HOMMAGE BY RÉGIS CAMPO - IN "MAESTRO" THE ENNIO MORRICONE ONLINE MAGAZINE ISSUE #20

"The French composer and academician Régis Campo (see his interview in issue #17, pages 50-57) was deeply moved by the Maestro's demise and started writing a tribute piece right after hearing the sad news. He came up with a 12' composition entitled Rondini, addio al maestro - in memoriam Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) in which he paid a tribute to the modular system to be found for instance in the set-piece Invenzione per John from Giù la testa. This work for mezzo soprano, counter tenor, whistling (Régis himself), violins, toy piano and keyboards is simply superb and fades away with a heartbeat of which Mr Campo told me: "The end of Rondini is my own farewell to Morricone with that heartbeat". 

This work has been recorded and is available as part of a book / CD called Le Bleu du ciel (Filigranes éditions) 2 which gathers 200 pictures of swallows taken by Edouard Taufenbach together with reproductions of scores by Régis, both handwritten and printed ones. This beautiful concept is a leporello, that is a book that unfolds like an accordion. This project combining photography and music has been awarded the prestigious 4 hands Swiss Life prize in 2020.
Additionally, Régis Campo has also recorded last June a 3' exhilarating Tango cromatico per il Maestro for mandolin (Vincent Beer-Demander), accordion (Grégory Daltin), whistling, grotesque voice and snaps on the cheek (sic!). It should be available as part of a CD including pieces from various composers (Vladimir Cosma, Jean-Claude Petit, etc.)"

Laurent Perret

MAESTRO – THE ENNIO MORRICONE ONLINE MAGAZINE ISSUE #20

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