Social Program

last update 2025/05/09

Both the excursion and the concert are free of charge. For the trip, we will ask you at registration if you intend to participate. The meeting point will be communicated in the morning of Wednesday 21. In case of strong winds preventing navigation, the trip will be cancelled.

Excursion

21 May 2025
14:30-18:00

Short cruise on Lake Maggiore and visit to Isola Madre - Borromean Lands on Lake Maggiore

Rare plants and blossoms from around the world. A lush island of greenery in the waters of the Gulf of Borromeo: this is Isola Madre. Spanning eight hectares and blessed with a mild climate, it’s a haven of spectacular blooms and vibrantly coloured birds. Gustave Flaubert must have felt the same enchantment when, in the 19th century, he called it “the most voluptuous place in the world”. At the island’s highest point stands a palace, elegant and unadorned, gazing out over the lake since the 16th century. Once a private home, intimate and familial, its rooms and furnishings still evoke the life of that era.

Concert

21 May 2025
Room Meridiana at 20:30

Orchestra di fisarmoniche bellinzonesi (Accordions Orchestra of Bellinzona, Switzerland)

  1. Vignani - Mancini “Tribute to Henry Mancini”
  2. Francis Lai “Love Story”
  3. Nino Rota “Dance music from the movie Il Gattopardo”
  4. Duke Ellington “Caravan”
  5. Astor Piazzolla “Meditango”
  6. Astor Piazzolla “La muerte del Angel”
  7. Olivier Mètra “Sérénade” Valse Espagnole