At Palazzo Sciarra

The Renaissancein Rome

Entitled “TheRenaissance

in Rome” thisexhibition exploresartistic, architec-tural and urbanplanning in 16thcentury Rome. Se-ven sections bearwitness to an ex-traordinarily fertileand sophisticatedperiod in the hi-story of art which

started off still imbued in classicalculture, and developed within theinfluence of a new and enthrallingreligious spirituality. It includes ma-sterpieces by Raphael, Michelangeloand others. From 25th October to12th February at Palazzo Sciarra,Via M. Minghetti 22, tel.0639967888. 9am-6pm. Saturday9am-2pm. Sunday closed.

Mahler for Antonio PappanoRome’s Academy of Santa Cecilia has chosen to inaugurate its annual

season with Mahler’s grandiose Symphony n. 8, which is alsoknown as the “Symphony of a Thousand” as it requires huge instrumen-tal and vocal forces for its performance. The choice also falls within theongoing tribute to Gustav Mahler in the centenary of his death. For theoccasion, Santa Cecilia’s music director, star conductor Antonio Pappa-no, conducts his Rome orchestra which is joined by the China NationalChorus and the Santa Cecilia Boy’s Choir as well as a cast of top-classsoloists in concerts on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th Oct. The Academy’sparallel chamber season’s opening event is of no less prestige thanks tothe presence of pianistMichele Campanella in aprogramme entirely dedica-ted to Franz Liszt, 200years from his birth. Recitalon 21st Oct. Concerts atAuditorium Parco dellaMusica, tel. 068082058,www.santacecilia.it

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Herreweghe conducts BeethovenThe Istituzione Universitaria

dei Concerti ushers in its sea-son with a world class concert bythe Orchestre des Champs-Elysé-es conducted by Philippe Herre-weghe, a musician who is widelyrespected as one of the most skil-led of choral conductors and a

leading scholar and practitionerin the field of historically infor-med performances. His orchestrais in fact devoted to the perfor-mance of music written from themid XVIII to the early XX centu-ries played on the instrumentsthat existed during the compose-r's lifetime. The Orchestra has itsresidence at the Théatre desChamps-Elysées in Paris and thePalais des Beaux-Arts in Brus-sels, and regularly performs inmajor concert halls across theglobe. The Rome programme isentirely dedicated to Beethovenwith the performance of Sym-phonies n. 5 and n. 7. Concertson 22nd and 23rd October atAula Magna, “La Sapienza” Uni-versity, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5.Tel. 063610051/2, wwwconcer-tiiuc.it

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Giochi di stradaAt its 9th edition, this initiative

transforms the central Via deiFori Imperiali into a unique arena inwhich to play the games kids usedto play when the streets were theirplayground. Roller skates, badmin-ton, skip-the-rope, sack races, tug’owar, are just some of the activitiesavailable for the young and theyoung at heart. The initiative, whichaims to cultivate popular tradition,also offers a series of side-eventsand includes an area dedicated to theInternational Traditional Sports andGames Association. On Sunday23rd from 11am to 5pm. Infowww.giochidistrada.it

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Conductor Antonio Pappano;left "Self portrait" by Raphael

Conductor Philippe Herreweghe

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On 22nd and 23rd at “La Sapienza” University

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This year marks almost two centuries of history for the city’s oldestmusic institution. As per tradition, the season has been drawn up

to welcome new trends, never neglecting the foundations, and withrespect for the past. It also puts trust into young talents who arefeatured in the programme side by side with well affirmed artists.This approach is witnessed by the season’s inaugural concert whichsees star violinist Salvatore Accardo leading the young musicianswho make up the Orchestra della Scuola di Fiesole in a programmededicated to Mozart. Concert on Sunday 23rd at Teatro Olimpico.Info tel. 063201752.

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Violinist and conductor SalvatoreAccardo

The season kicks off on 23rd with Accardo

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Death in June

ROCK

It was 1981 when Douglas Pear-ce and Tony Wakeford split

from the 1970s British punkband, “Crisis”, and formed“Death in June” together withPatrick Leagas. With this band,they helped create the genre ofmusic known as neo-folk - ornoir or apocalyptic folk. Wake-ford and Leagas have both sinceleft the band, while Pearce hascontinued “Death in June” tothe present from Australia. Theband’s first release in 1981 hasbeen followed by an infinite listof works, many of which in colla-boration with excellent nameslike David Tibet. Live in concerton Thursday 20th at Qube, Via diPortonaccio 212. Info 064385445,064385406.

Prog exhibitionAfter two sold out shows in

Rome last year, a line-upof protagonists of progressiverock promises to recreate themagic that resulted in a suc-cessful box set celebrating for-ty years of “imaginific music”,with the greatest figures ofItalian and international pro-gressive rock. Special gueststhis year include Steve Hac-kett, Maartin Barre andRichard Sinclair who will beintent in creating a live musicshow in which names ofyesterday, today and tomor-row play together on thesame stage. On 21st and 22ndOct at Teatro Tendastrisce, ViaGiorgio Perlasca 69. Infowww.progexhibition.it Douglas Pearce

EXHIBITIONSALEXANDER RODCENKOAND SOCIALIST REALISMSTwo important exhibitions bringRussian art to Rome in this Ye-ar of Russian culture in Italy inwhich a number of events, bothin Italy and in Russia, highlightthe cultural, political and diplo-matic ties between the nations.A retrospective dedicated to theeclectic artist Alexander Rod-cenco (1891-1956) displays so-me 300 works, ranging from ori-ginal photographs to photomon-tages and period prints. Theother exhibition, entitled “Socia-list realisms. Soviet painting1920-1970”, tells the story ofan extraordinary movement in20th century art in which theSoviet state actively promotedrealist painting and its develop-ment by supporting thousands

of talented artists from all overits immense empire. Until 8thJanuary at Palazzo delle Esposi-zioni, Via Nazionale 194. 10am-8pm. Fri and Sat 10am-10.30pm. Mon closed. Info tel.0639967500.PIET MONDRIANThis is a major retrospectivethat aims to cover the over 30years of Piet Mondrian’s activi-ty. More than seventy oil pain-tings and drawings by theDutch artist who is consideredto be one of the founders of ab-stractionism, as well as an im-portant representative of neo-plasticism, highlight the overallcoherence of an artist whosecapacity for renewal and arti-stic growth remained constantthroughout his career. Until29th January 2012 at Com-plesso del Vittoriano, Via SanPietro in Carcere. For informa-

tion tel. 066780664. OpenMonday to Thursday 9.30am -7.30pm; Friday and Saturday9.30am - 11.30pm; Sunday9.30am - 8.30pm.FILIPPINO LIPPI ANDSANDRO BOTTICELLI IN15TH CENTURY FLORENCEThis exhibition aims to shinethe light on the approximately34 years of Lippi's career. Lippiwas an extremely prolific artistand his work ranged from pa-nels, to frescoes, from dra-wings on coloured paper topaintings. The works on showare from leading internationalmuseums and private collec-

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tions. A selection of works byBotticelli also provides the pu-blic with an opportunity for styli-stic comparison with his ma-ster, his friend, and ultimatelyhis rival. Until 15th January atScuderie del Quirinale, Via XXIVMaggio, tel. 0639967500.GEORGIA O’KEEFFEThis retrospective curated byBarbara Buhler Lynes of theGeorgia O’Keeffe Museum inSanta Fe, shines the light on themulti-faceted universe of theAmerican ar tist who played a

part in changing the course ofmodern history of art. The exhi-bit shows more than 60 worksas well as a selection of photo-graphs by famous American pho-tographers capturing momentsand places in the life of O’Keef-fe. Until 22nd January at Fonda-zione Roma Museo, PalazzoCipolla, Via del Corso 320, tel.0639967888. 10am to 8pm.Mondays closed. MAXXIRome’s Museum dedicated tothe Ar ts of the XXIst centuryinaugurates the season with twonew exhibitions: “Campo Baeza.The Tree of Creation” and “Exhi-biting the collection. Architectu-ral Projects from the Collexion ofMAXXI Architettura 1950-2010”.The former, which consists in a

large installation that recreatesthe mental landscape of AlbertoCampo Baeza represents thethird episode of the Museum’sNature cycle exploring new inter-pretations of contemporar yarchitectural research (Until 30thOctober). The latter presents aselection of over 70 works by 18architects, the majority of whichare on show for the first timewhile all are drawn from theMuseum of Architecture’s collec-tions (until 13th November).Museo Nazionale delle Arti delXXI Secolo, Via Guido Reni 4a,tel. 063225178. 11am-7pm.Thursday and Saturday 11am-10pm. Monday closed.

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The International Festival of Sacred Music and Art is in its 10th yearand features a programme of sacred music that comes to life in

Rome’s most splendid basilicas. The festival’s resident orchestra is thefamous Wiener Philharmoniker conducted this year by Georges Pre-tre. All in all there are six concerts plus the celebration of two HolyMasses. The first event is Mass on Wednesday 26th in St. Peter’s Basi-lica with music, mostly by Mozart, performed by the Orchestre Phil-harmonique de Monte-Carlo conducted by Juanjo Mena, and withthe Oratory Society of New York. Tickets are free but they must becollected in advance at Palazzo Cardinal Cesi, Via della Conciliazione51. Info tel. 066869187.

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Awaiting the “Wieners”

Conductor Juanjo Mena

From 26th Festival of Sacred Music and Art

Anna Calvi

ROCK POP

The young British star AnnaCalvi’s self-entitled album

reveals her music debts to a linea-ge of female songwriters fromEdith Piaf and Patti Smith to PJHarvey. And even before relea-sing that debut album, Calvi waslauded by Brian Eno, included inthe BBC’s influential Sound of2011 list and toured with Interpoland Nick Cave’s Grinderman. Thepraise for a young woman withjust one single to her name, hasbeen confirmed by a string ofintense, captivating live showsover the past year which havegenerated a buzz of excitementabout this London-based, half-Italian singer-songwriter. Concerton Saturday 22nd at Circolo degliArtisti, Via Casilina Vecchia 42,tel. 0670305684.

Selah SueSelah Sue is a Belgian sin-

ger/songwriter with a“Jamaican soul”. Her realname is Sanne Putseys, andher influences are LaurenHyll, Bob Marley, Erykah Baduand M.I.A. She is equippedwith talent, soul and an ama-zing voice that has beendescribed as “some ragamuf-fin, less supple and virtuosicversion of Amy Winehouse”.On her debut album SelahSue sounds like a personalmix of all of those influences,and at only 22 years of age,she is being hailed as “thewhite girl who rhymes like aJamaican”. Concert on Friday21st at Circolo degli Artisti,Via Casilina Vecchia 42, tel.0670305684.Anna Calvi

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