Manuel Maria, Literatura e Nacion

Maryanne Wolf, celebre neuroscienziata del cervello che legge, si presenta questa volta come scrittrice di narrativa, con tre racconti ispirati al rapporto tra Maria Maddalena e Gesù. Ogni storia, narrata in prima persona dalla Maddalena, propone una figura diversa di giovane donna nella Palestina del I secolo – Miriam, figlia di un rabbino; la prostituta Maddalena; Marit, incrocio di culture tra il padre notabile romano e la madre ebrea praticante –, ma tutte partono dalla difficoltà di essere donna in quel tempo storico e tratteggiano la coraggiosa crescita della protagonista grazie al suo carattere e alla sua intelligenza, ma soprattutto all'incontro con Gesù. Un incontro che dà vita e senso a una relazione forte, in cui amicizia, sentimenti e dolorosa condivisione, ma anche risate, ironia, confidenza rivelano la profonda, autentica umanità del Cristo..

A Sciurcanosta è il momento dello scandalo e del pettegolezzo… ma anche dell’apprensione e della sollecitudine; la sindaca, la dottoressa da tutti ascoltata e stimata, sta vivendo una gravidanza a rischio: potrebbe perdere la vita lei, o il bambino, o entrambi. E non si sa chi sia il padre. La piccola comunità, intanto, si sta preparando al matrimonio dell’anno: il Broggi, l’intellettuale della locale sezione della Lega, sta per sposare la Giovanna, bella e intraprendente giornalista del giornale locale. Tra le preoccupazioni della vita quotidiana c’è anche l’ansia di Bambina, la mamma di don Giustino, per il gatto Teo, inappetente da almeno due settimane. Per aiutare tutti a sollevare lo sguardo e affrontare bene le sfide dell’amore, della paura e del dolore, il parroco don Giustino organizza un pellegrinaggio a piedi di dieci giorni..

Davide Ficco was born in Turin in 1962. He received a diploma with honors in 1982 at the Conservatory of Alessandria with Guido Margaria, and conducted advanced studies with John Williams, José Tomàs, Betho Davezac, Jakob Lindberg, Oscar Ghiglia and Alain Meunier, obtaining, from the latter, a grant from the CEE and two Merit diplomas from the Chigiana Accademia of Siena (1982-1993).

Unquestionably Manuel María Ponce stands as one of the composers for the classical guitar of all time. Rare would be the virtuoso who does not acknowledge his brilliance. However, to reach such heights, history had to gift us a providential encounter with the greatest ambassador of the guitar in the 20th century: Andrés Segovia. Their profound relationship of friendship, respect, and admiration, evidenced through a fraternal correspondence and declarations, began in 1923. At that time, Ponce was a professor of Harmony at the National Conservatory of Mexico and a music critic.

Unquestionably Manuel María Ponce stands as one of the composers for the classical guitar of all time. Rare would be the virtuoso who does not acknowledge his brilliance. However, to reach such heights, history had to gift us a providential encounter with the greatest ambassador of the guitar in the 20th century: Andrés Segovia. Their profound relationship of friendship, respect, and admiration, evidenced through a fraternal correspondence and declarations, began in 1923. At that time, Ponce was a professor of Harmony at the National Conservatory of Mexico and a music critic.

Unquestionably Manuel María Ponce stands as one of the composers for the classical guitar of all time. Rare would be the virtuoso who does not acknowledge his brilliance. However, to reach such heights, history had to gift us a providential encounter with the greatest ambassador of the guitar in the 20th century: Andrés Segovia. Their profound relationship of friendship, respect, and admiration, evidenced through a fraternal correspondence and declarations, began in 1923. At that time, Ponce was a professor of Harmony at the National Conservatory of Mexico and a music critic. Manuel Ponce composed the Sonatas between 1923 and 1929, all commissioned and dedicated to Andrés Segovia. They constitute the first collection of Sonatas written in the 20th century by a non-guitarist composer, forming a fundamental and unique corpus in the concert guitar repertoire. Each Sonata possesses stylistic and formal characteristics that Segovia himself detailed.