Date: October 10, 2013
Venue: Italian Institute of Culture, Westlands
Time: 7 pm (Doors open at 6.30pm.)
Entry: Free
The Quartet
Piero delle Monache – saxophone / Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano & keyboard / Tito Mangialajo Rantzer – double bass / Alessandro Marzi – drums
Tracklist
• Samar in Arabic means to narrate stories
• Ascolta se piove is the translation of the romantic name of a street of a small Norman town
• Aperol is the imaginary dialogue between the waiter of the café and a regular patron
• Rollin’ Years (Mr. Michael Blindlove) rolling years, which Piero Delle Monache experienced encountering and running into many adventures, between one relocation and another
• RW2 is the second track of a suite dedicated to the Rwandese war and the subsequent exodus
• Rue des Saisons is inspired by a street of the multi-ethnic university district of Brussels
• Sweetness is dedicated to the sweetness of life
• Ascolta se piove in a solo version is a sort of monologue
• Thunupa is the title track of the disc. It surprises us with the introduction of some voices recorded in the studio, suddenly phoning friends and colleagues and inviting them to repeat some sentences of a book
• Dreamers was composed thinking of the role of creators and dreamers
For more information go to www.iicnairobi.esteri.it
Event sponsored by the Italian Government – Ministry of Foreign Affairs – DGSP [Directorate General for the Country Promotion (Economy, Culture & Science)]
