From 24 June to 29 August 2025, VCR Venice Classic Radio will broadcast and publish online the concerts from the 2024 Season of the Musica Mirabilis Festival, recorded in the evocative churches of San Defendente and Beata Vergine del Paradiso in Clusone, Bergamo (Italy). The series will be part of the Estival programme, VCR’s summer radio festival dedicated to live performances recorded over the past year.
Each concert will air on VCR Classica+ according to the schedule below, and will be available in replay and video format the following day. A wonderful opportunity to relive the highlights of the festival, while awaiting the new 2025 Season, starting on 14 August.
Broadcast on VCR Classica+
Giovanni Legrenzi: Cantate e duetti
Performers: Concerto Soave (Lise Viricel, soprano – Romain Bockler, baritone – Manon Papasergio, cello – Ulrik Gaston Larsen, theorbo – Jean-Marc Aymes, harpsichord and direction)
Recorded: 21 September 2024, San Defendente Church, Clusone
On air: Tuesday 24 June 2025, 9:00 PM
Giovanni Legrenzi: Il sonatismo legrenziano
Performers: Sezione Aurea (Luca Giardini, violin and direction – Azusa Onishi, violin – Viola Mattioni, cello – Filippo Pantieri, harpsichord)
Recorded: 28 September 2024, San Defendente Church, Clusone
On air: Tuesday 8 July 2025, 9:00 PM
Giovanni Legrenzi: Tesi e antitesi
Performers: Ensemble La Risonanza (Carlo Lazzaroni, Ulrike Slowik, violin – Caterina Dell’Agnello, violone, viola da brazzo – Fabio Bonizzoni, harpsichord)
Recorded: 12 October 2024, Beata Vergine del Paradiso Church, Clusone
On air: Tuesday 22 July 2025, 9:00 PM
Giovanni Legrenzi: Duettar cantando
Performers: Ludus Orionis (Santina Tomasello, soprano – Jennifer Schittino, soprano – Andrea Perugi, harpsichord)
Recorded: 19 October 2024, San Defendente Church, Clusone
On air: Tuesday 5 August 2025, 9:00 PM
Instrumental Music in the Time of Clusonese
Music by: Giovanni Legrenzi, Giovanni Picchi, Claudio Monteverdi, Tarquinio Merula, Biagio Marini, Sebastiano Chilese, Francesco Usper
Performers: Concerto Soave (Lise Viricel, soprano – Romain Bockler, baritone – Manon Papasergio, cello – Ulrik Gaston Larsen, theorbo – Jean-Marc Aymes, harpsichord and direction)
Recorded: 26 October 2024, Beata Vergine del Paradiso Church, Clusone
On air: Tuesday 19 August 2025, 9:00 PM
Giovanni Legrenzi: Mysticism and the Absolute (Harmonia d'affetti devoti and Compline op. III and VII)
Performers: Collegium Vocale et instrumentale Nova Ars Cantandi (Alessandro Carmignani, voice – Salvo Disca, alto – Alberto Allegrezza, tenor – Gianluca Ferrarini, tenor – Marcello Vargetto, bass – Ivana Valotti, organ – Giovanni Acciai, conductor)
Recorded: 8 November 2024, Beata Vergine del Paradiso Church, Clusone
On air: Friday 29 August 2025, 9:00 PM
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