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ITALIAN WEEK 'SUITCASE SERENATA' TOUR

Brisbane, Wollongong, South Coast, Southern Highlands, Milton, Canberra and Sydney. 28 MAY to 6 JUNE

Dall' Italia All' Australia Silent Film and Music in Queensland

In Queensland for the first time as part of 2010 Brisbane Italian Week - showings on 29 and 30 MAY

Previous showings in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Wollongong, Shepparton

WEB PAGE ADDITIONS:

Passenger lists from the 1924 voyage of Regina D'Italia as depicted in Angelo Drovetti's silent film: DALL' ITALIA ALL' AUSTRALIA

NEWS! The new CD with music as played for the silent film DALL' ITALIA ALL' AUSTRALIA, Suitcase Serenata, is finally finished and is available from this website, click here for details.

The Band

Kavisha Mazzella (singer, guitar, accordion, percussion)

Irine Vela (bouzouki, guitar, mandolin)

David De Santi (piano accordion)

Mark Holder-Keeping (saxophone, clarinet).

I Viaggiatori is a truly multicultural and cosmopolitan combination with Kavisha Mazzella and Irine Vela from Melbourne and Mark Holder-Keeping and David De Santi from Wollongong. They bring together varying musical experiences but combine to present sensitive and harmonious renditions of new and old Italian folk songs. Kavisha grew up in the Italian quarter of Fremantle while David grew up in the Illawarra! They present music they performed for the silent Italian documenatary Dall’ Italia All’ Australia.

CLICK HERE FOR SOUND SAMPLES
OF THE BAND ON MYSPACE

Songs on Myspace: Bella Ciao, Canzone Della Lega, Cuiccu, Mamma Mia Dammi Cento Lire, Tammuriata Nera, Wedding Sheets (by Kavisha Mazzella)

Previous major performances

2010 Port Fairy Folk Festival (film and music)

2010 and 2007 National Folk Festival, Canberra (film and music)

2010 and 2008 Brunswick Music Festival (film and music)

2009 Fremantle Town Hall (film and music)

2009 Adelaide’s Hellenic Cultural Festival ODYSSEY (film and music)

2009 Greek Festival of Sydney (film and music)

2009 Illawarra Folk Festival (film and music)

2008 Italian Week in Wollongong, Bowral, Milton (film and music)

National Maritime Museum, 2008, 2009 (film and music)

Chauvel Cinema, Sydney 2009 (film and music)

THE FILM
DALL’ ITALIA ALL’ AUSTRALIA

In 1924, the Italian film director Angelo Drovetti embarked on an epic 8,000-nautical-mile voyage with his movie camera. The result, Dall’Italia All’Australia (From Italy to Australia), is regarded by many as the most comprehensive film ever made of a migrant voyage. ‘Dall’Italia All’Australia’ chronicles the voyage of the Regina d’Italia (Queen of Italy) - one of three passenger ships first built for the Lloyd Sabaudo Line at the turn of last century. The film showcases the panoramic views witnessed by Italian, Yugoslav, Greek, Arabic and Jewish migrants as they stood atop the deck of the old steamer during their seven-week world odyssey from Genoa to Australia, by way of Egypt & Sri Lanka, arriving in September 1924. More information.

NEW RECORDING - Suitcase Serenata

Click here for details on how to get a copy.

Suitcase Serenata - performed by I Viaggiatori

Angellare’ 4:25
Wedding Sheets 3:35
Reginella Campagnola (instrumental) 1:41
Mamma Mia Dammi Cento Lire 4:47
Canzone della Lega 3:00
Funiculi Funicula (instrumental) 2:20
Ciucciu Bellu 3:08
Bella Ciao 3:19
La Mazurka di Carolina (instrumental) 1:57
Tzivaeri 3:58
Tammuriata Nera 3:19
Valzer di Mezzanotte (instrumental) 4:12
Valzer della Fisarmonica 3:01
Santa Lucia 4:48
Tarantellas (instrumental) Sam’s Tarantella / Raimondo’s Kitchen / Abballati 4:58
Madonna Del Mare 4:19
Waltzing Matilda (instrumental) 2:10