Storyteller Mariella Bertelli joins Vesuvius Ensemble in a special program that combines both traditional and original music with fairy tales from the collection known as the Pentamerone or The Tale of Tales. Composed in Neapolitan dialect in 1634 by Giambattista Basile, this work contains early versions of such tales as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty before they were adapted by the Brothers Grimm and others. Though the original title page called the tales “Entertainment for Little Ones,” these raw and earthy stories are best experienced among grownups!
Special Guests: Romina Di Gasbarro and Naghmeh Farahmand
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The concerts will be held at the Heliconian Hall –
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
Concerts begin at 8:00 (doors open at 7:30)
Regular tickets: $30
Children under 12 FREE when accompanied by an adult
The Vesuvius Ensemble’s mission is to contribute to the preservation and transmission of the enormous cultural legacy made up by the popular cultural traditions in the zone around Naples and southern Italy. This legacy includes the cultural and musical traditions of countryside peasants, whose rituals and songs been passed on orally and in writing over centuries and finally recorded and researched in the twentieth century by important scholars such as Roberto De Simone, Diego Carpitella, and Alan Lomax. The area’s cultural heritage also includes published material from professional Renaissance & Baroque composers working in urban settings who published in forms which imitated popular music or used texts in regional dialect (Falconieri, Kapsberger, Kirscher, Vinci, Provenzale, Leo, etc.).
The rustic instruments used (the tammorra, chitarra battente, ciaramella, colascione, etc.) combine with Baroque continuo instruments (chitarrone, Baroque & Renaissance guitars, lutes) to create a unique accompanimental soundscape.