Italian Baroque: Music from Piranesi’s Rome

Thursday, February 5 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Gleeson Library — Thacher Gallery Event

Baroque Instrucments

Thacher Thursday
Italian Baroque: Music from Piranesi’s Rome
with Daria D’Andrea, Vicki Melin, and Farley Pearce
Free and open to the public

In celebration of Piranesi’s Rome and the Classical Imaginary, please join us for a noontime performance of baroque music with period instruments, including a baroque flute, cello, and violin. Experience and learn about the music during the time of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) while surrounded by his evocative etchings of Rome. The program will include Trio Sonatas by Arcengelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi, and George Frederick Handel, plus Violin Sonatas by Isabella Leonarda and Antonio Vivaldi.

Refreshments provided.

Co-presented with USF’s Ann Getty Institute of Art and Design in conjunction with Piranesi’s Rome and the Classical Imaginary on view at Thacher Gallery through Feb. 15, 2026.