MandolinVenice Ensemble

The Venice Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble is a chamber ensemble consisting of mandolins, mandola and guitars dedicated to showing to the world audience the unlimited richness of Italian Classical Music for plucked instruments.

This tradition began in Venice and Italy's Veneto region during the Renaissance with the luthier's families Tieffenbrucker and Sellas and continued with the wonderful Baroque Concertos for mandolins by Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Hasse.

The 18th Century brought instruments built by Giuseppe Molinari and  the 19th Century works by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, who introduced mandolin in many Operas.​

The Ensemble offers a rich repetoire ranging from Baroque to  Romaticism and Italian folk songs and famous soundtracks.

The Venice Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble - an activity by Agape Associazione Culturale - was founded in March 2014 following the experience of Quartetto a pizzico "Riccardo Drigo",  had the opportunity to play in Syracuse, Asolo, Treviso, Vicenza, Padua and Venice.

Program and cast

Sat, 28 Dec | St. George Church, Venezia - Christmas with MandolinVenice 2024

Christmas concert by MandolinVenice Ensemble in St. George Church - Campo San Vio, Venice

PROGRAM

Gioachino Cocchi, Sinfonia in D major

(Padua, 1715 - Venice, 1804)

Giacomo Sartori, Notte di Natale – Pastorale

(Ala, 1860 - Trento, 1946)

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in G major for two mandolins RV 532

(Venice, 1678 - Wien, 1741)

Amedeo Amadei, Notte di Natale – Piccola suite

(Loreto, 1866 - Turin, 1935)

Giuseppe Milanesi, Visioni natalizie - Pastorale

(1891 - 1950)

AA.VV. Ouverture natalizia

Francesco Paolo Neglia, Serenata sul Canal Grande from "Tre quadri di vita veneziana: suite op. 32"

(Enna, 1874 - Intra, 1932)

AA.VV. Christmas rapsody

Sat, 01 Mar - Carnevale in MandolinVenice 2025

Venice Carnival Concert by MandolinVenice Ensemble

in St. George Church - Campo San Vio, Venice

PROGRAM

Gioachino Cocchi, Sinfonia in D major Allegro, Largo, Allegro

(Padua, 1715ca - Venice, 1804)

Raffaele Calace, Bolero n.1 op.26

(Naples, 1863 - 1934)

Riccardo Drigo, Serenade from "Les millions d'Arlequin"

(Padua, 1848 - 1930)

Enrico Marucelli, Valzer fantastico

(Florence, 1877 - 1907)

Francesco Paolo Neglia, Serenata sul Canal Grande from "Tre quadri di vita veneziana: suite op. 32"

(Enna, 1874 - Intra, 1932)

Carlo Munier, Carnevale di Venezia - Fantasia variata

(Naples, 1859 - Florence, 1911)                                                                            

Carlo Graziani-Walter, Mirto e Cipresso                                                                           

(Bruxelles, 1851 - Florence, 1927)

Raffaele Calace, Saltarello op. 79

Antonio Vivaldi, Sonata in D minor op.1 n. 12 "La Follia" RV 63 - Theme and variations

(Venice, 1678 - Wien, 1741)

Amedeo Amadei,(Loreto, 1866 –  Torino 1935), Suite Marinaresca: La Serenata delle Naiadi, La Danza delle Ondine, Il Canto delle Sirene, La Fuga dei Tritoni

Gioachino Rossini, La Danza (Tarantella)

(Pesaro, 1792 - Passy, 1868)

The charm of the Italian mandolin 2025

July: 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
August: 1st, 29th
September: 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th

PROGRAM

Gioachino Cocchi, Sinfonia in D major Allegro, Largo, Allegro

(Padua, 1715ca - Venice, 1804)

Eduardo Mezzacapo, Le chant du gondolier

(Naples, 1832 - Paris, 1898)

Enrico Marucelli, Valzer fantastico

(Florence, 1877 - 1907)

Carlo Graziani-Walter, Mirto e Cipresso                                                                           

(Bruxelles, 1851 - Florence, 1927)

Pietro Mascagni, Intermezzo from the Opera "Cavalleria Rusticana"                                   

(Leghorn, 1863 – Roma, 1945)

Salvatore Falbo Giangreco, Intermezzo

(Avola, 1872 - 1927)

Raffaele Calace, Bolero n.1 op.26

(Napoli, 1863 - 1934)

Raffaele Calace, Mattino d’Autunno op. 164

Raffaele Calace, Saltarello op. 79

Giacomo Puccini, O mio babbino caro from the Opera "Gianni Schicchi"

(Lucca, 1858 – Bruxelles, 1924)

Gioachino Rossini, La Danza (Tarantella)

(Pesaro, 1792 - Passy, 1868)

Amedeo Amadei,(Loreto, 1866 –  Torino 1935), Suite Marinaresca: La Serenata delle Naiadi, La Danza delle Ondine, Il Canto delle Sirene, La Fuga dei Tritoni

Moonlight serenades and baroque follies 2025

July: 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
August: 23rd, 30th
September: 6th, 13th, 20th

PROGRAM

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in A major RV 158 - Allegro molto, Andante molto, Allegro (Venice, 1678 - Wien, 1741)

Umberto de Martino, “C’era la Luna – serenata” (Naples, XIX cen.)         

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in G major for two mandolins RV 532 - Allegro, Andante, Allegro

Enrico Toselli, Serenata "Rimpianto" (Florence, 1883 - 1926)

Emanuele Barbella, Concerto in D major for mandolin - Allegro, Andantino, Giga (Naples, 1718 - 1777)

Raffaele Calace, Serenata malinconica op. 120 (Naples, 1863 - 1934)

Riccardo Drigo, Serenade from “Les Millions d’Arlequin” (Padua, 1846 - 1930)

Johann Adolph Hasse, Sinfonia n.6 op.5 in G minor - Allegro, Andante sempre, Allegro (Bergedorf, 1699 - Venice, 1783)

Francesco Paolo Neglia, Serenata sul Canal Grande from "Tre quadri di vita veneziana: suite op. 32" (Enna, 1874 - Intra, 1932)                                     

Antonio Vivaldi Sonata in D minor “La Follia” op.1 n. 12 RV 63 – Theme and variations