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BANDA DELLA MARINA MILITARE
CONCERTO
The Music Band of the Italian Navy traces its origins to the small instrumental ensembles that, in pre-unification navies, were normally embarked on the Admiral Ships.
In 1861, with the union of the Navies of the Sardinian-Piedmontese Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Regia Marina was born and with it the first band ensemble. It was a small ensemble embarked on the Nave Ammiraglia and consisting of from performers mostly from the ranks of the Bourbon Navy, including the first Director.
The Band's staff consists of a Master Conductor, a Deputy Master Conductor, 102 orchestral players, and an archivist, all of whom are in permanent active service and come from the most famous music conservatories.
The musical repertoire spans every genre from original band music to classical, opera/symphonic, pop/rock, and jazz.
Currently, the Band performs regularly in Italy (in the most important theaters and squares such as Milan, Rome, Venice, Naples, Trieste, Genoa, Parma, Bari, Catania) and abroad (Sweden, Spain, Belgium, USA, New Zealand, Egypt, Germany, Austria).
For her ability to represent through music the Navy's commitment to social work and humanitarian aid, she was awarded the Knighthood of Peace in 2004 by the International Center for Peace Among Peoples in Assisi.
He also has extensive production of video and record material to his credit.
Currently the Band is commanded by Captain Santo Pagano Giorgianni and is conducted by Master Captain Antonio Barbagallo.
director Captain Antonio Barbagallo
program
Michele Novaro, Goffredo Mameli
_The Song of the Italians - National Anthem _
Hector Berlioz
Apothèose from the Funeral and Triumphal Symphony
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
L'Italiana in Algeri Overture
Giuseppe Verdi
_Il Trovatore Selection.
Johan De Meij
The Quintessence
Clare Grundman
Second American Folk Rhapsody
Michele Mangani, Claudio Mandonico
Tribute to Ennio Morricone: Once Upon a Time in the West, Down with the Head, New Cinema Paradise, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Mission
Wright/Waters/Gilmour
Pink Floyd Medley
Thomas Mario
The Retreat
Born to Catania in 1968, he graduated in "Composition," "Pianoforte," "Band Instrumentation," and "Choral Music and Choral Conducting." He also obtained a Level II Academic Diploma in "Conducting and Instrumentation for Band" at the Conservatory of Music "Santa Cecilia" in Rome and a Diploma of Higher Education in "Band Conducting" at the three-year course established by the Music Academy of Pescara. He studied Organ and Organ Composition and attended the advanced course in "Conducting, Instrumentation and Composition for Band," established by the National Academy of "Santa Cecilia" in Rome. In the academic year 1998/99 and at the beginning of to.to. 1999/2000, he was professor of Band Instrumentation at the Conservatory of Music "D. Cimarosa" in Avellino. In the academic year 1999/2000, he was a teacher of Theory and Solfeggio at the "G. Navarra" Musical Institute in Gela (CL). Author and transcriber of teaching material and compositions for choir, groups from chamber, band, orchestra, he is a member of commissions in numerous national competitions, also carrying out teaching activities in the band field, with courses and conferences on conducting, history and analysis of the repertoire. From 1991 to 2000 he directed the Association "Orizzonti Musicali" - Schola Cantorum "Maria SS. del Rosario" of Fleri - Zafferana Etnea (Catania) with an intense concert activity and the production of record material. Since 2002 he has also directed the Santarosa Polyphonic Choir (Rome). He conducted the Banda Nazionale dei Bili del Fuoco from 1996 to 2000 and in October of the same year, he won the competition for Maestro Conductor of the Banda Musicale della Banda Militare Italiana, with which he has an intense concert activity both in Italy and abroad.
