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The work proposed
by Pìvari Trio and the soloists of the Compagnia
del Maggio di Frassinoro, is the result of the research into
the sacred songs of the popular tradition commissioned to Fabio Bonvicini
e Mario Nobile by the Culture Councilorshipl of Nonantola (Modena).
The research has followed two levels: on the one hand the field studies
with the recordings of rituals still alive and the records of the elders
that told and sang us their musical memories; on the other hand –
conscious to chase a vanishing treasure – the study of the research
carried out by other scholars in times when this musical tradition,
now forgotten, was still alive.
The inquiry stage finished, we stroke the problem to elaborate and repropose
the rich and meaningful material collected: thanks songs, pieces of
liturgical origin, Passion songs, tipically folk tunes for feast days.
The first need of the Trio, in comparison with the previous work about
the songs and dances of the Frignano area called “Passa ripassa”,
was to find the voices that could suggest the ancient musical history
both of the repertoire and of the cultures found during the research.
Hence the common ground with Marco Picentini and the “Compagnia
del Maggio di Frassinoro”, that joined immediately the project
to work at the elaboration and revival of the collected repertoire.
The selection of the pieces, the arrangements, the instruments, the
voices, the program organization, everything has been worked out and
discussed together to obtain, as a result, this new CD.
The tunes are arranged according to the calendar year: from Epiphany
to Christmas. The choice of the instruments and the arrangements –
mostly edited by Marco Piacentini – have been organized according
to two focal points: the one, that could be called church style, with
quiet and intimate sonorities to tell the events of the Passion and
play the more liturgical pieces; the other – that we could rather
call “festive” – that merges with a richer and happier
style the songs of the liturgical events related with the feasts and
the folk traditions, where the Christian message mixes with ancient
pagan festivities, such as in the Epiphany, or with musical tradition
outside the religious field, such as in the “Maggio Drammatico”.
What remains untouched, but in fact reproposed in its clear authenticity,
is the colour, the tune, the expression of the voices of the singers
of the “Maggio”.
Such as the faces of the “Il Vangelo secondo Matteo” of
Pasolini, or the language of the “Mistero buffo” of Dario
Fo, the ancient voices of the singers of the “Maggio” hand
down the message of another culture, of a world available only in the
depths, in the havens of an actual sound scene too often reduced to
an univocal and deafening colour.
Consult the Programme |
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REVIEWS
Eelco Schilder - FolkWorld (12/2006)
La terra che mi porta is a cooperation between the Pivari trio (A trio who play on Italian traditional double reed instruments, southern Italian bagpipe, nyckelharpa and hurdy gurdy) and the vocal group Compagnia del maggio di Frassinoro. The two groups play and sing traditional music from the Regio Emiliana and have chosen many songs with a religious root. It's a fantastic collection of emotional, deep and sometimes dark music. I like it very much that they choose a different kind of tunes and songs than many other groups from this region. Although the Pivari trio is a group with bourdon and double reed instruments, they manage to play these instruments in such a way that also people who are not used to the sound of these fantastic instruments will enjoy the music. In my opinion everybody who likes the North Italian traditional music as much as I do should try to get find this spiritual and very well played cd.
Maria Rossi - Trad Magazine March/April 2006 N° 106
Exciting. Delicious. Songs and music of the humans and nature’s seasons; a travel in the civil and religious calendar. A crystalline sincerity; a perfectly integral and authentic intention.
It’s also possible not to be kidnapped at the first listen (it’s my case, I confess it...), but - if you insist - this album can become a drug... and also this is my case.
A music that gives the will to meet the artists who make it.
Paolo Zara - Folk Bullettin (n. 216 nov. 2005)
A work not to be missed for the lovers of the tradition and for those who want to know better the roots of our culture, but even for those that love good music, since the high level of the performance, both vocal and instrumental…. One of the best CD of the 2005.
Peggy Laktovic - Roots world (nov 2005)
….. The Pivari Trio plays crisply and with joyous abandon on folk instruments such as accordion, ocarina, shawm, recorder and hurdy-gurdy. The five male vocalists from the Compagnia del Maggio di Frassinoro have rich, operatic voices that use to warm and ardent effect in solo or choral arrangements. It's an effective pairing and a warm, accessible invitation to an ancient but robust tradition.
Claudia Paparella - Gazzetta di Modena - November 3, 2005
Pìvari trio – Compagnia del Maggio di Frassinoro
In a cd the sacred songs of the popular tradition
…..the research into the extant rites, the memories of the elders, the evocative elaboration based on philological rigour, take now shape into the cd “La terra che mi porta”….. a work that changes us while we listen to it, that for fortyseven minutes displaces its reality with ours.
Le Canard Folk (n. 253 Nov 2005)
….. A seriuos and passionate work.
Mondo agricolo -October 2005
…. “La terra che mi porta”: this the evocative title of the cd carried out by Pìvari Trio and the soloists of the “Compagnia del Maggio di Frassinoro”….. but the more fascinating pieces are certainly those dedicated to Easter such as “Maria Maddalena” – airy, choral and sacred at the same time – the “Stabat Mater – Miserere”, “Christus crucifix est”….
"La
gazzetta di Modena"- May 22, 2005
Abbey
of Nonantola – “L’altro suono 2005”
"Pìvari trio: a triumph.
Nonantola. Under the austere and sacred vaults of the ancient Abbey,
a large audience was present at the performance of Pìvari Trio
and the soloists of the “Compagnia del Maggio di Frassinoro”,
that played together a sequence of sacred songs of popular tradition
entitled “La terra che mi porta”. The Trio: Fabio Bonvicini,
what a motivator!, Mario Nobile e Renzo Ruggiero with: Oraldo Biondini,
Stefano Marcolini, Flavio Pierazzi e Marco Piacentini, components of
the “Compagnia del Maggio di Frassinoro”, at the end of
their exhibition have received a long applause, as perhaps was never
happened inside the Abbey, a real standing ovation. A real triumph,
the evidence of how exciting and of high calibre was their exibition.
A very special evening indeed, also for the presence among the large
audience of numerous young people to demonstrate that young people can
get closer and closer to the culture." |
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