The first performance in Italy, again without the Ave Maria, was conducted in Turin on 26 May 1898 by Arturo Toscanini who had talked to Verdi.
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Verdi was not present because he had suffered a mild stroke, but sent Arrigo Boito with several requests, partly in writing, for performance details.
The Quattro pezzi sacri or 4 sacred pieces is a compilation of vocal works by Giuseppe Verdi.
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He was conductor of Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS) from 1983 to 2009, and made many recordings with that group, including Verdi’s Quattro Pezzi Sacri and Goehr’s The Death of Moses.