I was surprised to find a set of ca. 20 video clips from a concert in Monterosi – a place close to Rome – from a concert with traditional Roman and Neapolitan songs played with mandolin, violin and guitar.
I had found a note about a concert for mandolin and guitar in Rome with Damiano Mercuri (guitar) & Luca Mereu (mandolin). A search at youtube led me to the youtube channel Artedelsuonare61 .
First I found several videos with the duo with Damiano Mercuri (guitar) & Luca Mereu (mandolni) – for instance this great performance of the famous Valzer Fantastico by Enrico Marucelli (1877 – 1907):
Damiano Mercuri e Luca Mereu eseguono Valzer
Valzer Fantastico von Enrico Marucelli; Concerto del 28-10-2010 presso l’Auditorium di piazza Adriana organizzato dall’Associazione “Arte del suonare”
Then I found the set of videos from a concert of the trio composed of Giulio Menichelli (Violine), Damiano Mercuri & Luca Mereu from the White Night (Notte Bianca) on July 22nd 2011 in Monterosi. The program was composed of typical and famous Roman and Neapolitan songs for mandolin, violin and guitar:
Programma: I classici della canzone Romana e Napoletana
The sound quality of the recordings is not the best, you can hear announcements and the noise from the audience. But you can also hear that the people could sing along with the music for many of the songs. The arrangements of those songs for mandolin, violin and guitar was very well suited for this event, and the audience applauded strongly for many of the songs.
Many of the pieces are well known over the world like O Sole Mio, Funiculi Funicula or The Godfather Theme by Ennio Morricone – other tunes are mainly popular in Italy.
A very interesting set of videos for the lovers of typical Italian music.
Program
- (Il pubblico è con noi) “Tanto pe’ cantà”
- Tarantella napoletana
- Silvestri “Nannì”
- Petrolini “Tanto pe’ cantà”
- Morricone “Il Padrino”
- Mario “Tamurriata nera”
- Gambardella “O marenariello”
- Gambardella “Come facette màmmeta”
- Galdieris Barbieri “Munastero ‘e Santa Chiara”
- Di Capua “Maria Marì”
- Falvo “Dicitencello mio”
- De Curtis “Voce ‘e notte”
- Ruccione “Vecchia Roma”
- Di Capua “O sole mio”
- Denza “Funicolì Funicolà”
- De Curtis “Malafemmina”
- “Santa Lucia” di Cottrau
- “O surdato innamorato” di Cannio
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Surdato_%27Nnamurato “‘O Surdato ‘Nnamurato” (in English: “The Soldier in Love”) is one of the most famous songs ever written in the Neapolitan language. The song is generally regarded as the anthem of S.S.C. Napoli.
- “Reginella” di Bovio
- “Pe’ lungo Tevere” di Romolo Balzani
Giulio Menichelli Damiano Mercuri Luca Mereu suonano Falvo “Dicitencello mio”
The Godfather Theme – in this video you can hear Luca Mereu with a very nice jazzy improvisation on the mandolin! One of the highlights of this concert for me!
Giulio Menichelli Damiano Mercuri Luca Mereu suonano Morricone “Il Padrino”
Notte bianca a Monterosi 23-7-2011
Programma: I classici della canzone Romana e Napoletana
Giulio Menichelli violino
Damiano Mercuri chitarra
Luca Mereu mandolino
Si ringrazia l’Assessore Andrea Bomarsi e il Maestro Leo San Felice per l’aiuto nel reperire gli spartiti
Youtube Playliste with all videos
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEBCD52D8722109FB
Additional Information
youtube channel Artedelsuonare61
youtube channel with music from the 18th century played on a baroque mandolin by Luca Mereu: PizzicoEnsemble