As per the tradition of the festival, on St. Peter’s Day it will be the splendid medieval church of San Pietro in Alba Fucens to host the first concert, which will be held by‘Arianna Art Ensemble of Palermo, among the most famous and appreciated Italian baroque music groups on the international scene. The program, entitled THE LANDS OF ULYSSESis composed of traditional popular music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The music, preceded by the verses ofOdyssey recited by the singer, refer to geographical areas of the Mediterranean (Thrace, Greece, North Africa, Sicily and its islands, Sardinia, Italy, Iberian peninsula) and are the result of a sound and expressive musicological research that develops through a path that combines songs and ancient European instruments to traditional instruments of other Mediterranean cultures. This harmonious mix is a metaphor for cultural integration, in the sign of peace between peoples.
The key to understanding all these sister cultures, in their diversity, communicated through water, is that music unites, it is therapeutic for this completely modern, unhealthy disease that is war. A harmonious mix that is a metaphor for cultural integration, in the sign of peace between peoples.
This is the artistic cast: Debora Troìa, singing and acting; Mario Crispi, ethnic wind instruments; Federico Brigantino, violin; Paolo Rigano, baroque guitar, oud, colascione; Silvio Natoli, theorbo, bouzouki, colascione; Cinzia Guarino, harpsichord, Turkish qanun; Giuseppe Valguarnera, ethnic percussion.
- Entrance fee €10; reduced €5 for under25s, music, dance and theater schools.
- Alternatively, the season ticket for only €50 for all 11 concerts scheduled at San Pietro in Alba Fucens and Santa Maria Porclaneta in Rosciolo, from 29 June to 18 July.
Online purchase on: www.diyticket.it
Assistance on the number. free: 06.0406
Information: 329.9283147 – 392.0482900
Detailed plan: www.festivalba.it
Local Sales Points:
- AVEZZANO: Ubik bookshop / Bistrò al Teatro café / Fasciani tobacconist / MrBook bookshop / Information point
- TAGLIACOZZO: Info Point, Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi
- MAGLIANO DE’ MARSI: Totogold, via Cicolana
- OVINDOLI: Rantucci tobacco shop, in the small square
- ROCCA DI CAMBIO: SKI Bar, via Duca degli Abruzzi
Program June 29th
1. Troy – Türkiye
2. Durme Durme (traditional Sephardic, Türkiye)
3. Dere Gelior Dere (traditional)
4. Island of the sun – Sicily
5. O vui ch’un cori avistivu (Abate A. Scoppa collection)
6. Sicilian Tarantella (G. Meyerbeer collection)
7. Land of the Lotus Eaters – Tunisia
8. Adrar (trans. Tunisia)
9. Land of the Laestrygonians – Sardinia
10. No potho reposare (trans.)
11. Nymph Calypso – Spain
12. Jacaras (S. De Murcia, 1673-1739)
13. Vaya pues rompiendo l’aire (S. Duron, 1660-1716)
14. Canario (G. Sanz, 1640-1710)
15. Land of the Cicones – Thrace
16. Bucimis (trans. Bulgaria)
17. Siren Rocks – Campania
18. Tarantella by Masaniello (trans. Naples)
19. Ithaca – Greece
20. Yerakina (trans.)
21. Phaeaci Island – Albania
22. Moy and Bukura More (trans.)
