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THE MURDER OF JUDGE BORSELLINO —
THE FIGHT AGAINST THE MAFIA IN ITALY & A MOTHER'S GRIEF |
Concert, Film & Seminar ~
Rice University
15-17 October 2008
American Premiere Performance
Stabat mater (1999)
a sacred and secular cantata
by Matteo D'Amico
Member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Friday October 17, 2008 ~ 8 pm | Free Admission
Duncan Recital Hall in the Shepherd School of Music ~ Rice University
Post-Concert Reception ~ Meet the Composer
Cristian Macelaru (conductor), Alfonso Veneroso (narrative voice), Amanda Grooms (soprano),
Prof. Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano), and instrumentalists of the Shepherd School of Music
Italian composer Matteo D'Amico, member of Rome's celebrated Santa Cecilia academy, introduces his Stabat mater, a strikingly original reimagination of the traditional liturgy, in an American premiere performance.
Scored for narrator, soprano, mezzo, strings, and percussion,
the work uses text from Sicilian author Vincenzo Consolo's Spasimo di Palermo
and was written in response to the notorious assassination in 1992 of the anti-mafia judge Paolo Borsellino.
Other events of the week include:
Screening of Paolo Borsellino directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (2004)
introduced by Dr. Fabiana Cecchini | w/ English subtitles | 10-minute intermission
Free Admission Wednesday 15 October
Sadie R. Smith Auditorium in Herzstein Hall | 6:00-9:30 pm
Matteo D'Amico in seminar with Rice University composers and poets
Thursday 16 October — 1133 Alice Pratt Brown (Shepherd School) | 2:30-4:00 pm
Presented in Collaboration :
Shepherd School of Music, School of Humanities
Poetry & Poetics Workshop of the Humanities Resource Center
Department of Classical Studies, Center for the Study of Languages
The Consulate General of Italy in Houston, Hon. Cristiano Maggipinto, Consul General
Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles, Francesca Valente, Director
For further information, please contact Dr. Edward M. Anderson of Rice University
edward.m.anderson@rice.edu | 713.348.4373
15-17 October 2008
American Premiere Performance
Stabat mater (1999)
a sacred and secular cantata
by Matteo D'Amico
Member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Friday October 17, 2008 ~ 8 pm | Free Admission
Duncan Recital Hall in the Shepherd School of Music ~ Rice University
Post-Concert Reception ~ Meet the Composer
Cristian Macelaru (conductor), Alfonso Veneroso (narrative voice), Amanda Grooms (soprano),
Prof. Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano), and instrumentalists of the Shepherd School of Music
Italian composer Matteo D'Amico, member of Rome's celebrated Santa Cecilia academy, introduces his Stabat mater, a strikingly original reimagination of the traditional liturgy, in an American premiere performance.
Scored for narrator, soprano, mezzo, strings, and percussion,
the work uses text from Sicilian author Vincenzo Consolo's Spasimo di Palermo
and was written in response to the notorious assassination in 1992 of the anti-mafia judge Paolo Borsellino.
Other events of the week include:
Screening of Paolo Borsellino directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (2004)
introduced by Dr. Fabiana Cecchini | w/ English subtitles | 10-minute intermission
Free Admission Wednesday 15 October
Sadie R. Smith Auditorium in Herzstein Hall | 6:00-9:30 pm
Matteo D'Amico in seminar with Rice University composers and poets
Thursday 16 October — 1133 Alice Pratt Brown (Shepherd School) | 2:30-4:00 pm
Presented in Collaboration :
Shepherd School of Music, School of Humanities
Poetry & Poetics Workshop of the Humanities Resource Center
Department of Classical Studies, Center for the Study of Languages
The Consulate General of Italy in Houston, Hon. Cristiano Maggipinto, Consul General
Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles, Francesca Valente, Director
For further information, please contact Dr. Edward M. Anderson of Rice University
edward.m.anderson@rice.edu | 713.348.4373
