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Amazing grace by John Newton a cappella in one Cathedral squarea Milan, desolate empty: this is how the Easter concert ended Andrea Bocelli ‘Music for hope’. the tenor, accompanied by the organist of the cathedral that houses the largest organ in Italy, Emanuele Vianelli, he sang for about half an hour in the empty church and behind closed doors, without audience or applause following the restrictive measures to contain the infection of coronavirus.
Bocelli opened the short concert of sacred repertoire, who currently does not foresee a future record, with the Eucharistic hymn Panis Angelicus, from the music Solennelle Masses by César Franck, and then continued with theAve Maria by Charles-François Gounod, Sancta Maria by Pietro Mascagni e Dominate Deus by Petite Messe Solennelle by Rossini.
“I believe in force I pray together and I believe in Christian Easter, symbol of a rebirth that everyone, believers or not, now needs. the generous, brave, proactive, Milan and Italy will soon be a winning model, engine of a Renaissance we all hope “, he said in a message translated to English The international artist.
The concert, broadcast on his channel Youtubehe saw millions of virtual viewers Simultaneously “The invitation came from common and ofarchdiocese from Milan the mayor called me Giuseppe Sala, with whom we have a relationship of mutual esteem and friendship since the time of the Expo, “explained the tenor in his interview with Ilfattoquotidiano.it.
“I live this period with concernlike everyone but also in full consciousness of remaining a privileged: contrary to my routine, which is marked by travel, I can stay at home with mine family, studying, resting, listening to music and doing everything possible to spend time with mine children, in dialogue with them, “added Bocelli.
Bocelli’s initiative has had an extraordinary echo in the international media. the press from all the countries in the world announced the concert “without audience” of the artist, who had never before reached such a vast audience through the Internet.
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