OICHI SHAMHNA - HALLOWEEN review for Daniel Jordan

We are in the Halloween period, a nice custom come down to us from America, as everyone thinks, but the origin of the tradition is in fact far from the Irish origin of Halloween, or as it is called in Gaelic the Oich Shamhna god of winter and darkness, is typically connected to the Celtic festival of Samhain, Samuin originally written, historically maintained by the Gaels and the Celts and means roughly the end of summer. The legend, that on this night anything can happen. The doors of the kingdom of good and evil, leaving open out their spirits. It is said that of all the demons, the most frightening is Puca, the aide of Samhain, so the children dress up with horrible masks so that no demon can Puca, much less approach them. This could be the plot of a horror movie, but in reality the show on Sunday 30 October at the Teatro Crocetta of Turin, was not at all creepy, even the audience was packed with children dressed in keeping with the occasion. Yes, because the theater was scheduled for a fairy tale for adults and children in music festivals on the note. A fairy tale with a lot of actors and a quintet instrumental, composed by Yuri D'Agostino, actor, Patrizia Lomuscio, singing, Ficarelli Francis, violin; Marguerite Monnet, cello, Charles Lo Presti, guitar, Alessandro Molinaro, flute, last but not least, the soul of the show, the talented Kay Mc Carthy, vocals, Celtic harp, and bodhran (translated means deaf), a drum (maybe the only) that plays quite differently from the others, makes a sound like the beating of the heart. Kay, a native of Dublin profound scholar, connoisseur, spokesman for the Irish musical tradition in Europe, estimated abroad, has dedicated his life to making known studies Gaelic and folk melodies, recovering the true origins of Halloween. His stories, suitable for adults and children, without in any way they can get scared, even the children are careful to seize the moments that are maybe a few adults escaped. A party thus able, for the seventh edition of Micron in its review of Chamber Works of which is the Artistic Director Roberta Faroldi, but also not only to celebrate the 25 anniversary of the Cultural MITHOS under the artistic direction of Antonella The Presti.

Turin (Italy), October 31, 2011