U. (un canto)

A year after the premier of IRIS at the Butte-aux-Cailles swimming pool, commissioned by the Festival d'Automne, in which he explored the Italian polyphonic repertoire, Alessandro Sciarroni brings us U. (un canto). This music-based performance piece evokes the profoundly mysterious relationship between human beings and nature.

U. (a canto) by Alessandro Sciarroni is much more than just a concert. It sheds light upon the links between the voices and bodies of the present and a choral practice which draws its inspiration from the wealth of Italian folklore. After discovering this musical repertoire at the Milan Triennale in 2022, the artist began to explore, with keen interest, these post-World War II songs from northern Italy. These songs, some of which date from that period and others which are more recent, bear the hallmarks of the great masters such as Bepi De Marzi and Piercarlo Gatti. They evoke the universal themes of nature, death, friendship and the power of the musical gesture. In a homage to this choral heritage, Alessandro Sciarroni and the musicians Aurora Bauzà and Pere Jou bring us an original composition inspired by Saint-François of Assisi's Canticle of the Creatures. With its seven performers, the performance U. (a canto) offers audience members the opportunity to rediscover deep connections with nature.