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Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi, in the Chiesa San Francesco in Asciano, rehearsal 2017 [1]
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The Crete Senesi | The Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi music Festival
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In 2025, the Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi music festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary. From Sunday 27 July to Friday 1 August 2025, this festive edition will be celebrated again in enchanting Crete Senesi. We will share the final programme and more details soon.
In summer months, the otherwise silent spaces of the Crete Senesi in southern Tuscany are filled with music, thanks to a number of fine festivals. Among them the Festival estivo di Accademia Chigiana, the Piccola Accademia di Montisi, the Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi Festival and the Amiata Piano Festival.
Since 2017, the music festival Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi (formarly the Accademia delle Crete Senesi festival) is organized by Collegium Vocale Ghent. Small historic churches and abbeys provide atmospheric settings for intimate early music and lush Romantic concerts, and dinners at precious outdoor settings.
"The concerts take place in small but marvellous churches, chosen because of their adequate acoustics for the repertoire on the program. On dream locations such as the churches of Santo Stefano (Castelmuzio), Sant’Anna in Camprena (Pienza) and San Francesco (Asciano) both music lovers and performers can discover the Crete Senesi, one of the most beautiful and authentic regions of Europe, situated near well known cities such as Florence, Siena, Montepulciano or Montalcino, an amidst one of the most prestigeous wine areas of Italy."
Philippe Herreweghe
Website | www.collegiumvocalecretesenesi.com | Program | Locations
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Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi, in the Chiesa San Francesco in Asciano, rehearsal 2017 [1]
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Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi 2025 | From Sunday 27 July to Friday 1 August 2025
Previous editions
Program 2020 | Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi from Sunday 26 July until Friday 31 July
The program for 2020 looks as promising as always. The festival opens with a lively party in Asciano. Opening night with a soirée composée with concerts and buffet on Sunday 26 18:00 in Asciano (Piazza Garibaldi, Chiesa San Francesco, Basilica Sant Agatha, Piazza del Grano).
On Tuesday 28th Collegium Vocale performs Gesualdo, Book V. Napoli Gothique on Monday 27 in Pienza, Sant’Anna in Camprena. Founded and directed by Pedro Memelsdorff, Mala Punica is a vocal-instrumental ensemble devoted to the polyphonic repertoire of the end of the Middle Ages. Sylvia Huang, the 'Lauréat du public' of the Queen Elisabeth Competition performs Eugène Ysaÿe in three concerts on Tuesday 28.
The soloists of Collegium Vocale Gent conclude the 2020) festival on Friday evening, July 31 at the Monasterio Sant'Anna in Camprena with Purcell's Ode to St. Caecilia. Look for the beautiful frescos by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi (Il Sodoma) in its Refectory. This is a late-night concert, preceded by a dinner in the courtyard of the abbey.
The Covid-19 crisis has made it impossible to deliver this beautiful program. The festival made this announcement:
'Also because we realize how you crave heavenly music in real live performances, and not on that damned little screen, we decided with the Collegium Vocale to let the twentieth edition of our Crete Senesi Festival take place in spite of all difficulties, with most of the performers foreseen, but in slightly changed circumstances: less audience, concentrated in Asciano and with some creative solutions. You can read the practical info here.
All concerts take place in the San Francesco church and on Piazza del Grano in Asciano.
Read the full program here on the website of the Music Festival Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi.
You can also order tickets or a subscription.
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Google Maps shows you the way in Asciano (locations of churches and dinner places) via this link. You can also view them on your smartphone. This is how you get the GPS coordinates right away, you can immediately get directions, and you will be taken care of at the concert venue without worry.
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Previous editions
Program 2019 | From Sunday 28 July until Friday 2 August
Conducting artists include pianist Nelson Goerner, cellist Andreas Brantelid and lead singer Christoph Prégardien. Members of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam play a chamber music concert on Monday and Friday, respectively. The Edding Quartet will play an intimate late-night concert on Wednesday evening, and accordionist Philippe Thuriot will end the day with a free improvisation concert on the outdoor stage at Bar Hervé on Monday and Thursday evening.
The soloists of Collegium Vocale Gent conclude the 2019 festival on Friday evening, August 2 at the Monasterio Sant'Anna in Camprena with the Psalms Davids by Heinrich Schütz. Another special event is the performance of Heinrich Schütz’s O primavera, gioventù de l'anno ( Il primo libro de madrigali, 1611) by Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe on Tuesday, in the marvelous setting of the Sant’Anna in Camprena monastery.
Read more about the 2017 and 2018 editions.
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Opening night @ Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi
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Traveling in Tuscany | Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi
Walking in the spectacular panoramic scenery of Tuscany | Montepulciano - Monticchiello - Sant'Anna in Camprena
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Asciano, base of the festival
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Album Monastero di Sant'Anna in Camprena
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Album Monastero di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
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Crete Senesi presso Asciano
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Monte Oliveto Maggiore |
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Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Campanile]
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Chiesa San Francesco, Ascano
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San Francesco |
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Chiesa di San Francesco (Asciano) interno
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Castelmuzio, Pieve Santo Stefano a Cennano
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Pieve di Santo Stefano a Cennano. Absidi
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Chiusure and the Campanile of Santa Maria di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
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Abbazia di Sant'Antimo in una vecchia foto d'epoca
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L'Abbazia di Sant'Antimo |
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La navata centrale vista dal matroneo
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Podere Santa Pia is a large old rambling Tuscan farmhouse, and a great holiday house, surrounded by a spacious garden, and views you can't imagine. The rolling hills of this area are famous for their unspoiled natural beauty. The peacefulness of the countryside, the various unique villages and the friendly atmosphere will no doubt pleasantly surprise you.
Close to the house is a unique private swimming pool (12 x 5 m). On the spacious terrace around the pool are sun loungers, tables, chairs.... This is also an ideal place for outdoor dining, to enjoy an apero or dinner al fresco. The views are truly stunning, with a unique view of the hills of the Tuscan Maremma and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the background.
Hidden secrets in Tuscany | Holiday house Podere Santa Pia
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A beautiful early evening by the pool, in the resplendent Tuscan sun, time takes on a languid quality
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A bigger splash in Podere Santa Pia's swimming pool, southern Tuscany
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[1] Photo filmstill Monteverdi, Vespro della Beata Vergine by Philippe Herreweghe & Collegium Vocale Gent, Outhere
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