Where and when
MUSIC@NOVECENTO
Friday, May 20 at 6.00pm
The wind blows. Music and words from the front of World War II
79° Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Intorno al Festival.
Choir La Martinella del CAI of Firenze directed by Ettore Varacalli. Reciting voice Rosa Sarti. Tenor Claudio Ciullini.
After its debut at the Museo Novecento in 2015, the revival of the music and words “war”, this time dedicated to the Second World War, continues.
The concert includes the execution of some of the most famous songs that echoed on the various fronts but also on the mountains and in the valleys during the Resistance, along with letters from soldiers and partisans engaged in fighting for freedom.
Program
Aprite le porte
Lili Marleen
Sui monti fioccano
Il testamento del capitano
Sul ponte di Perati/ Pietà l’è morta
La tragedia della Paganini
Tenore Claudio Ciullini
Da Udin siam partiti
L’ultima notte
Joska la rossa
Stelutis alpinis
Fischia il vento
Bella ciao
The harmonization of Bella ciao was made for the La Martinella Choir by Francesco Oliveto.
Friday, May 27 at 6.00pm Turn down your radio please. Music and words on the eve of World War II
79° Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Intorno al Festival.
Tenor Leonardo De Lisi. Pianoforte Leonardo Previero. Reciting voice Rosa Sarti.
The title of the concert refers to a famous song by Alfredo Bracchi and Giovanni D’Anzi, Silenzioso Slow, brought to success by Norma Bruni and Alberto Rabagliati. These were the years before Italy entered the war, the years when radio had become part of the everyday life of the petty bourgeoisie, developing an interesting song. Some of the most famous successes of that time will be accompanied by the rhetorical songs of fascist propaganda and fragments of historical documents that take us back to one of the most dramatic moments in Italian history.
Program
Music by Cesare Andrea Bixio, E. A. Mario, Ettore Petrolini, Eldo Di Lazzaro, Ernesto De Curtis, Odoardo Spadaro, Carlo Innocenzi, Luigi Astore, Giovanni D’Anzi, Gorni Kramer