Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Giuditta sings a song about a beautiful turtle. The song tells about how the turtle ended up being such a slow animal.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
The "Ninna nanna del chicco di caffè" [Coffee Bean Lullaby] was first performed at a musical festival devoted children's songs, the Zecchino d'Oro, in 1970. It is still sung today by many Italian mothers to lull their babies to sleep.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano tells us about the famous southern Italian folk dance, la tarantella. He also tries dancing it himself.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena finishes showing us the music store by guiding us through the guitar section, as well as the section dedicated to the instruments of the orchestra. She closes by a quick visit to the sheet music department.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena takes us to another part of the music store. This time she shows us the percussion instruments.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena takes you to a music store in Rome. The first instrument she shows us is the piano.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
In this second and final segment of La Bohème, Anna, as Lucia, goes on to tell us about her life. What will become of her?
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Anna takes us to Paris, to a cold, dark attic room where she tells the beginning of the tragic but very romantic story of La Bohème.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy Lucano
Our Maratea friends sing two very famous songs, by two equally famous singers, which continue to be sung by successive generations. We're talking about "Azzurro" [Blue] by Adriano Celentano and "L'italiano" [The Italian] by Toto Cutugno. Have fun listening!
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Ezio Lottieri, a lover of music and especially the Rolling Stones, always carries his harmonica with him. In this video he tells about his experience at the Dedalo Festival 2009, where he met the well-known artists Davide Ravera and Patrizia Ferrarini. Ezio performed various songs with these two artists at the Festival in Caltabellotta.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Ezio recalls that Davide, a well-known artist, asked him to join him in playing a song at a festival. Davide had written the piece and it's called "Road to Hell." Obviously Ezio accepted.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
The evening is a huge success, but not everyone is elated. Marioni has come to the conclusion that his daughter's death was his fault, Matteo's uncle has a somewhat disturbing conversation with one of Matteo's schoolmates, and Domenico tries to talk to Barbara.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
With the lights dimmed, the conservatory orchestra gives a moving performance of the famous piece known as Adagio di Albinoni. As they play, Marioni listens, and his emotions take him back in time to relive his daughter's bicycle accident and aftermath.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Marioni introduces an unusual concert, in which he gives up conducting the orchestra to accommodate a visually impaired musician. The orchestra is arranged among the audience, and the musicians will perform without visual references, relying exclusively on their ears.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Marioni has an intimate moment with Irene and lets her know how important she is to him, whispering the lyrics to "Senza fine" by Gino Paoli. At the conservatory, the orchestra is ready to go onstage for the concert, where, presumably, everyone will play from memory. Matteo's uncle and friend are in the audience, but Nathan hasn't invited anyone. Sara is nervous.
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