Do not miss the opening concert of the 2018 Choralies at the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours. Under the direction of Francesco Pellegrino, Ensemble Vesuvius, one of the few North American music ensembles dedicated to traditional music in southern Italy, performs songs in variants of the Napoletano-Calabrese dialect and is accompanied by typical period instruments in the region, such as battente chitarra, the Ciaramella, the colascione, the mandolino and tamburello.
December 5, 2018, 8pm
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
400, rue Saint-Paul Est
Vieux-Montréal
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Vesuvius Ensemble is dedicated to the musical and cultural heritage from Naples and other parts of southern Italy. The ensemble performs songs in dialect from the Italian countryside which have been passed on orally and in writing over centuries and finally researched and recorded in the twentieth century.
Event organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal
For more info:
http://www.vesuviusensemble.com /