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The Alessandro Scarlatti Association was located in Naples, dedicated to the composer who, although born in Palermo, was one of the fathers of the Neapolitan music school. Since 1940 the association had been chaired by the engineer Giuseppe Cenzato, patron and passionate lover of musical art and who for this interest had been president of the board of directors of the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella for many years. At the end of the World War II and the inevitable setback for cultural events, President Cenzato committed himself to a revival of music in the Neapolitan city, which saw the association also involved in the formation of an orchestra.
In 1949 there was the merger with the Orchestra da Camera Napoletana (Neapolitan Chamber Orchestra), founded the year before by the pianist Vincenzo Vitale, giving life to a new team, made up of rigorously selected elements, which took the name of Orchestra da Camera Alessandro Scarlatti (Alessandro Scarlatti Chamber Orchestra). Maestro Franco Caracciolo was appointed permanent director. In the period from 1949 to 1956 the orchestra collaborated intensely with RAI, chaired at the time by the Neapolitan Marcello Rodinò, realizing, among other things, the demanding project of performing and broadcasting all Mozart's concerts for instrument on the third radio channel. soloist and orchestra. The concerts and related recordings were held in the old Alessandro Scarlatti hall of the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella, which was then damaged by a fire in 1973 and reopened in 1996 after a major renovation. Already in those years, with the management of the Association, the orchestra was engaged in various trips and tours, in Italy and abroad (Paris - 1954; Granada - 1955; Hamburg, Mannheim, Cologne and Berlin - 1956).
In November 1956 the orchestra was absorbed by RAI, which included it in its permanent ensembles and took the name of Orchestra da Camera "Alessandro Scarlatti" della RAI (RAI's "Alessandro Scarlatti" Chamber Orchestra). The orchestra was based at the RAI Auditorium in Naples The orchestra was closed at the end of 1992. The musicians were merged with the all'Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI (RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome), which took the name of Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma e di Napoli della RAI (RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome and Naples). On June 30, 1994 the symphony orchestras of Torino, Milano and Roma were also closed, giving life to the current Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, based in Torino (Turin). |
