Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ - Ivan Karizna & Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen

Get your suitcase ready for a vibrant journey through Sicily and the Italian interior No one embodies the multicultural Palermo better than Giovanni Sollima. With his minimalist orientalism and echoes of ethnic traditions from the Middellandse Zeegebied, his 'Spasimo' is an eclectic trip. Close your eyes and you can smell the citrus trees, jasmine, and salty harbor air. Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ then takes you through the interior. The composer was barely twenty when he began writing the symphony on a European tour. Cheerfully, he takes you by the hand through the streets of Venice, Rome, Florence, and Naples. Is your suitcase ready?