Concerts programme Itinerari Musicali 2008

A travel to discover the artistic and natural resources of the province of Pistoia

Wednesday 23rd July
9.30 p.m. Colle di Buggiano, Cavour Square
Rocco De Rosa “Trammari”
Pianist and composer from the Basilicata region, collaborationg with the cinema
Tuesday 29th July
9.30 p.m. Larciano Castello, Castello Square
BZ4tet special guest Gabriele Mirabassi
Music for Brazilian guitar and clarinet
Saturday 2nd August
6.00 p.m. Sambuca Castello, St. Jacopo 's Church
Vincenzo Zitello
Concert for Celtic and Bardic harp “SOLO d'Arpe”
Composer, harp player, concert performer, first populariser and pioneer of Celtic harp in Italy
Sunday 3rd August
4.30 p.m. Popiglio, Medieval Towers
L'Usignolo “Concert for winds” At the origins of “liscio music”
Sunday 10th August
9.30 p.m. Serra Pistoiese Church Square
Rhapsódija Trio Among the most prestigious actors in the klezmer music research

Monday 11th August
4.30 p.m. Abetone, concert in the woods, along the path to mount Libro Aperto
Nicolas Sarr (Senegal) African rhythms

Sunday 17th August
6.00 p.m. Cutigliano, Il Serrettone
La Talvera (France) occitan music from the South of France

Sentieri Acustici Festival
A holiday with the taste of traditions

9.30 p.m. Bardalone (Municipality of San Marcello Pistoiese) Palazzetto Pertini
Banda Osiris presents:

Wednesday 20th August (Admission free)
Conversation on music and traditions with Carmen Consoli
Interview by Massimo Cirri speaker at Caterpillar (Radio2)

and

Elena Ledda quintet “Contivizos tra Deus e recreu”
Traditional Sardinian songs (winner of the last Premio Tenco edition)

Thursday 21st August (Admission € 6,00)
Rory McLeod (Scotland)
A one-man-soul-band

and

Renaud Garcia Fons Trio (France)
A virtuoso double bass player

Friday 22nd August (Admission € 6,00)
Renato Borghetti Quartet (Brazil)
Among the most authoritative gaita ponto players, the Brazilian gauchos' accordion

and

Orquestra Do Fubá (Brazil)
Young Brazilian ensemble forrò performer, with samba, bossa-nova and funk influences.

Saturday 23rd August (Admission € 6,00)
Franco Morone
Fingerstyle guitar

and

Travel Notes
with Banda Osiris & Co.
A travel, or better a travel report made by Banda Osiris along the Tuscan Appennines looking for the local musical traditions.

An original production Festival Sentieri Acustici 2008

Admission free for the 20th August. Admission 21st, 22nd, 23rd August € 6,00 each night; Season-ticket for 3 nights € 15,00.
BUSES and SHUTTLES to the Sentieri Acustici Festival concerts -Form Wednesday 20th August to Saturday 23rd August

BUS at 8.30 p.m. departure from Pistoia, Train Station Square; arrival at Bardalone, Palazzetto Pertini

Return at the end of the concerts. (booking at 0573 974671/6 or 347 6001197; The seats avaliability is not guaranteed without a reservation).

SHUTTEL from 8.45 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. from the parking lots in Campo Tizzoro to Bardalone, Palazzetto Pertini - Return at the end of the concerts.

SHUTTEL from 8.30 p.m. from Maresca, Station Square to Palazzetto Pertini . Return in Maresca at the end of the concerts.

LATE-NIGHT FESTIVAL
Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st, Friday 22nd August
Maresca, Le Ginestre
From Midnight to 2.30 a.m.

Admission free
Concert and dances with

Di terra in terra
Traditional Tuscan songs, French, Spanish, Greek and Irish dance pieces

and
at 0.30 a.m. Night Pills with
Patrick Vaillant (Wednesday 20th August), Trio Mutanda (Thrusday 21st August) and Gilson Silveira (Friday 22nd August)