goldoni’s House
San Polo 2794,
30125 Venezia
Tel. +39 (041) 275-9325
Fax +39 (041) 244-0081
Email: mkt.musei@comune.venezia.it
Tickets: General Admission €20, Reduced €15 (students under 29, and Senior Citizens over 65)
You can buy tickets at the Goldoni House or The Vivaldi Store, located at San Marco 5537. Tickets can be bought during the hours of operation until the day of the concert when ticket sales end at 6pm.
Concert Dates (as of Today): April 25, May 16 and 30, June 6 and 27
All concerts are at 6pm.