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Vesuvius Ensemble<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

2025\u20132026 Season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All concerts at Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2500 \u2013 Napoli Millenaria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A poetic and musical tribute to the Eternal City<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 21, 2025 \u00b7 8:00pm \u00b7 Heliconian Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To mark the 2500th anniversary of Naples’ legendary founding, the Vesuvius Ensemble presents a special concert: a musical journey through Naples past and present, alive in the verses and melodies of her greatest poets and composers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salvatore Di Giacomo, Libero Bovio, E.A. Mario, Ferdinando Russo, Raffaele Viviani \u2013 words that become song, emotion, memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This concert is a tribute to a millennial city \u2013 Greek, Roman, Arab, Norman, French, Spanish, and profoundly Neapolitan \u2013 told through its refined and popular song traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“2500 Napoli Millenaria” is not merely a collection of pieces: it is a sonic fresco of Neapolitan identity. Love, the sea, sorrow, celebration, faith, hope: in every note, the echo of a civilization that has sung\u2014unmistakably\u2014for 25 centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francesco Pellegrino
Lucas Harris
Drew Jurecka
Nathan Hiltz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets & Info \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Quanno Nascette Ninno: Christmas In Southern Italy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

December 8, 2025 \u00b7 7:00pm \u00b7 Heliconian Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Messiah was born in humble conditions familiar to the peasants of the Southern Italian countryside. These peasants continue even now to mark the season with special music for the zampogne (traditional Italian bagpipes) which is believed to be the very music that was heard on the night Christ was born. Vesuvius’s Christmas program offers Toronto audiences a way to experience this special cultural heritage here in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francesco Pellegrino
Lucas Harris
Louis Sim\u00e3o
Tommaso Sollazzo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets & Info \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diapente Renaissance Vocal Quintet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Madrigals in Southern Italy and the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 21, 2026 \u00b7 7:00pm \u00b7 Heliconian Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Diapente Renaissance Vocal Quintet joins Vesuvius Ensemble in a special program juxtaposing composed and popular music from Southern Italy. Traditional songs from Italy’s southern provinces mix with madrigals and villanellas composed by Renaissance masters who worked in the same area. Featuring music by Gesualdo, di Lasso, d’India, Lacorcia, and Michelangelo Rossi’s explosive Mentre d’ampia voragine tonante<\/em> about Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in 1631.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diapente Renaissance Vocal Quintet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Fingler \u2013 Soprano
Peter Koniers \u2013 Countertenor
Alexander Cappellazzo \u2013 Tenor
Jonathan Stuchbery \u2013 Tenor, Lute
Martin Gomes \u2013 Bass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets & Info \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Viaggio A Napoli With Cristina Prats-Costa & Friends<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

April 21, 2026 \u00b7 7:00pm \u00b7 Heliconian Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore the beauty, passion and multifaceted sonic world of old-world Spain. This passionate evening features a diverse array of composers whose music is drawn from sacred devotion, theatrical drama, virtuosic chamber music, and popular dance. From expressive songs by Juan Frances De Iribarren to the virtuosic guitar works of Santiago de Murcia and the haunting recercadas of Diego Ortiz, echoes of the Iberian Baroque celebrates the multi-ethnic, stylistically rich, and rhythmically vibrant musical landscape of the Iberian world from the mid-16th to early 18th century. Curated by Spanish violinist, Vesuvius Ensemble will also be joined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Violins: Genevi\u00e8ve Gilardeau, Cristina Prats-Costa, Julia Wedman
Josep Phillips \u2013 Violone \/ Gamba
Naghmeh Farahmand \u2013 Percussion
Francesco Pellegrino, Romina Di Gasbarro \u2013 Voice
Lucas Harris \u2013 Lute & Guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets & Info \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Vesuvius Ensemble gratefully acknowledges the support of our generous season sponsors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenting Sponsors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The ABCRA Yorkville Cultural Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n

with the support of:
First Capital
Greybrook Realty Partners<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

John & Angela Caliendo
Paul & Rebecca Elia
Paul Golini
Valerie Elia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Antonio Boccitto
Mary & Chris Chalmers
Tony Gagliano
Patrick Luciani<\/p>\n\n\n\n