Castiglion Fiorentino 3rd August 2005
Angelo Branduardi in concert
Photos, videoclip and comments by Patrice Gruben
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Dear friends,
last week I went to the concert in Castiglion
Fiorentino, not far from Arezzo.
I was in the company of my friend Steph and also
two other old friends.
Steph and I arrived in Castiglion F. on the
morning of August 3rd and when we arrived it was raining, just a
little. But as soon as we arrived in the hotel, the rain started to
poor down, heavily, and it didn't stop for 3 hours!
We were worried about the open air concert, but
luckily Steph was in contact with a nice lady who informed us that
the organisation had decided to move the concert to the Palasport.
This was good news, specially because now we could enjoy the concert
without fear of getting wet, and also there was a good chance we
would be able to SIT!
The other friends arrived late in the afternoon
and we went to the old centre by car , walked around a bit and had a
quick pizza.
We were a bit late arriving at the Palasport, so
we had to be content with a chair at the back. There was no palco,
so it was a bit difficult to see Angelo, specially because he was
sitting during the first part.
The concert consisted of two parts, the first was
the accoustic concert, that was also part of the Altre ed Altrove
tour. The second part was Infinitamente Piccole.
As usual the concert started after an Italian
delay of more than half hour. People were getting restless and
impatient and started to applaud, trying to make the musicians hurry.....
And then, there he was...... Angelo, dressed in
wide white shirt and wide black pants. I could not see if he was
wearing shoes, but usually he is barefooted.
He started with hus usual compilation of
classical hits, first playing the violin and then singing songs like
Alla Fiera dell'Est and Cogli la Prima Mela, but I had the
impression this compilation was shorter than usual.
Later he was joined by the other musicians,
Davide for percussion, Giovanni (who also played during the
Francesco tour) on keyboard and I forgot the name of the guitar
player, sorry.
The big <table drum> was again part of the
concert, but there was a surprise: Davide introduced his new
possession, a heavy big drum from Brasil: Surdo, and if I remember
well Davide said it was called a Giant Drum. The outside of the drum
was shining, like a mirror and Davide did his best to catch the
light in it.
Specially for this drum a new old song was
introduced: Il dono del Cervo. And of course Davide played his new
baby in Cercando l'Oro with the whole audience clapping the rythme
and joining in the singing.
Also new was Angelo playing Vivaldi on the violin.
I always enjoy this accoustic part with the old
songs very much, and again with much pleasure I listened to
Funerale, Sotto il Tiglio, Giovanna d'Arco and Ballo in fa Diesis
Minore and specially for Steph and me Donna della Sera.
New for me was the projection on a big screen of
Angelo playing and singing, so everybody could get a good view.
In the second part as Angelo always says: the
elephants came in, the music was more lively and we listened to all
the songs of l'Infinitamente Piccolo. During the earlier concerts
tours, Angelo just sang a small part of La Morte di San Francesco,
but this time, he sang the whole song, which is beautifull and one
of my favourites, very emotional. And again, no Salmo :-( I was
really hoping he would sings this, because it is part of Francesco.
As extra he did an instrumental version of Pulce
d'Acqua and the whole audience was clapping, dancing and singing.
And as last song we listened to Malandrino, which of course brings
emotions to everybody.
The concert was over, and even if the sound was
not always perfect, it was a good and surprising concert. It is
great to discover that every time they succeed in making little
changes to the music, to turn it into something new.
After the concert, as usual we waiting a long
long time for Angelo and the others to appear, but our long waiting
was rewarded. Angelo was confronted with many many fans who asked
for an autograph, but of course we are <old friends> and we got more
than an autograph, we got kisses!
And Angelo took a lot of time to talk with us,
ignoring his manager who was ready to go home........
I did not make any photo's of the concert, only
some photo's of Angelo after the concert. I'm very proud of the
photo that I made exactly at the moment when Angelo spotted me in
the crowd and he waved at me saying: Ciao Olanda Lontana :-)
I am sending a link to my online photo-album, so
people who are interested can view the photo's.
I made some short films on my digital camera, but
so far I have only been able to open them with my Kodak program. If
there is anybody who can tell me how to open then in a different
way, I would be very pleased and maybe I will be able to share them
with you.
Best wishes to everybody.
Hugs
Patrice
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