The Course
The "Settimana" this year will take place from July 14th to July 20th, with arrivals on the 13th and departures on the 21st, on the premises of the DIMA, adjacent to the prestigious Casa Petrarca.
The final concert, as has become a tradition, will take place in the nearby Chiesa di San Pier Piccolo. The concert will be on the evening of July 20th.
Repertoire
The course is conceived for all students who wish to deepen their understanding of serious medieval repertoire while developing their skills in performance.
| ANONYMOUS a3 | tipo | PMFC | Ms | Voices | |
La nobil scala | M | VIII, 22 | Rei. 40 | C-C | |
| Nel prato pien di fiori | M | 27 | Rei. 9 | C-cT-T | |
| Or qua, compagni | C | 31 | Rossi 19 | C-C | |
| Segugi a corta | C | 38a,b | Pancia 99, Lo. 78 | C-C | |
| Checc'a te piaccia | B | XI, 11 | Pit. 91 | C | |
| Che pensi di me far? | B | 12 | Rei. 31 | C-cT-T | |
| Cosa non è ch'a sè | B | 16 | Lo. 73 | C | |
| Deduto sei a quel | B | 19 | BU.73,Fa. 46,47 | C-T | |
| Gia la sperança | B | 40 | Pit. 119 | C-T | |
| Merçe, te chiamo | B | 48b | MoCa. 348 | C | |
| O graciosa petra | B | 58 | Rei. 50 | C | |
| Po' che veder non posso | B | 64 | Rei. 51 | C-cT-T | |
| ANONYMOUS a2 | |||||
| Avendo me falcon | M | VIII, 3 | Rei. 30 | C-C | |
| De soto'l verde | M | 9a,b | Rossi 1,Pancia 51 | C-T | |
| La bianca selva | M | 20 | Rei. 19 | C-T | |
| O pensieri vani | M | 30 | Man. 68 | C-T | Iacopo? |
| Ayme, per tutto | B | XI, 9 | Man.56 | C-T | |
| Eh, vatene segnor mio | B | 34 | Rei. 38 | C-T | |
| Fa se'l bon servo | B | 36 | Rei. 40 | C-T | Bartolino? |
| O, bella rosa | B | 55 | BU 74 | C-T | Ciconia? |
| Spinato intorno | B | 74 | Man. 70 | C-T | |
| Madrigale | Rei = Codex Reina F-Pn 6771 | ||||
| Ballata | Man.= Codex Mancini (Lucca) | ||||
| Caccia | Pit.=F-Pn 568 | ||||
| Rossi Codex 215 | |||||
| BU=Bologna Universitaria 2216 | |||||
| Codex Panciatichi=I-Fn 26 | |||||
Teachers
Kees Boeke
Viella and flute
Claudia Caffagni
Lute, medieval notation
Jill Feldman
Voice
Kees Boeke
Kees Boeke was born in Amsterdam. After studying at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (flute with Frans Brüggen and cello with Anner Bijlsma), where he graduated with honors, he founded the ensemble Quadro Hotteterre. He was a member of the Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble Syntagma Musicum (Kees Otten) for many years and co-founded Sour Cream (1972), Little Consort Amsterdam (1978) and the Medieval Ensemble Mala Punica (1989).
In 1970 Kees Boeke began teaching at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and in 1975 at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. Since 1990 he has been Professor of Flute and Early Music at the University of Music and Theatre in Zurich. From 2006 to 2014 he was Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Music at the Institute of Early Music in Trossingen (Germany).
He has also conducted seminars and masterclasses in Flute and Early Music all over the world - among others for the Deller Academy (Lacoste, France, 1972-1982), the International Courses of Early Music (Urbino, Italy, 1975-1982), and the Vancouver Early Music Festival - and was responsible as artistic director for the International Courses of Early Music of San Floriano (Polcenigo, Italy, 1983-1993). Since 1989 he has collaborated with the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, for which in 1994 he produced I Vespri (Psalms for 4 choirs, 1612) by Ludovico da Viadana.
In 1996, Kees Boeke began working as music director for the Ensemble Cantica Symphonia, with which he recorded motets by Costanzo Festa and masses by Guillaume Dufay. He has been invited as guest conductor by the vocal and instrumental group "L'Homme Armé" in Florence and by the Ensemble Ars Nova Copenhagen, giving concerts in the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark. Over the years, he has collaborated with the Hilliard Ensemble on concerts and recordings of music by Heinrich Isaac, Orlando di Lasso and Philippe de Monte.
Kees Boeke has recorded over 70 records and CDs for Teldec, Das Alte Werk, EMI, RCA, Nuova Era, Channel Classics, Arcana, Symphonia, Attacca, Erato, Philips, Stradivarius, Glossa, Mirare and his own label Olive Music. In the field of contemporary music, he founded Duix with Antonio Politano, a duo specializing in contemporary music for recorder, double bass and live electronics. In addition, Kees Boeke is active as a composer (Donemus, Amsterdam, Sheetmusicnow.com) and publisher of early and contemporary music (Zen-On, Tokyo and Schott, London).
Since 2001, he has worked closely with Prof. Laurenz Lütteken (University of Zurich) on projects and seminars in the field of medieval, Renaissance and baroque music. In 2003, he founded his own record label, Olive Music, together with his wife, singer Jill Feldman. In addition, the two established the new ensemble Tetraktys for medieval music. Tetraktys' repertoire includes, among others, the Tuscan Trecento, Chansons by Dufay and contemporary authors, the Squarcialupi Codex, the complete recording of the Chantilly Codex, works by Ciconia, the sacred and profane works by Matteo da Perugia, the Canzoniere by Johannes Heer.
Since 1980 he has lived in Tuscany and is a producer of extra virgin olive oil.
Claudia Caffagni
Grown up in a musically fertile environment, Claudia Caffagni began studying the lute under the guidance of her father Mirco at the age of thirteen. She then studied with Federico Marincola and Jacob Lindberg, with whom she obtained a diploma in "lute performing" at the Royal College of Music in London in 1989; she later studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Hopkinson Smith, specializing in German baroque music. Along with studying the instrument, she also studied the necessary sources, notation and treatises, later focusing her interest on medieval repertoire.
In 1986, she was one of the founders of the medieval music ensemble laReverdie, one of the most important groups on an international scale, which is dedicated to the study and interpretation of medieval repertoire. With the ensemble laReverdie she carries out an intense concert activity, participating in the most prestigious festivals throughout Europe. Since 1993 she has recorded regularly for the ARCANA label, in co-production with WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) with 17 recordings, which have received numerous awards (including the Diapason d’Or de l’Année 1993, Finalist 2010 and Finalist 2013 at the Midem Classical Awards, Early Music).
In parallel with her intense musical activity, in 1994 she obtained a degree in Architecture with full marks and honors from the IUAV with a thesis entitled “Temperament in music and architecture: the Schola Riccatiana”. On the same subject, her speech at the conference dedicated to Giordano Riccati held at the Cini Foundation in Venice in 2010 was published by Leo S. Olschki.
She recently published the article “Omaggio a Johannes Ciconia. Marce Marcum imitaris: un modello per i mottetti di Ciconia” for the magazine Marcinum, II/2012. The article ‘A new edition of the Italian Trecento motet Marce, Marcum imitaris’ is in preparation for the Journal of Alamire Foundation.
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the laReverdie ensemble (1986-2006), in view of the performance of Guillaume Du Fay’s Missa Sancti Jacobi, she edited a completely revised and corrected transcription of this work, from the Q15 code (Bologna, International Museum and Library of Music) which, presented in 2014 at the “Luigi Gaiatto” award promoted by the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation, received a special mention.
She taught “Executive Practice of Ancient Music” at the Trieste Conservatory from 2001 to 2006, and regularly holds international courses and seminars in Italy (Urbino, Parma, etc.) and abroad. Since 2005 she has been a professor of Medieval Music at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan. From 2007 to 2015 she taught Mittelalterlaute and Früe Notationskunde at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen (University of Music Trossingen/Early Music Institute).
Jill Feldman
Jill Feldman has taught at the Zurich University of the Arts, the Royal Conservatorium Den Haag, and has regularly given masterclasses and workshops for the Associazione Amici della Musica in Florence, the Academia de Musica Antiga de Lisboa, the International Early Music Seminar - Tel Aviv, the IYAP in Antwerp, the Cursos Internacionales Manuel de Falla in Granada, Japan and South Korea.
She studied singing with Lillian Loran in San Francisco and graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She then specialized in early music in Basel under the guidance of Andrea Von Ramm.
She subsequently debuted in three major productions: Monteverdi's Orfeo in Berkeley, California, Cavalli's Erismena at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, and Hildegard von Bingen's highly acclaimed Ordo Virtutum with the medieval group Sequentia.
From 1981 to 1986, Jill Feldman sang with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants. With this group, she recorded twelve discs, including the opera Médée de Marc Antoine Charpentier in the title role, which received the Gramophone magazine prize (London), the Charles Cros prize (Paris) and the Grand Prix du Disque (Montreux) in 1985. Since then, she has taken part in more than fifty recordings.
In 2003, she founded with her husband, Kees Boeke, the record company Olive Music for which they have recorded four medieval programs: Trecento (from Machaut to Ciconia), Chansons by Guillaume Dufay, O tu cara sciença mie musica (Squarcialupi Codex) and Codex Chantilly; Consort Songs by William Byrd and contemporaries, Les Leçons de Ténèbres by Charpentier, Delalande, Couperin, and “Songs” by Charles Ives.
Jill Feldman has been invited by conductors such as Frans Brüggen (Die Schöpfung by Haydn), Andrew Parrot (Carmelite Vespers by Handel), Jordi Savall (Motets by Delalande), Nicholas McGegan (the cantata Tirsi Clori and Fileno and the oratorio Susanna by Handel) and René Jacobs (Cesti's Orontea and Cavalli's Xerse). She played the role of Armida in Stradella's Lo castello liberato at the Modena Theater and the role of Vita in Marrazzoli's La Vita Humana at the Glasgow Tramway. In the field of contemporary music, she collaborates with the Duix ensemble with which she has held concerts, among other places, at the Villa Medici in Rome, at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan and at the Ysbreker Festival in Amsterdam.
Programma
Arrival: Sunday, July 13 afternoon
6:30 PM: First meeting between students and teachers followed by instructions for the course
Monday, July 14
9:00 AM: Kees Boeke group lesson: how to approach a 14th century song (text, fictitious music, instrumentation - for all participants)
9:45 AM: Claudia Caffagni group lesson: 14th century notation 1 (for all participants)
10:40 AM: individual lessons (singers and instrumentalists)
1:15 PM: lunch break
2:15 PM: 14th century notation 2 (advanced level)
3:00 PM-7:00 PM: Ensemble music 1, 2, 3
Tuesday, July 15
9:00 AM: Kees Boeke group lesson: how to approach a 14th century song (text, musica ficta, instrumentation - for all participants)
9:45 AM: Claudia Caffagni lesson group: Notation of the 14th century 1 (for all participants)
10.40: individual lessons (singers and instrumentalists)
13.15: lunch break
14.15: Notation of the 14th century 2 (advanced level)
15.00-19.00: Ensemble music 4, 5, 6
Wednesday 16 July
9.00: Kees Boeke group lesson: how to approach a 14th century song (text, musica ficta, instrumentation - for all participants)
9.45: Claudia Caffagni group lesson: Notation of the 14th century 1 (for all participants)
10.40: individual lessons (singers and instrumentalists)
13.15: lunch break
14.15: Notation of the 14th century 2 (advanced level)
15.00-19.00: Ensemble music 1, 2, 3
Thursday, July 17
Free Morning
2.15pm: 14th Century Notation 2 (advanced level)
3.00pm-7.00pm: Ensemble Music 4,5,6
Friday, July 18
9.00am: Kees Boeke group lesson: how to approach a 14th century song (text, musica ficta, instrumentation - for all participants)
9.45am: Claudia Caffagni group lesson: 14th Century Notation 1 (for all participants)
10.40am: individual lessons (singers and instrumentalists)
1.15pm: lunch break
2.15pm: 14th Century Notation 2 (advanced level)
3.00pm-7.00pm: Ensemble Music 1, 2, 3
Saturday, July 19
9.00am: Kees Boeke group lesson: how to approach a 14th century song (text, musica ficta, instrumentation - for all participants)
9.45: Claudia Caffagni group lesson: Notation of the Fourteenth Century 1 (for all participants)
10.40: individual lessons (singers and instrumentalists)
13.15: lunch break
14.15: Notation of the Fourteenth Century 2 (advanced level)
15.00-19.00: Ensemble Music 4, 5, 6
Sunday, July 20
11.00-13.00: Rehearsals
1:15 pm: lunch break
15.00-17.30: Dress rehearsal for the final concert
18.30: Final concert
After the concert: Group dinner
Departure: Monday, July 21, morning
Arezzo
A city of very ancient origins, an important Etruscan and then Roman center, seat of a Christian diocese already in the 4th century, it was occupied by the Lombards at the end of the 6th century and strongly influenced by this population.
Arezzo in the Middle Ages became a powerful free municipality, often led by its bishops, who were Counts of the Holy Roman Empire. It was in conflict with Siena, but above all with Florence, which subjugated it in 1384. From this date, except for two extensive rebellions, in 1502 and 1529-1530, its history merges with that of the dominant city and then with that of Tuscany.
The current historic center still retains all the charm of the illustrious past and its main monuments are enriched by the works of great medieval and Renaissance artists, such as Cimabue, Piero della Francesca, Andrea della Robbia and Giorgio Vasari.
Arezzo, also the birthplace of the great poet Francesco Petrarca, has also achieved international fame as the natural stage for a famous film: the most evocative corners of its monumental area were the film set for some scenes from Roberto Benigni's film "Life is Beautiful", winner of 3 Oscars in 1999. Arezzo is modern and industrious, a city of art of the past and present, where the brilliant creativity of Arezzo is expressed in the ancient flavours of the cuisine, in quality craftsmanship, in the tourist vocation and in the goldsmith experience that has made it famous throughout the world as the city of gold. Arezzo is the city of the Giostra del Saracino, of the Antiques Fair, it is the birthplace of Guido d'Arezzo and of the International Polyphonic Competition of the same name. Arezzo, a gem set among the rolling Tuscan hills and fertile birthplace of illustrious personalities: as the illustrious poet Giosuè Carducci stated: “Arezzo alone would be enough for the glory of Italy”.
Events
ANTIQUES FAIR
The Arezzo Antiques Fair, which takes place every first Saturday and Sunday of the month, is the largest in Italy, with over 500 exhibitors. The first to be held in the country, in 1968, it is the best known and most popular. Here, visitors can take a dip into the past, enjoying the pleasure of discovery, immersing themselves in an impressive variety of objects from different eras. Each edition of the Fair has an average of twenty thousand visitors: collectors, antique dealers, tourists or simply the curious take a stimulating walk outdoors among the stalls that exhibit in the most characteristic places of the historic center, having at their disposal the most disparate antiques: furniture, old books, paintings, ceramics, artistic ironware, Art Nouveau stained glass, old scientific and professional instruments, watches, silver, jewelry, lace and embroidery, collections of various kinds, art deco objects, modern antiques. Anyone who has visited it, Italian or foreign, takes home an unforgettable memory of our city: it is truly an event not to be missed!
GIOSTRA DEL SARACINO
The Giostra del Saracino is the most exciting and characteristic folkloric show in Arezzo. Representatives of the city's neighborhoods participate in the Giostra, wearing magnificent medieval costumes. The four neighborhoods are distinguished by their various colors: Porta Crocifera red-green; Porta Sant'Andrea white-green; Porta Santo Spirito yellow-blue; Porta del Foro yellow-crimson. After an evocative parade through the streets and squares of the city, in a colorful procession of musicians, flag-wavers, horses, knights and damsels, everyone gathers in the crowded Piazza Grande to watch the spectacular performance of the Flag-wavers Group, which precedes the start of the Giostra itself. From the back of the square, while the drums roll, the jouster urges his horse to a gallop and, lance in rest, hits the 'Saracino', the silhouette of the buratto armed with a flail, on which the score obtained is written. The result is commented by the crowd with an unstoppable explosion of enthusiasm or dissent, depending on the district to which the jouster belongs. After the eight established careers, a ranking is established and the winning district is awarded a golden lance.
Fonte: www.arezzoturismo.it
Information
The course is limited to 24 students. In the case that inscriptions exceed the number of available places, a selection will be made on the basis of the obligatory curriculum vitae that must be attached to the entry form. You will be informed as soon as possible if you are accepted or rejected.
The registration fee is €450 and includes: lessons with teachers of the courses of your choice, all collective lessons, and participation in the final concert. Once your application has been accepted, you can proceed to registration and payment directly at Olive Music, Triodos Bank IBAN: NL75TRIO0390478784 BIC: TRIONL2U Accommodation and meals are to be booked and paid for directly by the students. We can help you find rooms or B&Bs online in the city. A collective dinner organized by the course is planned at a fixed price of approx. €25, after the final concert.
The bank transfer, with the reason for payment “Settimana Musicale del Trecento,” must be made to the following account:
Olive Music v.o.f. Triodos Bank, Netherlands IBAN NL75 TRIO 0390478784 BIC TRIONL2U
or via PayPal.
Applications for enrollment must be submitted no later than June 15, 2025, by completing the online form. Applications will be accepted in order of arrival, so do not hesitate to register! The application must include the student's curriculum vitae in PDF format: you can upload your CV immediately after submitting the application or by clicking on this link. In the application, indicate any reference (name, surname) to other people in the group (3 or more people) for the purpose of obtaining a reduction on the fee. The application will be considered completed and therefore definitively accepted FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF PAYMENT of the total fee, € 450, by bank transfer with the reason for payment “Settimana Musicale del Trecento” to the account listed below. Olive Music v.o.f. Triodos Bank, Netherlands, IBAN NL75 TRIO 0390478784, BIC TRIONL2U, or via PayPal.
Applications must be received no later than June 15, 2025. Confirmation of acceptance or rejection of the application will be given as soon as possible. In the event of a negative response, the fee paid will be refunded in full or, upon request, the application will be placed on a waiting list. In the event of a withdrawal received by June 20, the registration fee paid will be refunded minus €50 for administrative costs; after that deadline, it will no longer be possible to obtain a refund.
Arezzo is located in Tuscany, on the border with Marche and Umbria, well connected to the main airports of the region (Pisa and Florence) and neighboring regions Perugia and Bologna. By car: Arezzo can be reached by car from Florence or Rome via the Autostrada del Sole (Milan-Naples), exiting at the Arezzo tollbooth., From here it is about 10 km to reach the city center: follow the signs for the Pietri Pietri Parking. Reach Casa Petrarca from the Pietri Parking: https://goo.gl/maps/W7kTRDQP59PmTwdD7 By Train: Arezzo train station is located along the Bologna-Rome railway line. The station is served by daily connections with Intercity trains to Florence, Rome, and the rest of Italy. The TFT (Trasporto Ferroviario Toscano) of the LFI group manages the railway lines for Arezzo-Sinalunga and Arezzo-Stia. Getting to the Casa Petrarca from the station: https://goo.gl/maps/C47rLm6Wgss
By Bus: Arezzo is connected to Valdichiana, Valtiberina, Pratomagno, Casentino, and Valdarno by a communications network made possible by ATAM, and Autolinee Toscane (AT) From Florence-Peretola Amerigo Vespucci airport by car: take the A1 motorway towards Rome with the Arezzo exit; by train: Tram or taxi from the airport to Santa Maria Novella station. From there, take the train towards Arezzo, Chiusi, Foligno, or Rome (excluding EuroStars). From Pisa Galileo Galilei Airport, by car: take the A11 motorway to Florence and then the A1 to Arezzo; by train: at Pisa Airport station, take the shuttle to Pisa Centrale station. From there, take the train to Florence Santa Maria Novella, and from there, take trains towards Arezzo, Chiusi, Foligno, or Rome (excluding EuroStars). Road distances from Arezzo: Cortona 29 km; Florence 74 km; Siena 89 km; Perugia 92 km; Rome 218km.
Applications
To submit your application, please fill out the following form by June 15, 2025.
Contact
| Eleonora Nardone | eleonora.nardone@gmail.com | |
| Kees Boeke | kees@settimanamusicaledeltrecento.it | tel. +39 333 5001624 |
| Jill Feldman | jillann52@me.com | tel. +39 333 5029039 |
| Kees Boeke ksboeke@gmail.com | ||
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