Viva Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was born on 10 October 1813 near Busseto, Italy, and died in Milan on 27 January 1901 aged 87 years. In 2013 we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Verdi - the Romantic maestro who wrote musical history with his operas. To commemorate this anniversary, the Civica Filarmonica di Lugano under the direction of Franco Cesarini has reissued a CD with overtures and ballet music of the maestro aptly entitled Viva Verdi. Cesarini himself has adapted all the works included on the recording for wind band and all are available in print. At your next concert celebrate with us the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi and delight youraudience by serving up a top quality helping of Verdi!