It’s 6am and high summer. A crowd has gathered to watch the sunrise over the dune-like hills of the Val d’Orcia; etched on the horizon is the iconic little chapel of the Madonna di Vitaleta, flanked by flame-like cypress trees. As the milky light of morning reaches the hillcrests, the velvet sounds of Bach’s Cello Suites and Pablo Casals’ Song of the Birds emerge from the silence of the night.
Last August’s Sunrise Concert by Italian cellist Erica Piccotti epitomised the dialogue between music and landscape
