GESUALDO
Vocice and double quartet

THE MADRIGAL, under a formal point of view, represents one of the archetypal forms of Italian vocal music, and as such it has contributed to render Italy a reference place for both classic and popular music.
THE MADRIGALS BY GESUALDO DA VENOSA (1560-1613) - in the present project - have been at times re-interpreted, at times used merely as inspiration, at times reproduced faithfully, always in a fashion that is close to the sensibility of the musicians involved in the project.
GESUALDO DA VENOSA was one of the most intense and eccentric personalities immediately after Italian Renaissance. He was at the crossroads between modal and tonal conceptions of Western Music. As such, his compositions provide fertile grounds for a modern re-interpretation in the idioms of jazz and contemporary music.
TWO QUARTETS are involved in this project: a jazz quartet (saxophone, French horn, bass, drums), and a chamber quartet (flute, violin, viola, cello). A female voice encircles the two quartets developing the poetics of the madrigals. The fusion of a chamber orchestra and of a jazz group is the result of the desire to experiment with different music genres. By bringing them together and mixing their styles, Tino Tracanna has been able to recreate the musical world in which he lives, where classical and contemporary music have equal importance.
THE JAZZ QUARTET is composed by the leader, Tino Tracanna, and other three musicians of great experience and fame: Francesco Petreni (drums), Paolino Dalla Porta (double bass) and Francesco Pontiggia (French horn).
THE CHAMBER QUARTET is the "Modern Ensemble", renowned for its musicians and for its original repertoire that mixes composition and improvisation: Riccardo Parrucci (flute), Gloria Merani (violin), Alessandro Franconi (viola) and Filippo Burchietti (cello).
THE VOICE is that of Maria Pia de Vito, one the most important and versatile Italian singers, whose fame abroad has constantly grown over the last years.
THE ARRANGEMENTS of the music by Gesualdo are by Corrado Guarino, that has shared several other interesting projects with Tino Tracanna.