"Italian popular songs"

Alda Caiello, soprano
Maria Grazia Bellocchio, piano 

Popular song as evidence of life in contrasting social, economic and cultural conditions. An immense collective experience tied to nature, to the seasons, to the fundamental experiences of human life, and to death. Twenty popular songs, one for region, transcribed by twenty italian composers: Ivan Fedele, Alessandro Solbiati, Federico Gardella, Azio Corghi, Giovanni Verrando, Claudio Ambrosini, Sandro Gorli, Luca Francesconi, Luca Mosca, Fabio Nieder, Stefano Gervasoni, Marco Di Bari, Sylvano Bussotti, Ruggero Laganà, Ennio Morricone, Matteo Franceschini, Nicola Sani, Gabriele Manca, Michele Dall’Ongaro, Adriano Guarnieri

Fiorence, May 19, 2011 Maggio Fiorentino (first performance)
Turin, September 5,2011 Mito
Milan, September 6,2011 Mito