Exciting, rhythmic and at times also very funny. This is how the audience in the Santa Cecilia room of the Auditorium Parco della Musica commented on the concert that the Navy Band (video) offered in favor of the Telethon Foundation. Over 2600 people, on the evening of October 30, applauded the orchestra conducted by the master and frigate captain Antonio Barbagallo. Among them also the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral Valter Girardelli who, interviewed on stage by the journalist and Rai presenter, Benedetta Rinaldi, underlined the commitment of the men and women of the Armed Force for the defense of the country and towards solidarity.
In fact, during the evening the Telethon volunteers made available the traditional “chocolate hearts” to finance research projects on rare genetic diseases. The collaboration between the Navy and the Foundation has been going on for four years and has allowed, through events such as the concert at the Auditorium, to draw the public's attention to rare diseases. The advanced studies now underway have been illustrated by Professor Alberto Auricchio who directs a group of scientists in Naples to identify a gene therapy for 30 rare diseases.
Another moment destined for solidarity was the one that saw the Francesca Rava Foundation as protagonist, to which the Navy dedicated the 2018 Historical Calendar. In particular, the President Maria Vittoria Rava recalled the collaboration in the health and humanitarian fields on the Navy ships engaged in the central Mediterranean, thanks to which 10 children have been born to date.
The moments of sensitization interspersed the pieces arranged for orchestra coming from the most varied musical genres. From Michael Jackson's pop to Rossini's classic, passing through the immortal notes of composers of the caliber of Ennio Morricone and George Gershwin, music was the theme of the entire evening. To kidnap the audience were the voices of the tenor Claudio Minardi and the soprano Monica De Propris who finally duet for the song "I live for her".
But on the stage not only the music was celebrated. Other sounds, typical of the naval world, have fascinated and intrigued thanks to Nave's coachmen Vespucci who have made the boos known to the band, the traditional signals of command and honors to the authorities.
A gorgeous evening from the beginning to the end where memories and images of the world of the marina have ferried public on a musical journey that has not missed the commitment for the weaker and the future of research.
