A warm and enthusiastic public of over 1,500 people assisted at the ninth edition of the Organ Gala, which was a great success.

The concert-show, conducted with elegance and rhythm by Federica Moro, went through moments of great emotional impact.

“Changing States” – almost an overture by Keith Emerson – performed at the Electone by Antonio Cardia, opened the evening. The extraordinary choreography by Tiziana Troya with dancers, acrobats and fire-eaters kept the audience with bated breath because of the spectacularity of the match with the music, the ballet, the visuals and effects.

Prince Igor, from the Polovesian dances by Borodin, performed masterfully at the Electone Organ by Gianluca Cogoni was counterpoint to the marvelous ballet by Assunta Pittaluga. A true monument to art of the Cagliari Dance, Assunta Pittaluga returned to the stage with her dancers thanks to the strong motivation dictated by the desire to be part, entirely, of the beautiful team of artists and not of “Organ Gala 2005”. This with a particular regard to the young Sardinian artists, certainly very well represented by the talent and professionalism of Gianluca Cogoni.

The Cagliari pianist, Marco Meloni, with his personal arrangements of “Spain” and “Take the A train” has proved a continuous artistic progress and a mature musical growth.

The first part ended with the Choir of Nuoro, “Su Nugoresu”, directed by Tonino Peddu. The great maestro of Sardinian folklore and his choir offered the Cagliari public four pieces – “Terra Soberana”, “Non ti poto amare”, “A ballare” and the renowned “Nanneddu meu”. Not everyone knows that “Nanneddu meu”, by now considered one the hymns of popular Sardinian music, was composed personally by Tonino Puddu. The ballet, by Assunta Pittaluga, has aroused great emotion with the piece “A ballare” where classical dance has blended splendidly with the traditional Sardinian dance steps.

The children choir of the “Pierluigi Da Palestrina” Cagliari Conservatory, directed by Enrico Di Maira opened the second part of the musical show with “Beyond the century”, by Karl Jenkins. Accompanied at the Electone by Daniela Mura, the choir roused great applauses and appreciations. The final children’s rhyme, written by Tonino Puddu, in Sardinian, was stirring. In "This little Babe", by Britten, accompanied at the Clavinova piano (with the tone of the harp), by Daniela Mura, the Choir has upheld, thanks mainly to the skills of Maestro Di Maira (and to his extraordinary passion), the attainment of an excellent level of preparation and ensemble.

Daniela Mura, President of the Cdmi Music School Association, who staged the event, sustained with “Alvamar Overture”, by James Barnes, her remarkable skills of concert performer, as well as sensitive artist. The ballet was much appreciated with the choreography by Luigia Frattaroli, in the adagio of the second movement.

The evening closed with the performance by Thomas Kärcher, high-wire of the Electone Organ. With “Allegro con fuoco”, from the symphony “Dal nuovo mondo” by Dvorak, he later demonstrated the extraordinary orchestral possibilities of this instrument. It is followed by the waltz performance of the ballet “Sleeping Beauty”, by Tchaykovsky with the splendid choreography by Assunta Pittaluga. Thomas Kärcher then completed his performance with "Monmuth college fight song" by the Yellow Jackets, and in a duo with Daniela Mura, “Maybe”, by Emma Bunton.

Then the public’s enthusiasm led to an encore from Daniela with a piece entitled, “Elan”, by Lovland, and from Thomas, "Jumping at the woodside" by Caunt Basie.

In conclusion, an extraordinary success for a concert-show with a unique format ideated and directed by Antonello Mura.

The entire event was shot on television camera by Ottavio Nieddu and directed by Marco Loi, for the production of a DVD and the regional broadcast – and in a national circuit – by Nova Television.

Excellent work carried out by Alfredo Scrivani for the graphic art (on the detail of a painting, by Carla Mura), visuals by Giorgio Dettori, Marco Angioni for the CD of “Organ Gala 2005” and Pier Paolo Meloni for the sound.

The concert permitted an important donation (seven thousand Euro) to the Welfare Hotel “Casa Lions” annexed to the hospital Businco of Cagliari, and through the donation of 500 CDs to the Association Mondo X of Father Salvatore Morittu (five thousand Euro).

Hanno preso parte a “Organ Gala 2005:

Antonio Cardia, Gianluca Cogoni, Marco Meloni, Il coro “Su Nugoresu” diretto da Tonino Puddu, Daniela Mura, il coro di voci bianche del Conservatorio di Musica Pierluigi Da Palestrina di Cagliari diretto da Enrico Di Maira, Thomas Kärcher, il corpo di ballo di Assunta Pittaluga con le coreografie di Assunta Pittaluga, Tiziana Troja e Luigia Frattaroli. Ha presentato Federica Moro.

Grafica: Alfredo Scrivani dal particolare di un quadro di Carla Mura;
Immagini: Giorgio Dettori e Roberto Putzu;
Luci: Marco Mereu
Fotografia: Priamo Tolu;
Service Audio: Pierpaolo Meloni
Service Video: Ottavio Nieddu - Regista Marco Loi
Assistenza audio: Flavio Piva
Back stage: Mauro Sollai
Editing CD: Marco Angioni- Marco Meloni
Radio ufficiale: Radio Sintony International
Televisione: Nova Televisione
Stampa: Arti Grafiche Pisano

Collaborazione:

Conservatorio di Musica Pierluigi Da Palestrina di Cagliari;
Teatro Lirico di Cagliari – Fondazione

Contributo:

Comune di Cagliari, Assessorato Cultura e Spettacolo;
Provincia di Cagliari: Assessorato alla Cultura

Sostegno:

Patrizia Camba, Ricciolo - consulenti d’immagine, Tina Mura Pellicceria, Abbey Road ristorazione, Dal Maso strumenti Musicali, Ti Hotel, Hotel Sardegna, Istituto ottico Bertola, Omniservice s.r.l. Sestu, Il Carosello dei fiori- Pirri, Nuova Tirrena – Almerighi Assicurazioni, Pellegrini Costruzioni s.r.l., Enterprise Digital Architects, Nuova Special Car – concessionaria Bmw;

Si ringraziano:

Pietro Corradini, Ruggero Ruggeri, Giuseppe Giordano, Mauro e Francesco Piazza, Alberto e Mario Tasca, Enrico Valdes, Vanni Fenu, Aldo Gadoni, Gabriella Atzeri, Billi Spignesi, Francesca e Gigi Lai, Giorgio Gesolini, Carlo Mura, Ivano Manca, Mauro e Franco Sollai, Andrea Boscu, Maurizio Ciaccio, Francesca Spissu, Alberto Soi, Franco Argiolas, Enzo Citarella, Patrizia Sitzia.