(by Francesca Pierleoni).
Over 36 years ago, Brian Eno wrote
the soundtrack for Apollo - renamed For All Mankind for its 1989
release - Al Reinert's documentary on the first missions to the
moon, with his brother Roger and Daniel Lanois.
The documentary was nominated for an Oscar.
And fifty years after the first moon landing, the soundtrack
will be the star in Matera, the European capital of culture, of
a multimedia concert on July 18, 'Apollo soundtrack', starring
British band Icebreaker with Roger Eno, steel guitarist B.J.
Cole and Irish cellist Gyda Valtysdottir.
Brian Eno may also perform.
Satellite mages provided by Matera's Space Center will be
screened during the concert.
The images will be at the center of a show in September
called 'Mediterranea'.
"I can't wait to play in Matera", Brian Eno's younger brother
Roger said on the phone.
Brian Eno has also written the soundtrack for films including
9 weeks and Trainspotting.
"I'm in my studio doing music during a very sad day for
Britain, and not just for the climate.. Sorry for Brexit", he
said.
The concert, which will be performed for the first time
outside Great Britain, "will last a total of two hours and it
will be accessible with a passport of temporary Matera
citizenship, which allows to participate in all events in Matera
in 2019 for 19 euros", said Paolo Verri, the director of the
foundation Matera Basilicata 2019.
"It will be an opportunity to pay homage to Rocco Petrone,
the son of migrants from Lucania (Basilicata), who supervised
NASA launches and the entire Apollo Program".
James Poke is the co-founder of the Icebreaker, the music
ensemble with 12 members who have already performed the Apollo
Soundtrack in the re-arranged version by South-Korea's Wujun
Lee, the composer chosen by Brian Eno.
He said that "interaction between space, science and music is
very interesting".
Poke announced that the band is in talks with the Dutch space
agency "for a project for next year".
"Many think science is different from artistic expression but
it's not like that, the same discipline, creativity and
imagination are necessary", he concluded.
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