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DESCRIPTION:Sep 6-19\, 2026\nDuring the pandemic\, the Italian conductor Sp
 eranza Scappucci emerged as a winning televangelist for classical music. A
 dding another feather to her cap\, she now steps up as artistic director o
 f a lively\, long-running festival that offers blue-ribbon events at fire-
 sale prices. All programs are heard in both Milan and Turin—reciprocal b
 edroom communities only 45 minutes apart by high-speed rail. The MITO labe
 l combines\, à la Sea-Tac\, the first syllables of the cities’ names—
 even as it riffs on the Italian for “myth.” Taking the cue\, Scappucci
  points to Hesiod\, genealogist of the Olympians\, to remind us that Harmo
 ny is the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares\, the gods of love and war. “Ha
 rmony\,” she concludes\, “is therefore not the elimination of conflict
  but its transformation into an opportunity for listening.” Sure\, why n
 ot? Highlights include Britten’s alternately monumental and achingly int
 imate War Requiem\, conducted by Simone Young\; Arnold Schönberg’s impa
 ssioned string sextet Transfigured Night\; the complete Beethoven string q
 uartets\; an hommage to Ennio Morricone\, Italy’s answer to John William
 s\; David Fray in Bach’s Goldberg Variations\; and William Christie and 
 Les Arts Flo (possibly still Florissants to you?) in Marc-Antoine Charpent
 ier’s Baroque evocation of Orpheus in the underworld. We’re intrigued\
 , too\, by the listing for “Tea with Beethoven\,” whose known poisons 
 of choice were spring water\, coffee\, beer\, and red wine. Scappucci hers
 elf leads the revel in Rossini’s incongruously festive crucifixion canta
 ta Stabat Mater. Remember we said fire-sale prices? How does 10 Euros soun
 d to you? Or seven? Advance reservations are recommended for the Stabat Ma
 ter\, which is free.
LOCATION:Various venues
SUMMARY:MITO Settembre Music Festival\, Harmonia / Concerts in Milan
URL;VALUE=TEXT:https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/mito-settembre-music-
 festival-harmonia-concerts-in-milan
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