"Chant of the Primitivo Vine” features the 30-piece Taranto Magna Graecia Orchestra led by Ferdinando Arnò, and state-of-the-art equipment that capture the musical notes of grapes of the esteemed Primitivo vineyard, Masseria Le Fabriche. These sounds had been transformed into amplified sound that interweaved in real time with the orchestra. The result is a one-of-a-kind improvisatory performance that toasts to the many joys of wine, music, and nature. Welcome to a real-life realm once imaginatively described in Peter Tompkins' bestseller, The Secret Life of Plants.

In Chant of the Primitivo Vine, the orchestra dialogues with the rhythm, harmony, and melody made by the vineyard plants. The sounds and vibrations of the vines are captured and converted into an electrical signal which in turn are transformed into an acoustic signal. At first, the plants acknowledge the sounds emitted by the device are a consequence of their electric activity, and then they learn to modulate it to change the sounds, thus, interacting with humans in a unique union of creativity and communication.


CHANT OF PRIMITIVO VINE

a quietplease production
recorded at Masseria Le Fabriche

film director
Mirko Dilorenzo

d.o.p.
Davide Faggiano

1st camera operator
Roberto Ricciato

Jimmy Jib operator
Andrea D’Elia

assistant operator
Andrea Notarstefano

editor
Stuart Greenwald

music composed and produced by
Ferdinando Arnò

piano
Ferdinando Arnò

guitar loops and orchestration
Giorgio Cocilovo

cello clusters
Marco Decimo

plant translation
Music of the Plants
PlantWave

Orchestra ICO della Magna Grecia

mixed by
Ferdinando Arnò

recorded by
Luca Lo Tito
Matteo Zatti
Simone Prudenzano

executive producer
Alessandra Teatini
Vittorio Arnò

thanks to
Gregory Perrucci
Alessia Perrucci
Mauro Mingolla
and Masseria Le Fabriche

Patrizio Carà
Provinciali Service Srl
Marangi Giovanni & Figli