[2] This led to a form of a Latin cross, which was said to outdo St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. Despite Mariani's pleading invitation to Verdi on 19 August 1869, Verdi replied on the same day indignantly that he would not attend. The bell tower was designed by Giovanni da Brensa and built between 1481 and 1487. It is flanked by two side doors, with Alfonso Lombardi's Resurrection on the left and Amico Aspertini's Deposition on the right. In a letter from 27 October 1869 to Ricordi, Verdi rails against delay or relocation, and not only blames Mariani for the situation, but remarks: "Who would be the conductor at Milan? The present activity of the Cappella Musicale di San Petronio started in the 1980s. The performance of the composition, which was finished by the summer of 1869, was then cancelled. The Cappella was re-established thirty years ago with the intention of exploiting the priceless musical heritage made up of the works by Bolognese composers which are held in large quantities in the huge archive annexed to the Basilica. The city council of Bologna and the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna received this idea favourably and a committee of three members (Lauro Rossi, Alberto Mazzucato, Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti) of the Milan Conservatory was established in Milan with Giulio Ricordi as secretary. The ciborium of the main altar was built in 1547 by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola. Cassini and Domenico Guglielmini published an illustrated account of how the meridian line was accomplished in 1695. [3], The main doorway (Porta Magna) was decorated by Jacopo della Quercia of Siena with scenes from the Old Testament on the pillars, eighteen prophets on the archivolt, scenes from the New Testament on the architrave, and a Madonna and Child, Saint Ambrose and Saint Petronius on the tympanum. [citation needed] The first stone of construction was laid on 7 June 1390 under the supervision of architect Antonio di Vincenzo. In this chapel, in the year 1530, Emperor, Chapel of St. Petronio, once of the Cospi and Aldrovandi families, designed by, Chapel of St. Ivo, Formerly of the family of San Brigida dei Foscherari: it has statues of, Chapel of the Magi, once of Bolognini family: its marble Gothic balustrade designed by. [citation needed], In 1388, the Consiglio Generale dei Seicento prepared the construction of the church as a civic temple. [3], The basilica is a large church measuring 132 metres long, 66 metres wide, and 47 metres tall, and is described as the "most imposing" church in Bologna. At the back, a fresco of the Madonna with St. Petronio by Marcantonio Franceschini and Luigi Quaini, cartoons by Cignani (1672). It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The committee chose the composers and assigned their tasks; Angelo Mariani agreed to conduct.[1]. [9][10], Anne Schnoebelen, "Performance Practices at San Petronio in the Baroque", "The Wall. Three successive maestri di cappella marked the great age of music at San Petronio: Maurizio Cazzati (1657–71), Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1674–95) and Giacomo Antonio Perti (1696–1756). Il servizio online di Orario Sante Messe è in continuo aggiornamento e pertanto gli orari non sono garanti perchè soggetti alle successive variazioni apportate dai parroci stessi. [6], In 2002, five men who it was believed were connected to Al Qaeda and were planning to blow up the building, were arrested. I, VII & XI) di Giovanni Paolo Colonna (The three books of eight-part Vesper psalms, opp. In the same university he carried out and achieved a research doctorate in Musicology with a dissertation on I tre libri di salmi vespertini a otto voci (opp. From 2006 he has been Maestro di Cappella of the Basilica di San Petronio, a post to which he was appointed following four years as choir conductor in the Basilica. It has been the seat of the relics of Bologna's patron saint only since 2000; until then they were preserved in the Santo Stefano church of Bologna. It was a collaboration among 13 Italian composers, initiated by Giuseppe Verdi.The composition was intended to be performed on 13 November 1869 in the Basilica of San Petronio, Bologna, where Rossini grew up and spent a large part of his life. [5] The current maestro, since 1996, is the harpsichordist Sergio Vartolo who has revitalised the cappella with a series of recordings for Naxos, Tactus, Brilliant Classics and Bongiovanni. Copyright © 2020 | Cappella Musicale di S. Petronio in Bologna | webdesign, Click to read about events (appuntamenti) in italian. [3] The project was considered too complicated, and after building the first two pillars and two triangular pylons for the dome, the work was halted. Chapel of the Relics, formerly of Zambeccari family. [1] To make room for the church, the adjacent Curia of Sancti Ambrosii was demolished, together with the majority of one of the city's burgs, including at least eight churches and towers. A Bologna dal 1390. [4] On 9 December 2017, after 148 years and a month, the Requiem was finally performed in the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, the place Giuseppe Verdi originally had in mind for this work. [7][8] Again in 2006, plans by Muslim terrorists to destroy the Basilica were thwarted by Italian police. Chapel of St. Peter Martyr, formerly the Society of Beccari, with marble railing by Francesco di Simone (late fifteenth century); Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua, formerly of Saraceni and Cospi families: the statue of. [2] The work has subsequently been recorded on CD. His proposal included a large dome resting upon the width between the side aisles, which necessitated larger transepts and apses. The musical organisation had been officially instituted by Pope Eugenius IV in 1436; the first regularly paid instrumentalists were added in the late sixteenth century, and in the seventeenth century San Petronio was renowned for its sacred instrumental and choral music, with its two great organs, completed in 1476 and 1596, both still in remarkably original condition; the library remains a rich archival repository.