The goal since the beginning has been to explore the potential of vocal polyphony, both a cappella and with the accompaniment of musical instruments. Precisely because of this characteristic, Una e Cinque has tackled various genres of a cappella music or with instrumental accompaniment: from the classic Renaissance, to Jazz, up to some unpublished pop music creations.
Collaborations
In the field of contemporary music, L’Una e Cinque has participated in various projects:
- with composer Claudio Mantovani, performing the choral parts of “Pulchra Margarita”;
- with composer Stefano Maccagno, for the piece “Libertà 1942” (poetry by P. Eluard);
- with composer Andrea Ravizza, recording the original composition “Canzone Unica”;
- performing the piece “Credo” by Latvian composer Uģis Prauliņš.
In 2005, in collaboration with Fausto Caporali (professor of Organ and Gregorian Chant at the Turin Conservatory), the ensemble participated in a series of Christmas Gregorian chant performances held in Reggio Emilia.
In the field of popular music, they have produced several original songs with instrumental accompaniment:
- “C’era una volta il tè” (Marco Andrioletti, Gianluca Savia)
- “La faccia del gatto” (Andrea Casamento).
L’Una e Cinque also created theme songs for animated series, written and produced by composer Mauro Bouvet for Lastrego e Testa of Turin.
In the theatrical domain, the ensemble collaborated with the Gruppo Artisti Associati Teatro San Filippo of Turin, contributing to various productions.
Main Concerts
Telethon ’97, three editions of the Turin Music Fair, Gospel Jubilee Festival at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Jazz a Palazzo, Summer Days, Tavagnasco Rock, Concerts by the Press Club (Turin and Monza), White Nights in Turin, 3 editions of Vivavoce (Festival of a cappella music in Treviso), Lago Maggiore Musica, Europa in musica, Casa Olimpia Racconta (Sestriere-To 2006 Olympics), Blue Note, Torino Jazz Club (with the Jazset trio), Rivolimusica Concert Season, Review Correvoce (Lugano), Circolo Filarmonica Astigiano, ass. mythos. – Abroad – France: Saint Martin de Crau, Berre l’Etang, Saint Remy de Provence; Lugano (Switzerland) Germany: Bonn and Dortmund.
Events and conventions: Mercedes (Sassuolo 2005); Comdata s.p.a. (Asti 2006), Bocconi University (2011), Catholic University (2011) Expert Group (2011).
Schools: held meetings and workshops on a cappella singing for school students in Piedmont, Lombardy and Veneto
Radio and television
In 2024, the song “Pastime with Good Company” was selected by SKY for inclusion in the TV series “Mary & George.”
In 2017, they were finalists in the “Capitalent” contest organized by Radio Capital with a cover of the song “A che servono gli dei” by Rossana Casale, arranged and produced by Marco Andrioletti, and performed with instrumental accompaniment by the group “JazSet.”
The project L’Una e Cinque was featured on the radio program “Tornando a Casa” hosted by Enrica Bonaccorti on Rai-Radio 1 (Nov. 2009), including an interview and the broadcast of the song “Que reste-t-il.”
Excerpts from the album The Renaissance Project were aired on the program “Battiti” on Rai-Radio 3 and on RSI (Swiss Italian Radio) during the show “Onde Radio.”
An excerpt from the song “Tourdion” was chosen by “Il Sole 24 Ore” for the advertisement of “Codice di Leonardo” (radio, TV, and cinema campaign in 2006).
The group participated as a choir ensemble in the show “Alle 2 su RAI 1” hosted by Paolo Limiti; they were featured as a guest group on “Robinson e Venerdì” (RAI 3) and took part in the documentary “Non ti scordar di me” produced by Prisma Film for RAI Tre.
Other television appearances (partial recordings of concerts) were broadcast on: Sky TV, Tele Pace, and Sat 2000.