Un affare di famiglia
Scansani, Ensemble Zefiro

Stefano Scansani, journalist

Ensemble Zefiro

Paolo Grazzi, oboe

Alberto Grazzi, bassoon

Oboe and bassoon between the Besozzi brothers and the Grazzi twins

Carlo Besozzi (1738–1791)
Sonata in C major for oboe and bassoon

Alessandro Besozzi (1702–1793)
Sonata No. 2 from Six Solos for the German Flute, Hautbois or Violin
Sonata for oboe and obbligato bassoon

30’ | Ticket 8 €

“Such expression! Such delicacy! Such a fusion and agreement of instruments that many passages seem like sighs, emitted by the same instrument…” wrote Charles Burney in 1770 after meeting and hearing the Besozzi brothers, “known to all foreigners who have taste for music.”

Alessandro and Paolo Girolamo, with oboe and bassoon, set out from Parma, passed through Turin and Paris, and arrive today at Trame Sonore. The music does not change with the interpretation of the Grazzi twins: Paolo on oboe and Alberto on bassoon. A melodious and capital rediscovery. With them is Stefano Scansani in dialogue.