{"id":236415,"date":"2026-09-26T22:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/?post_type=event&p=236415"},"modified":"2026-09-26T22:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T19:01:20","slug":"lt-fringe-day-live-jaun-j-atlik-j-scena-antonio-fresi-festivalis-banchetto-musicale-en-fringe-day-live-young-artists-stage-antonio-fresi-festival-banchetto-musicale","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/en\/event\/fringe-day-live-young-artists-stage-antonio-fresi-festival-banchetto-musicale\/","title":{"rendered":"Fringe Day Live. Young Artists\u2019 Stage. Antonio Fresi | Festival Banchetto musicale"},"content":{"rendered":"

17 October 2026, 7 pm
\n<\/strong>Montis Magia LOFT<\/em> Climbing Centre
\n(Vytenio g. 50B, Vilnius)<\/p>\n

Fringe Day Live
\n<\/strong>Young Artists\u2019 Stage<\/em><\/p>\n

THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY<\/strong>
\nMarking the 400th anniversary of the death of John Dowland<\/em><\/p>\n

Antonio Fresi on lute (Italy)<\/p>\n

This year, the music world is marking the 400th anniversary of the death of John Dowland (1563\u20131626), one of the most celebrated composers of lute music from the Renaissance and early Baroque periods. The programme The Anatomy of Melancholy<\/em> by lutenist Antonio Fresi explores one of the most striking features of Dowland\u2019s work \u2013 melancholy. The concept behind the concert is linked to Robert Burton\u2019s work The Anatomy of Melancholy<\/em>, published in 1621, in which melancholy is explored as a universal human condition, encompassing everything from the anguish of love to existential anxiety and loss. The work by Burton provides a unique cultural and intellectual context for understanding Dowland\u2019s music: both composers were associated with London and Oxford, and both took a keen interest in melancholy. In Dowland\u2019s music, it takes on many forms: it becomes an elegiac contemplation, a dance, a dream or a deeply personal confession.<\/p>\n

Antonio Fresi <\/strong>is an Italian lutenist born in Sardinia who has dedicated his musical career to Renaissance and Baroque music. He began learning to play the guitar and, alongside this, went on to study the Renaissance lute and the historical performance practice of 16th-century repertoire at the La rosa di Calliope<\/em> school. Since 2022, he has been continuing his lute studies at the Crist\u00f3bal Gal\u00e1n<\/em> Academy of Early Music.<\/p>\n

Fresi has taken part in national and international competitions and early music masterclasses. As a lutenist, he participated in courses organised by the Sicilian Baroque Orchestra and was accepted into the Monteverdi Academy, where he studied under Mauro Borgioni, Antonio Greco and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. He has performed at the Monteverdi Festival in Cremona, the Syracuse Baroque Week, the Note Senza Tempo<\/em> International Early Music Festival, Onde Musicali sul Lago d\u2019Iseo<\/em> and other events.<\/p>\n

The performer was also part of a project dedicated to discovering and performing unpublished works by Alessandro Scarlatti, and has collaborated with the ensembles Dolci Accenti<\/em> and Hof-Musici<\/em> from Prague. Together with Cyntia Franchini, he founded the ensemble Florilegii Musici<\/em>, with which he explores and performs 17th-century music.<\/p>\n

Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Dowland (1563\u20131626)<\/p>\n

Semper Dowland, semper dolens<\/em>
\nFarewell<\/em>
\nFancy<\/em>
\nA Dream<\/em>
\nTarleton\u2019s Resurrection<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":236416,"template":"","categories":[6,4,12],"tags":[],"ticket-vendor":[],"class_list":["post-236415","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festivaliai","category-koncertai","category-nemokami-renginiai"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t