A bird does not sing for it has an answer but for it has a song
Leonardo Grittani flute
Maurizio Zaccaria piano
JULES MOUQUET
La Flûte de Pan op. 15
ALBERT ROUSSEL
Joueurs de flûte op. 27
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Ständchen (Serenata)
Die Taubenpost (Carrier pigeon’s mail)
Das Fischermädchen (The fisherwoman)
flute and piano arrangements by THEOBALD BÖHM
Singing on a fishing boat at dusk
popular Chinese song
flute and piano arrangements by LI GUOQUAN
CARMEN FIZZAROTTI
Luminous Breath
ANDRÉ JOLIVET
Chant de Linos
The concert title is a quotation from an ancient Chinese proverb which summarizes an apparently easy concept: in most cases the human mind seeks answers even when they are not necessary just like the bird: “it doesn’t sing for an answer but for a song”, it only feels like singing.
The proposal by famous musicians Leonardo Grittani and Maurizio Zaccaria is an invitation to leave behind the daily routines and to fully enjoy the beauty of music.
In this case it will be the music by Franz Schubert and by Chinese tradition with texts which evoke exotic sound like Luminous Breath by Carmen Fizzarotti, a 2017 composition inspired by the image of an eastern woman singing a bamboo flute decorated with peacock feathers. The duo in 2018 recorded for the label OnClassical the complete work of the Austrian composer for flute and piano.
