Ravenna Festival: Giovanni Sollima Cello Ensemble
Free
Cellists: Leila Shirvani, Riccardo Giovine, Andrea Cavuoto, Carlo Maria Paulesu, Jacopo Francini, Andrea Rigano, Giovanni Inglese, Chiara Burattini, Irene Marzadori, Giovanni Crispino, Francesca Bongiorni, Theophane Ramet, Sofia Volpiana, & Caterina Rossi. With special guest Enrico Melozzi, cello.
Various artists, arr. Enrico Melozzi – The Best Rock Riffs
Various artists, arr. Giovanni Sollima – Pearl Geminiani, Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Vincenzo Bellini, arr. Giovanni Sollima – Sinfonia from Adelson and Salvini
Domenico Modugno & Pier Paolo Pasolini, arr. Enrico Melozzi – Cosa sono le nuvole
Henry Purcell, arr. Giovanni Sollima – Curtain Tune on a Ground
Henry Purcell, arr. Giovanni Sollima – The Cold Song
Henry Purcell, arr. Giovanni Sollima – Strike the viol
Komitas, arr. Giovanni Sollima – Krunk
Giovanni Sollima – Terra aria
Giovanni Sollima – Sirtaki
Freddie Mercury, arr. Giovanni Sollima – Bohemian Rhapsody
Roger Waters, arr. Enrico Melozzi – Another Brick in the Wall
Leonard Cohen, arr. Giovanni Sollima – Hallelujah
Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, & Dave Grohl, arr. Giovanni Sollima – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Giovanni Sollima’s cellos are back four years after the first exciting tidal wave of strings, harmonies, and emotions that inundated the city. There aren’t a hundred – that wouldn’t be possible – but the vigour and tenacity, the irresistible passion and the interpretative impertinence are the same now as then. Once again this instrument that you could call seraphic and aloof, haughty and reflective, in the hands and under the direction of the Sicilian musician becomes a picklock capable of opening every door and entering into communication with the widest and most diverse of audiences. Indeed, if the voice of a single cello, so similar in tone and texture to the human voice, succeeds in a sinuous and almost maternal way in embracing the listener, a veritable ensemble of cellos, which in their multiplicity mirror each other, can capture the emotion, overwhelming it. Especially if Sollima is the guiding light of everything: a virtuoso of unquestionable fame and a composer performed all over the world – years ago the American press did not hesitate to call him “the Jimi Hendrix of the Cello”, for his extraordinary technical and interpretative qualities, of course, but also and above all for his unique ability to establish links between the most diverse of styles and cultural spheres, tearing down the barriers between genres. His is a disruptive power, which draws its life force from the classical tradition, from the Baroque to the twentieth-century avant-garde, from the territories of rock and jazz, as well as from the popular repertoire of the tradition of his homeland. Addressing, indeed, everyone.
The livestream will take place at 9:30pm Central European Summer Time / 12:30pm Pacific.
Watch the livestream here: https://www.ravennafestival.live/en/events/giovanni-sollimacello-ensemble/