About
Conductor and cello Giovanni Sollima
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master Ciro Visco
Marco Betta meets Giovanni Sollima, sharing ideas and memories during the rehearsal period at the Massimo, getting ready for the concert at the Teatro di Verdura.
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Programme
Giovanni Sollima
Hell I for cello and orchestra
Joseph Haydn
Concerto No. 1 in C major Hob.VIIb:1 for cello and orchestra
Giovanni Sollima
from Canti rocciosi (2001) for male chorus and orchestra
La montagna grave (terzina di Dante, Purgatorio, IV, 88)
Guerra (text taken from Farewell to arms by Hemingway)
Giovanni Sollima
from Il Caravaggio rubato (2016)
Variazione II for cello and orchestra (dedicated to Letizia Battaglia)
Giovanni Sollima
from Stabat Mater (2021) for chorus and orchestra (verses by Filippo Arriva)
V
VIII “Nenia” (solo voice Francesca Mangiapane)
Eliodoro Sollima
Aria for cello and strings (1945)
Giovanni Sollima
from Sei studi sull’Inferno di Dante for chorus and orchestra (2019): Canto V “Paolo e Francesca” – Canto XXV
Nirvana
“Polly”, “Dumb”, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for cello, chorus and orchestra
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