Monday, October 05, 2009

Striking a New Note: A Night in the Show (1915)

Viewed at Teatro Verdi, Pordenone, 4 Oct 2009.

US 1915. PC: Essanay. D: Charles Chaplin; CAST: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charlotte Mineau, Leo White, Wesley Ruggles, John Rand, May White, Phyllis Allen; dvd, c. 25’; print: Cinemazero, Pordenone.
English and Italian intertitles
Music performed by: Scuola Media “Leonardo da Vinci”, Cordenons
Teacher: Emanuela Gobbo
Keybaords: Elisa Pitton, Sarah Piccolo
Guitars: Enrico De Marchi, Andrea Pitton, Carlo Piva
Electric bass guitar: Marta Ceschin
Trumpets: Roberto Del Ben, Luca Badin
Alto sax: Carlo Venerus
Horn: Alberto Canzi
Drums: Stefano Venturuzzo
Percussion: Urosh Urbani
Sound effects: Francesco Romanin, Mirko Romanin
Recorders: Ilaria Carnevali, Elena Di Gregorio, Samantha Gerolin, Gloria Leonardi, Vanessa Manfrin, Silvia Marson, Nicola Marson, Alberto Rodaro, Davide Santin, Alex Tonussi, Francesca Trevisan, Francesca Zanella, Eleonora Zuanigh

From Emanuela Gobbo's introduction: the music is inspired in large part by the blues and jazz repertory of the 1920s and the 1930s, with the addition of some phrases liberally adapted from important composers such as Grieg and Mussorgsky.

Another spirited performance full of joy and matching perfectly with the film.

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