Festival ANIMA MEA - Dal Sudamerica ai Beatles con il CANTO DE AMOR Y AUSENCIA

Concert "Canto de amor y ausencia" with Argentine musicians Luciana Elizondo and Juan José Francione. Reading by actress Nunzia Antonino from Isabel Allende's masterpiece "The House of the Spirits."

October 18 - December 6, 2024

Bari, Andria, Bisceglie, Palo del Colle, Minervino Murge, Sannicandro di Bari

On November 6, 7, and 8 in Palo del Colle, Bisceglie, and Sannicandro di Bari

From South America to the Beatles, songs of love and absence for the viola da gamba and archlute

With Argentine musicians Luciana Elizondo and Juan José Francione

Shining between the Baroque and the Beatles, the viola da gamba and guitars, between the music of the 16th century by Jacques Arcadelt and Argentine tradition, is the beauty of the concert "Canto de amor y ausencia" which the itinerant festival Anima Mea presents with the South American duo Luciana Elizondo (vocals and viola da gamba) and Juan José Francione (archlute, guitar, and charango). The performances are on Wednesday, November 6 in the Church of Purgatory in Palo del Colle, Thursday, November 7 in the Old Mastrototaro Sawmills of Bisceglie, and Friday, November 8 in the stables of the Castle of Sannicandro di Bari.

All concerts will start at 8:30 p.m. and will be introduced by a reading by actress Nunzia Antonino from Isabel Allende's masterpiece "The House of the Spirits," where the worlds of the living and the dead meet, aligning with the short literary preludes that accompany some of the concerts in this sixteenth edition of Anima Mea, entirely dedicated to the theme of war, so present in our daily lives as in the golden era of music in the Old Continent.

Made with contributions from the Ministry of Culture, the Puglia Region, and the municipalities of Bari, Andria, Palo del Colle, Sannicandro di Bari and Minervino Murge, the Chamber of Commerce, and with the patronage of Rai Puglia, the festival directed by Gioacchino De Padova, in this triple appointment, explores poetry for music, cultured and popular, epic and intimate, art and pop. And it does so by traversing centuries, societies, languages, and cultures, uniting creators, performers, and listeners.

In this program, Luciana Elizondo and Juan José Francione have selected significant poetic-musical pieces by Argentines Eduardo Falú and Jaime Dávalos, Emiliano Ferrer and Atahualpa Yupanqui, as well as his wife Antonieta Paula Pepin Fitzpatrick, a pianist and composer of French origin who signed under the pseudonym Pablo del Cerro. Also featured are pieces from the duo Demetrio Ortiz and Zulema de Mirkin, Venezuelan Simón Díaz, Peruvian Félix Pasache, and, then, moving to Europe, Englishmen John Dowland and Tobias Hume, composers who lived between the 16th and 17th centuries who in a play of mirrors are interspersed with John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the two most creative minds of the Beatles, before returning to South America to discover Luis Alberto Spinetta, a reference figure in the Argentine rock scene, and closing with the creator of the 16th-century madrigal, the Flemish Jacques Arcadelt.

Authors are interwoven, ranging from strong and beautiful songs in multiple languages, revealing new lives for each piece. The ensemble aims for essence, and the chronological span is wide. And as rhythm and verses merge, the symbiosis between music, dance, and text becomes an apotheosis.

Info: 334.2913041. Tickets and subscriptions available at www.postoriservato.it.