I Virtuosi Italiani: Carnival Concert “The American Myth”

About the Event

Immerse yourself in the stunning architecture of Verona's breathtaking Teatro Ristori for the ultimate concert set to awake your understanding of american movie music.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, American music, a reflection of the multiplicity of ethnic groups that make up the country's population, has begun to spread throughout the world. A kind of “musical globalization” or “virtuous contamination” that involved everyone. The concert is a journey into the “other 900” of American music, that which is inseparably linked to gospel, jazz, swing and great Cinema. The journey then starts from the origins, with a short selection of gospel and spiritual songs, through the great composers of the 1930s it develops by crossing the musical, from Geroge Gershwin to Leonard Bernstein up to the 1950s, also evaluating the influence that American music and swing determined in some of our composers. Finally, he lands on Cinema with some unforgettable songs associated with Walt Disney's cartoons and, late 1970s, the movie “Saturday Night Fever.” All through original and very entertaining elaborations for voices and string orchestra written especially for the Ensemble Gli Alti & Bassi.

Program:
LE ORIGINI (gospel): Jesus Gave me water
THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: I Love America, Singin' in the rain, Cheek to cheek, Night & Day, New York, New York Summertime
GLI ANNI '50 / '60 e l’influenza in Italia: Quando canta Rabagliati, Che centrattacco
Nella vecchia fattoria, In un vecchio palco della Scala, Il gettone del juke‐box
Donna, Vecchia Americana, Un bacio a mezzanotte
PLATTERS FOREVER: My Prayer
Sixteen Tons, Only You, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
ELVIS PRESLEY: Jailhouse Rock, I can’t help falling with you, Suspicious Mind, All shook up, Heartbreak Hotel, Blues Suede shoes, Tu vuo’ fa l’americano
MOVIES and CARTOONS:
Ennio Morricone: C’era una volta il West
Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, per un pugno di dollari, Deborah’s theme, Giù la testa, Gabriel’s theme (The Mission), The river (The Mission), Dueling voices
DISNEIADE: The three little pigs, A dream is a wish your heart makes (Cinderella), Heigh Ho (Snow White and the 7 dwarfs), A spoonful of sugar (Mary Poppins), The bare necessities (The jungle book), One song (Snow White and the 7 dwarfs), Bibbidi Bobbidi Bu (Cinderella)