BONÌ BONANNO
IL CANTO DEL BUON AUSPICIO
The Trillanti, a folk music group from Alatri, are promoting a unique project: "Bonì Bonanno." The title draws its inspiration from an ancient begging chant performed in Alatri and the Ciociaria region on the night of December 31st by musicians who, going from house to house, wished everyone they met that the coming year would be better than the last and full of fulfillment—"good," indeed.
It is precisely to celebrate this song, the main theme of the entire show, that we chose to give the project its eponymous title.
“Bonì Bonanno” thus becomes a means of systematizing all the ethno-anthropological musical research that I Trillanti have conducted over the past five years. Their goal is to revive peasant culture, not only as a way of celebrating holidays through singing and dancing, but also as a tool for disseminating a past that is essential to understanding the present and projecting oneself into the future.
The concert—lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes—is divided into 14 sections, each representing a traditional folk song. These songs will accompany us from the Immaculate Conception until New Year's Eve.
The entire concert will be performed by the group's musicians with the participation of Gino Fiorini, the last singer and custodian of the song "Bonì Bonanno".
The rousing music and harmonious rhythms will fill the air with color and joy, enveloping a Nativity scene that plays, dances, and sings. From "Jesus Incarnate" to the "Novena," listen (and listen again) to the ancient tales of a Ciociaria region that blends the agro-pastoral sounds of bagpipes and shawms—central elements of this show—with the strings of a guitar or the rattles of a drum.
What awaits you is a magical experience that will transport you along a path of light and hope, a river that slowly flows, taking its course, gently lulling you. The folk world thus comes back to life, once again, between wood and straw.
