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La banda


LA BANDA

The Italian brass-band Schipa-d'Ascoli

VIVA ! LA BANDA

Famous Brass-Bands in South Italy


still from the film LA BANDA

The ancient tradition of the brass band in Southern Italy is being carried on in as lively a fashion today as ever in the last 100 years. The band is usually made up of 40 or 50 musicians who, for carnevals and other celebrations play in the streets of their town as they march through them, in Puglia, in Calabria and in Sicily. Almost without a moment's pause; from early morning till late at night, they give their all in a continuous concert on the march, in honour of the patron saint of whatever town they are in or on whichever Saint's Day it is. With their mixture of popular songs and operatic favourites they never fail to stir their audiences emotions, as if for the first time, and give life to the churning throngs on every type of festive occasion.


But how long will this phenomenon continue? Many believe that there will soon be no place for the brass band in Southern Italy as other forms of occupation and entertainment squeeze it out and guarantee its final demise.

WATCH THE FILM "LA BANDA" IN STREAMING ON VIMEO

WATCH THE FILM "VIVA! LA BANDA" IN STREAMING ON VIMEO

ITALY, 28', DV Cam, colour
Production: Brintrup / LICHTSPIEL ENTERTAINMENT / ZDF


Italy, 41', DV Cam, colour
Production: Brintrup / LICHTSPIEL ENTERTAINMENT / ARTE Musica

CAST Gianluca Tenaglia and members of the brass-band Schipa-d'Ascoli
MUSIC G. Verdi, G. Rossini, G. Puccini, E. Petrella, M. Mussorgsky, M. Cancelli, C. Piantoni, G. Bizet, A. Ciervo, G. Coggi
BRASS-BANDS Banda musicale "Alceo Cantiani", Fanfara dei Bersaglieri d'Italia, Banda Schipa-d'Ascoli, Banda Ionica, Complesso Bandistico "A. Manzi", Banda Martina Franca, Tituhanda
CAMERA Jorge Alvis, Vasile Caplescu
SOUND Francesco Sardella, Roberto Belelli
AUDIO MIX Francesco Sardella
LOCATION MANAGER Rita Maria Errico
WRITTEN / EDITED / DIRECTED BY Georg Brintrup
TV PRODUCERS Christoph Drese, Anca-Monica Pandelea
PRODUCTION Lichtspiel Entertainment GmbH, ZDF, Arte
FIRST BROADCAST ZDF on October 20th 2002 (La Banda); ARTE on January 19th 2003 (Viva la Banda)
REPLAY ARTE 28.1.2003 / ARTE 3.4.2005
FESTIVALS Pyramidiale 8 - Berlin on October 2nd 2009
gallery with stills from the films