Giovanni Bertelli (1980-)
"Lorem Ipsum", pour voix, ensemble et électroniques
"Amare Madre" sur "Alla mia niazzione" de P. Pasolini
"Libro d'Estate", pour alto et ensemble
"Cascando", pour violon et électroniques
"Forse son proprio vermi", pour voix et ensemble

Alda Caiello, soprano
Johanna Brault, mezzo-soprano
Lorenzo Gorli, violon
Daniel Palmizzio, alto
Divertimento Ensemble
Sandro Gorli, direction

It is undeniable that Bertelli loves mixing the most oddly assorted elements, as long as they bear historical (or non historical) meaning: the composer amuses himself in selecting materials that are so patently absurd that become vulgar. For example, in Lorem Ipsum the refined Ma fin est mon commencement by Machaut is easily associated to Youtube rappers and to the jingle of an 80s italian tv show, “L’Almanacco del Giorno Dopo”. The Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo turns into the brazen closing of FSPV – Capitolo I, which also opens with a wink at the incipit of Wagner’s tetralogy. Libro d’estate moves from a crooked march (part Shostakovich part Stravinsky-like) into something ligetian that eventually takes spectral(ist) resemblances.