“The word sun in 27 languages” - Italian premiere of Giya Kancheli’s “Lulling the Sun”

Giya Kancheli’s “Lulling the Sun” for choir and percussion was commissioned by the Riga youth choir “Kamer ...” in 2008 and premiered in Riga on 3 July 2008. The distinctive work, in which the Georgian composer sounds the word “sun” in 27 languages, is to receive its Italian premiere in Rome on 29 October 2020. It will be sung by the choir of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under the direction of Piero Monti.
29.10.2020
Rome
IE Giya Kancheli,
“The Choir of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Conductor: Piero Monti