A choral show on the notes of "Bella Ciao" to unite Italy.
The popular partisan song, symbol of the Resistance, crosses the boot from north to south, including the islands, in the rearrangement of the historic concert-show that in 1964 started the Italian folk revival.
Sardinia will host "50 years of Bella Ciao" at the Teatro Massimo in Cagliari on Sunday 24 April at 9 pm, right on the eve of the Liberation Day.
An original and engaging reinterpretation that, after more than half a century, brings to life the atmosphere of the legendary and unforgettable event on the bill at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto in the mid-60s.
A national preview that opens the S'Ard Festival 2022, a showcase of the most interesting popular and folk music productions, promoted by
cultural association S'ardmusic.
Bella Ciao, although it is probably attributable in embryonic form to some pre-existing popular songs, became a hymn of the Resistance only twenty years after the end of the war.
The song is not actually present in any document prior to the 1950s and its popular consecration took place only between '63 and '64, with the version of Yves Montand and the Spoleto festival, which presented it as a song. of mondine and as a partisan anthem.
In the meantime, the video of the new version of the song "Bella Ciao", full of Mediterranean echoes, is scheduled to be released on April 25th.
years after the end of the war.
The song is not actually present in any document prior to the 1950s and its popular consecration took place only between '63 and '64, with the version of Yves Montand and the Spoleto festival, which presented it as a song. of mondine and as a partisan anthem.
In the meantime, the video of the new version of the song "Bella Ciao", full of Mediterranean echoes, is scheduled to be released on April 25th.
years after the end of the war.
The song is not actually present in any document prior to the 1950s and its popular consecration took place only between '63 and '64, with the version of Yves Montand and the Spoleto festival, which presented it as a song. of mondine and as a partisan anthem.
In the meantime, the video of the new version of the song "Bella Ciao", full of Mediterranean echoes, is scheduled to be released on April 25th.
The voices of Elena Ledda, Lucilla Galeazzi, Gabriella Aiello and Peppe Voltarelli interact with Francesco Loccisano's battente guitar, Andrea Piccioni's percussion, Mauro Durante's violin and Mauro Palmas' mandoloncello.
The song, embellished by the contributions of Moni Ovadia and Mario Incudine, is included in the album "A sud di Bella Ciao-Songs of love and revolt of southern Italy", released last November.
The fascination of popular music is intertwined with the new avant-gardes of folk in the highly anticipated concert at the Teatro Massimo, coordinated by Franco Fabbri, one of the pioneers of Popular music studies.
In the spotlight, appreciated performers such as Riccardo Tesi, accordion and musical direction, the singers Elena Ledda, Lucilla Galeazzi and Gabriella Aiello together with the multi-instrumentalist Nando Citarella, voice,
tambourine, swing guitar, Maurizio Geri, voice and guitar, Marzio Del Testa percussion and voice and Claudio Carboni on sax.
"The Cagliari version is a journey from north to south, almost an ideal fusion of the two shows, the historical one more linked to the protest songs of the north and the 2014 version which instead looks to the south - tells ANSA Elena Ledda, extraordinary voice of the island - The message that emerges is more relevant than ever in the light of today's scenarios. Words such as resistance, defense of freedom and rights are increasingly necessary and contemporary. The international success of the show demonstrates that popular and revolutionary songs set in 'Hello Beautiful'
