The Garden is open to the public
from April 1 to November 2, 2025
• Opening days:
- Tuesday
- Thursday
- Saturday
- Sunday
• Opening hours:
from 9.00 am to 7.00 pm
(last entry at 6.00 pm)
ph: +39 081-986220
Via Francesco Calise, 45
80075 Forio (NA), Italy
La Mortella Gardens were created in 1958 by Lady Susana Walton , the wife of Argentine origin of the English composer Sir William Walton . Today La Mortella belongs to Fondazione William Walton La Mortella, that manages the garden, opens it to the public, takes care of the administration , and is in charge of cultural activities.
Was born in Argentina and received the type of education held to be appropriate for a girl of her social class. She learned to speak English before Spanish, her native tongue, and it was expected that she would become engaged and, after a suitable number of months, marry a young Argentinian of an equal status.
Is considered as one of the greatest English composers of the twentieth century. A determining factor in the development of his career was the patronage of the eccentric Sitwell family (the siblings Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell) who took him under their wing in 1919 when he left Oxford.
During the year there are three different concert seasons: in Spring and in Autumn the chamber music recitals are held on Saturdays and Sundays in the indoor Recital Hall; in Summer the Festival of Youth Orchestras with symphonic concerts held every Thursday evening in the Greek Theatre.
Programma giovedì 14 luglio 2022 - ore 21:00:
Southbank Sinfonia (Regno Unito)
Direttore - Simon Over
Piano solo - Tom Poster
Soprani - Phoebe Haines, Rachel Elezi
L’orchestra Southbank Sinfonia diretta da Simon Over, celebra il suo ritorno ad Ischia con un organico tutto rinnovato (ogni anno infatti vengono selezionati con prove durissime i nuovi giovani musicisti che comporranno l’orchestra nei mesi successivi) e con un programma d’eccezione, che si arricchisce di ospiti importanti, come il celebrato giovane pianista Tom Poster e due giovani voci operistiche britanniche, Phoebe Haines e Rachel Elezi. Il concerto inizerà con un florilegio di arie e ouverture mozartiane, tra cui la famosa aria da concerto Ch'io mi scordi di te? per voce, pianoforte e orchestra, di rara esecuzione, e proseguirà in bellezza con lo straordinario, insuperabile Concerto Imperatore per pianoforte e orchestra di Beethoven.