Maceghja

In Maceghja, the composer is inspired by the poem Pagliaghju by Ghjuvan Petru Ristori, poet and improviser. Pagliaghju means the mulch, for the ancestors an important thing, a dry stone hut.

Son of this place, observe / Perched, sunny / What will soon be a ruin … Act, it is no longer time to sleep / Show that you are the worthy heir … When he will raise a building / Do not rejoice : it will not be for you …

… Act, it is no longer time to sleep / Show that you are the worthy heir … When he will raise a building / Do not rejoice : it will not be for you …

The MUTAZIONE project by Denis Gautherie: A few years ago, the Soli-Tutti vocal ensemble had the chance to share musical creations with musicians from Casa Musicale de Pigna. Together or separately, we sang in Calvi, Corbara, Bastia, Corte, Ajaccio, Bonifacio … also in Brittany, in Paris and during a tour in Brazil. We kept a very strong memory of these musical adventures which allowed us to discover the wealth of the Corsican heritage and artistic creation as well as its universality. During a recent friendly visit to Pigna, we rediscovered the work of Toni Casalonga and more particularly the series of paintings “7 quistioni” which inspired the poet Ghjuvan Petru Ristori.
Their collaboration has been published in a collection edited by Albiana, with an introductory note by Toni explaining this questioning to the “mutation” that assails us. I then asked Toni Casalonga to ask seven composers, among those whom we have met in recent years, who seem to share with us this questioning and our interest in Mediterranean cultures, to compose each one in their own way a “song each on one of the 7 poems”,  as an exterior and curious polyphonic look put on the images and poetry of today’s Corsican culture. It is a question of bringing together these musics, these paintings and these texts in a show which will mix voice and images and which will be created by the singers of Soli-Tutti at Casa Musicale de Pigna and presented in several cities of Corsica in October 2015.

set
4X3 SATB + bass drum, metal and small percussion

Text: Zad Moultaka
Singing language: Corsican

Premiere: October 17, 2015
by Soli Tutti ensemble, direction Denis Gautherie
at Pigna auditorium (Corse)

October 20, 2015 auditorium of the University of Corte by Soli Tutti

October 21, 2015 Espace Diamant, Ajaccio by Soli Tutti

October 22, 2015 Cultural Center of Sartène

October 23, Espace Saint-Jacques de Bonifacio by Soli Tutti

October 24, 2015 Municipal Theater of Bastia (Corsica) by Soli Tutti

November 22, 2015 Dominican Convent Church in Paris by Soli Tutti

April 17, 2016 Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick by Soli Tutti

April 19, 2016 Bertrand, Nouveau-Brunswick by Soli Tutti

April 20, 2016 Frédéricton, Nouveau-Brunswick by Soli Tutti

April 26, 2016 Montréal, Québec by Soli Tutti

May 14, 2016 Thierry Leluron Cultural Center, Le Raincy by Soli Tutti

Commissioned by Soli Tutti ensemble

© ŠamaŠ éditions musicales 2015