BIS! Let’s listen twice

On Sunday 19 May the Sala Casella (5.30 pm, via Flaminia 118) hosts the last BIS event! Let’s listen twice to the new format of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana created by its artistic director Enrico Dindo, one of the most appreciated Italian cellists, accompanied by the pianist Monica Cattarossi.

After the meetings dedicated to the music of Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms, the last meeting will be dedicated to the twentieth century by Dmitrij Shostakovich and his Sonata for cello and piano op. 40, first performed in Leningrad in 1934 and violently attacked by the Soviet authorities for its musical language full of atonality and dissonance, in reality one of the most modern and complex pieces written for cello and piano of the 20th century.

The intent will be to offer the public a more aware and attentive listening experience; the Sonata, in fact, is performed by the performers twice interspersed with a moment of dialogue with the musicians and an interaction with the listeners, moderated by the musicologist Valerio Sebastiani. This will be an opportunity to highlight musical, structural and interpretative aspects and other curiosities related to the performance. The public will have the opportunity to compare the first virgin listening with the second, more conscious one, evaluating the importance of both the unconditional approach and training in listening.