As part of the concert series organized by Padova Urbs Organi, on Friday, November 7, 2025, at 9:00 PM at the Church of St. Anthony Abbot on Via Savonarola 176 in Padua, the devoted Padua audience will be able to attend an extraordinary concert, performed by Quartetto Vanvitelli, an unique opportunity to rediscover unpublished music of great historical and artistic interest by the Sardinian musician Giuseppe (Joseph) Agus.
The concert is dedicated to the interesting figure of the Sardinian musician Giuseppe (Joseph) Agus, born in 1722, a virtuoso of the violin and a skilled composer, who lived for a time in London, where he was very popular at the English court, alongside G.F. Handel, but then forgotten for several centuries. The rediscovery of this musician is credited to a flautist from Cagliari, in the late 1990s. The Giuseppe Siotto Foundation of Cagliari, together with the Region of Sardinia, is promoting this figure by funding concerts in various Italian cities, and the aim of the event is to make Agus’s music known also in Padua, especially in a setting of great artistic value like the Church of St. Anthony Abbot.
The star of the evening will be the Quartetto Vanvitelli, a culturally significant ensemble, composed of Gianandrea Guerra on violin, Luigi Accardo on harpsichord, Elisa La Marca on archlute, and Fabio Mureddu on cello. The performers are artists of clear fame and international level, specialized in performing Baroque music according to historically informed practice. The music will naturally include works by Giuseppe Agus and George Friedrich Handel.
This event is made possible thanks to the support of the Giuseppe Siotto Foundation of Cagliari, the Autonomous Region of Sardinia and the General Directorate for Education, Research and Cultural Institutions of the MIC, in collaboration with the hotel resort Corte delle Dolomiti, the Collegio Universitario don Nicola Mazza and with the patronage of the Municipality of Padua.
Admission to the concert is free and without charge.
For info: Cell 320 4132005