Circle of Friends Tour 2023

THURSDAY October 27, 2023

7.00 PM

RECEPTION AND LIGHT BUFFET AT HOTEL VILLA MICHELANGELO WITH A MUSICAL SURPRISE.

The hotel is housed in an 18th-cen­tu­ry Pal­la­di­an-style vil­la sur­round­ed by a 5‑acres park with cen­te­nary trees and splen­did olive trees. The won­der­ful musi­cians of the Budapest Fes­ti­val Orches­tra pro­vide for a musi­cal sur­prise.

FRIDAY October 27, 2023

9.00 AM – 10.30 AM
LA ROTONDA.

Exclu­sive vis­it of Vil­la la Roton­da by Pal­la­dio.

11.00 AM
THE TOWN OF VICENZA.

Guid­ed tour among Vicenza’s most sig­nif­i­cant mon­u­ments or indi­vid­ual pro­gram.

1.00 PM – 3.30 PM
FESTIVE LUNCH AT THE VILLA VALMARANA AI NANI WITH A CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT.

Lunch with Mae­stro Iván Fis­ch­er and a pri­vate cham­ber music con­cert with the musi­cians of the BFO at the Vil­la Val­marana ai Nani with Count­ess Car­oli­na Val­marana, under the fres­coes of Giambat­tista and Gian­domeni­co Tiepo­lo.

7 PM
OPERA AT THE TEATRO OLIMPICO.

Opera per­for­mance “Pel­léas et Mélisande” by Claude Debussy direct­ed and con­duct­ed by Iván Fis­ch­er with the Budapest Fes­ti­val Orches­tra at the unique Teatro Olimpi­co, Andrea Palladio’s last mas­ter­piece.

10 PM
DRINKS AND SNACKS.

Cel­e­bra­tion of Mae­stro Iván Fis­ch­er and the opera singers.

SATURDAY October 28, 2023

10 AM – 11.30 AM
PALA BY GIORGIONE IN CASTELFRANCO AND PALLADIO’S VILLA EMO.

Explor­ing the Cathe­dral of Castel­fran­co and view­ing the mag­nif­i­cent Pala di Castel­fran­co, one of the few paint­ings which can be firm­ly attrib­uted to Gior­gione, fol­lowed by a vis­it to the Vil­la Emo, which has been con­served as part of the World Her­itage Site “City of Vicen­za and the Pal­la­di­an Vil­las of the Vene­to”.

1 PM – 3.30 PM
CÀ MARCELLO.

Pri­vate lunch in one of the most beau­ti­ful and well-main­tained exam­ples of Pal­la­di­an-style vil­las host­ed by the own­er, Count Jacopo Mar­cel­lo, and a walk through the har­mo­nious park which stretch­es over 9 hectares.

7.30 PM
CONCERT AT THE TEATRO OLIMPICO.

Musi­ca degen­er­a­ta: Eisler, Hin­demith, Schul­hoff, Weill con­duct­ed by Iván Fis­ch­er with the Budapest Fes­ti­val Orches­tra.

9.30 PM
RECEPTION IN HONOUR OF MAESTRO IVÁN FISCHER HOSTED BY COUNTESS CAROLINE MARZOTTO

at Palaz­zo Loschi Zileri Dal Verme in the heart of the his­toric cen­tre of Vicen­za.

SUNDAY October 29, 2023

10 AM – 11 AM
THE SANCTUARY OF MONTE BERICO.

Explor­ing the clois­ter and view­ing Veronese’s restored mas­ter­piece, “Cena di San Gre­go­rio Mag­no”.