Il Blog di Fabio Vetro dedicato alla Piva Emiliana/Italian Bagpipes. ( vet.fabio@tiscali.it )
mercoledì 30 marzo 2011
Le Pivenelsacco nel CD "Canti per l'Italia"
martedì 29 marzo 2011
The People Champion - Concert for Italian Bagpipe and Orchestra
giovedì 24 marzo 2011
martedì 22 marzo 2011
17 Marzo - Orti di Modena
Gino Pennica e Giovanni Tufano sono stati invitati giovedì 17 marzo agli “Orti degli anziani” di Modena in occasione del 150 anniversario dell’unità d’Italia. Data l’importanza dell’evento gli Orti han registrato un numero molto elevato di presenze, tanto che buona parte del pubblico non è riuscito ad entrare nella sala gremita. I nostri amici han preparato un bel repertorio di canti risorgimentali e ad ogni brano è stato preceduto da un’adeguata presentazione storica di Gino che ha ricevuto i complimenti di un grande esperto di Storia d’Italia presente, che è apparso impressionato dalle competenze del nostro collega cornamusaro. Gino ha cantato e suonato
Gino Pennica and Giovanni Tufano were invited to play on Thursday the 17th of March at Modena's "Orti degli anziani", to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy. Given the importance of this event, the location registered such a large number of people that a portion of the audience was unable to enter the venue. Our friends had prepared a full repertoire of traditional songs originally written and played during the era of the Risorgimento and each song was preceded by a full presentation from Gino, who received many compliments regarding his expertise and knowledge of Italian history. The audience was undoubtedly impressed by the skills of our bagpiper colleague. Gino sang and played the Piva, the Piccolo, the Ocarina and the Sibiolo while Giovanni sang as well and accompanied the entire performance with the guitar and the percussions. Their performance lasted nearly an hour and ended with a burst of thunderous applause.
16 Marzo - Bologna - Notte Tricolore
In occasione della “Notte tricolore”svoltasi a Bologna il 16 marzo, le Pivenesacco son state invitate ad accompagnare i cori impegnati in quest’evento, nei vari punti storici della città. Il suono dei nostri strumenti è stato ben udito anche a distanza dato che ci siam esibiti, oltre che in piazza maggiore, anche nelle antiche stradine del centro storico dove il suono è amplificato naturalmente. Durante l’esibizione abbiamo suonato i pezzi forti del nostro repertorio, alternandoci ai cori invitati, e ricevendo applausi e venendo fotografati di continuo. L’ingresso a Palazzo Accursio è stato emozionante in quanto, pur essendo solo in sei Fabioloso,
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In occasion of the "Notte tricolore" which was held in various historical parts of the city of Bologna on the 16th of March, the Pivenelsacco were invited to accompany the choirs participating in the event. The music played by our instruments could be heard very well even from a distance as we performed in Piazza Maggiore (which is the most important square in the city and one of the most known in Italy) and along the ancient streets where the sound was amplified naturally thanks to the narrow streets and the construction of the buildings. During the exhibition we played the many highlights of our repertoire while alternating with vocals and received a lot of applause. We were also continously photographed by the crowds and bystanders. The entrance to Palazzo Accursio was exremely exciting because, despite being only six of us : Ligera, Fabioloso, Tufanakis, Ferdi Tiolix and Sanchez, the greatness of sound we produced and it bouncing from one vault to the other was truly remarkable. We then proceed to go in the Farnese Chapel of the Palazzo, to play on the long staircase and soon discovered that playing bagpipes while walking up hundreds of steps is pretty tiring! Then finally in the main room of the Palace all the choirs of the various directories sang and played a final exhibition dedicated to the Risorgimento, in front of the massive crowd which had formed. The day after the event our photos were posted on the two of the most important newspapers in Italy: the "Corriere della Sera" and the "La Repubblica"( where we were feautured on the web pages), but it is also possible to see us on Youtube where there are two films dedicated to the choirs and where you can listen to our music.