illuminated partitions headlamp or portable, violinists fingers numb with cold and cheers of an enthusiastic audience of several thousand people, resonate when the first horn of the Symphony of the New World Dvorak.
This ” orchestra standing “, nickname that gave themselves these musicians gathered via social networks, made his return to Republic ten days after a first appearance at the evening of 20 April, when he was very successful with his interpretation of this famous piece of Anton Dvorak.
on Saturday, they have expanded their repertoire and received the backing singers to play the “Ode to joy” from symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven and the “slaves of the Choir “Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi, before resuming their successful founder of the” New world “and, finally, an encore of Verdi in return.
” You could feel the excitement in the air “
a half hour concert, spontaneously hailed by Bella ciao improvised. Amateur musicians or professional, in street clothes, had converged in the early evening for the one open rehearsal, all over the Republic Square Those who did not participate in the evening of April 20 saw the video.
“it moved me. the new world Symphony is awesome,” said Mathilde, amateur trombonist 24 years. “Just with pictures, we felt communion with the public, the emotion in the air,” says a thirty violinist who wants to remain anonymous. All registered on the Facebook page created for the occasion, downloaded the score on a free download site Rights and here at the foot of the statue.
A repeat in groups (strings, woodwinds, brass, choir ) of half past one assured the settings. “It’s mostly amateurs, so there is no real artistic standards. It makes it stand up,” said Guillaume Durand, professional singer for 29 years.
“The rehearsal was done in a rather effective, contrary to what we hear on this movement who can not organize, “smiled the young man, who is called” environmentalist “and the theme launched by the motion standing Night “touch”.
the songs were selected by a poll on the Facebook page
April 30 marks the first month of existence of this citizens’ movement, launched on March 31 instead of the Republic in Paris before spreading in several dozen cities in France. The songs were selected by a poll on the Facebook page. “The idea was that, in the corpus of what was feasible, there are symbolic works,” says Sylvain Haderlé, 24 pianist came to sing with his friend William.
The New World Symphony, which initially evokes America, “is of particular significance” of the gathering place of a movement that seeks alternatives to the existing system, says the violinist.
Established in 1842 at la Scala in Milan, the Lombard capital then under Austrian rule, the opera Nabucco and his “slaves Choir” (also known as the “Va pensiero”) celebrate the release of the Hebrew people from their Babylonian captivity and are immediately become patriotic rallying song of the Risorgimento, the movement for Italian unity.
in 2011, during a performance of the opera in Rome for the 150th anniversary of Italian unity, the famous conductor Ricardo Mutti had taken the floor at the end of this movement to castigate Berlusconi government budget cuts that “assassinate” the culture, before “encore” singing by the back by the public, standing in the room.
Ode to joy, became anthem of Europe embodies the universality proclaimed by supporters of the movement. For anonymous violinist, “it shows another picture of this movement, too often reduced to violence or vandalism.”
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