As per tradition, the evening of September 13th at approximately 10 pm at the Cathedral of San  Martino there’s the mottettone. This year it’s Annunziate A Tutte Le Genti by Marino Pratali from Lucca (1915-1997) marking the centenary of his birth.

Performed for the first time in 1976, and then again in 1981 and in 1997, the text of mottettone Annunziate A Tutte Le Genti was composed by Pratali citing various antiphons of the Liturgy of the Cross. The structure of the piece is in the tripartite classic form: Andante Mosso, Adagio, Andante Mosso (with fugal finale).

The mottettone will be performed by the “Santa Cecilia” choir directed by Luca Bacci and accompanied on the organ by Giulia Biagetti. Free admission.