On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition Se ascolti tutto risponde. Storie e gesti di Una Boccata d’Arte at Officine Bellotti in Palermo, Fondazione Elpis presents Passacalle by Renato Grieco.

Passacalle is an itinerant performance by the artist Renato Grieco. The work brings together two of the composer’s musical projects: Doppiopasso, written for brass ensemble and developed from the imagery of the town band, and Continua, created this year in Lugo di Vicenza for Una Boccata d’Arte, which interweaves the memory of the village with that of the paper mill around which its economy has developed for centuries.

The title recalls the origins of the passacaglia, a form of music once performed while walking through the streets. In Palermo, a quartet of tuba, euphonium, trombone and French horn, led by performer Claudia Ottavia Piccolo, sets off together with the audience through the city streets to Officine Bellotti.

There, in the space once used to store paper, Grieco continues the performance on the viola da gamba with the repertoire of dances composed for Continua, drawing the audience into a more intimate dimension of listening. The music thus moves across different places, memories and scales without ever stopping, accompanying the audience as they enter the exhibition.