SÙ SÙ BONI PASTORI
Open rehearsal
Church of San Francesco all’Alberino
Siena (Italy)
November 1st, 2025
An initiative by La leggera as part of the Creative Europe Tramontana IV project.
The project “Sù sù boni pastori” is a collaboration with Anna Andreotti and Margherita Trefoloni from the “La Maggese” Association in Paris and is supported by the Region of Tuscany, having won the call for proposals for the “Celebrations of the 260th anniversary of the investiture of Peter Leopold of Habsburg-Lorraine as Grand Duke of Tuscany .”
It is an in-depth study of the stylistic characteristics of the sacred song repertoire of the oral tradition in Tuscany, selecting surviving or simply memorized testimonies from the agro-pastoral communities present along an imaginary line connecting the Tuscan-Romagnolo Apennines to the island of Elba.
The event in Siena is the first opportunity to share this ongoing study publicly, through a public rehearsal, and above all, to meet and document three traditional singers from the community of Civitella Marittima (Grosseto). The project will conclude with a conference on the subject and three concerts during the second half of December.