Tammurriate, pastellesse, ancient songs and an irrepressible desire to dance.
All ready to Naples for La Notte della Tammorra, the festival of music and popular culture organized by the association “Il Canto di Virgilio”, with the artistic direction of the composer and musicologist Carlo Faiello.
The event, promoted by the Municipality of Naples - Naples City of Music and financed by the Metropolitan City as part of the "NapoliFonika" festival, has reached its 21st edition and will take place on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 September 2023 starting at 21 pm in Piazza Mercato, Naples.
"Relying on a party, like La Notte della Tammorra, which still retains something germinal, on dances with an intense emotional charge, on songs with an absolutely primordial charm can arouse the same emotion that one has when faced with the 'mystery' of origins" – claims Carlo Faiello.
The Night of the Tammorra 2023 will see many guests on stage during the first evening who will pay homage to the singer Marcello Colasurdo who transformed the Vesuvian 'Melos' into a fascinating mix of different sound languages: Paranza di Marcello Colasurdo and friends with the participation of some founders of the Gruppo Operaio già Zezi; the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare; Gennaro T and Paolo Polcari – from Almamegretta; Tonino 'o Stocco; Brunello Leone; Paranza della Madonna Avvocata di Maiori; Frasca Gruppo Scettisci per la tradizione.
During the second evening, in collaboration with the Interdepartmental Laboratory of Anthropology of the University of Salerno, directed by Prof. Vincenzo Esposito - Department of Cultural Heritage Sciences, Annabella Rossi will be remembered, the Roman anthropologist and documentary maker who carried out, mainly in Campania, a series of research on popular traditions accompanied by photographic and audio documentation.
Through various musical interventions, his scientific production regarding the 'Feste dei povero' will be revived: the cult of the Madonna dell'Arco, the Carnival and the Tarantismo Cilento. Guests on stage: Le Assurd; Pastellesse Sound Group – i Bottari di Macerata Campania with the participation of Extra Polo (from La Famiglia), Monica Assante di Tatisso, Antonella Maisto; Belli Tamburi di Antonio Bruno with the participation of the singer from Cilento Paola Salurs.
; Collettivo Artistico Vesuviano di Michele Buonocore; SoulPalco. The finale of the Notte della Tammorra 2023 is entrusted to the voice of the singer Tosca who will pay homage to maestro Roberto De Simone on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
Two STAGES are also planned in the square (Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd September, from 18pm to 21pm): workshop for the Construction of the Tammorra, demonstration 'How to play castanets' by Salvatore Iasevoli; Quick course to learn the First Steps of the Tammurriata and the Tarantella. 'Everyone dances as they please' by Maria Grazia Altieri.
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