FOLK ORCHESTRA THE NIGHT OF THE TARANTA
IN SAN CATALDO
Aug. 27
8 P.M. PIZZICA WORKSHOPS
FRIGOLE
TORRE RINALDA
TORRE CHIANCA
SPIAGGIA BELLA
9:30 P.M. POPULAR ORCHESTRA
AT SAN CATALDO WATERFRONT
After the great success on the eve of mid-August, La Notte della Taranta, returns to Lecce, in the marina of San Cataldo, on the occasion of the celebrations for the patron Saint Oronzo promoted by the municipality of Lecce. Final evening of the five-day celebration, on the sea that will be the sound and visual backdrop to the ancestral rhythms of our land, the pizzica. Overwhelming music and dance, not only on stage. To raise awareness of the ethnomusical origins and guide the spectators, in dance step, pizzica workshops will be held starting at 8 p.m. by the dance troupe of the Notte della Taranta: in Frigole with Veronica Mele and Sarah Montedoro, in Torre Rinalda, Piazzale via Roma with Mina Vita and
Simone Vetrugno in Torre Chianca, Piazza dei Lillà with Valeria Guerrieri and Veronica Calati, and in Spiaggia Bella, Piazzale via Portofino with Silvia Ciardo and Francesco Tauro. Simultaneously, therefore, all of Lecce's marinas involved in the pizzica- pizzica workshop to discover the choreographic movements that accompany the traditional music of this land.
At 9:30 p.m., instead, on the San Cataldo waterfront, the big show kicks off with the Concert of the Popular Orchestra of La Notte della Taranta. A journey into the sounds of this land, two days after the Concertone di Melpignano, 27th edition that recorded a record attendance with artists between resident Orchestra and Guests that inflamed the audience of 200,000.
In San Cataldo, for L'Orchestra La Notte della Taranta the musicians will rise:
Giuseppe Astore, Nico Berardi, Roberto Chiga, Alessandro Chiga, Leonardo Cordella, Carlo De Pascali, Mario Esposito, Roberto Gemma, Giuseppe Grassi, Gianluca Longo, Antonio Marra, Alessandro Monteduro, Attilio Turrisi. Vocals: Consuelo Alfieri, Antonio Amato, Salvatore Galeanda, Ninfa Giannuzzi, Stefania Morciano, Enza Pagliara.
On dance: Mihaela Coluccia, Serena Pellegrino, Cristina Frassanito, Lucia Scarabino, Andrea Caracuta, Mattia Carlucci.
During the evening, some associations operating in the area (Confimprese demaniali Italia and Società Salvamento Genova section of Lecce) will present awards to private and institutional operators in Salento who have carried out life-saving activities this summer season; in addition, the Lecce Lido San Cataldo community will present an award to the police organs that did their best to extinguish the vast fire that affected precisely the San Cataldo marina this year.
