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INSIEME/SKUPAJ

Moggio Udinese

Abbey of San Gallo

04 / 09

Thursday 4 September 2025 - Hour 20:00

MEDEN LAN saxophone
FRANCESCO ANGELICO cello
GLORIA CAMPANER piano

Music by G. Sollima, L. Boulanger, A. Piazzolla and A. Tansman

The program unfolds along a path that intertwines the memory of tradition with contemporary invention, blending diverse stylistic languages and culminating in the creativity of the student-composers. Sollima’s Pizzica Roots is a personal and physical reinvention of the traditional Apulian dance: the cello becomes a primitive and percussive voice, combining groove and lyricism. Boulanger’s Trois pièces reveal a refined balance between romantic expression and French formal clarity. Le Grand Tango, written by Piazzolla for Rostropovich, brings the intensity and sensuality of tango nuevo to the concert stage, with great rhythmic force and virtuosity. Tansman’s Sonatina, with its neoclassical and bright character, highlights the saxophone’s cantabile qualities and color. Piazzolla’s Tango Étude No. 1 for solo saxophone is a pure example of his style, where melody, rhythm, and improvisation merge into a solitary, incisive voice. The concert closes with a special moment dedicated to creation: two original trios composed specifically by the students of Maestro Pagotto’s composition class.

Organised by Nei Suoni Dei Luoghi in collaboration with Carniarmonie for GO! 2025

Abbey of San Gallo

The abbey of San Gallo was founded in 1085 by the Patriarch of Aquileia Friedrich of Bohemia and consecrated by the Patriarch Ulrich of Eppenstein in 1119.

The history of the thousand-year-old abbey is a reminder of moments of splendor, like those cited in the 1250 document of Abbot Ghiberto, with the minute description of the complex. And a reminder of inauspicious events, like that of 1400 with its sacking by Louis of Teck’s troops, to its abolition in 1884 and the purchase by the Mangilli-Leoni counts, to the earthquakes of 1976 and 2001.

Today, the abbey dominates the valley from the hill of the same name and draws the tourist’s gaze. A popular destination for pilgrims and visitors, the abbey sits alongside the church, the cloister, the prison tower and the Antiquarium – a small museum where the remains from Roman-era and High Middle Ages have been gathered.

Photography by Ulderica Da Pozzo