harmonia

harmonia

In 1994, Italian chamber music ensemble Harmonia recorded an album "Harmonia Meets Zappa" on which they played their arrangements of Frank Zappa compositions. Shortly thereafter they also toured Europe to perform these pieces live.
One of the album tracks can also be found on another Materiali Sonori publication called "Sonora 4/94".

The picture on the right was taken by NotPedro and shows the band live at the Zappanale festival in 2007.

Harmonia is:

Orio Odori: clarinets
Damiano Puliti: cellos, computer programming
Alessandra Garosi: piano, keyboards
Paolo Corsi: drums, percussion

In 2002, the "Harmonia Meets Zappa" album was rereleased with two extra tracks.
The 2003 album "Frank You, Thank! - Volume 2" included Frank Zappa's 'King Kong', a previously unreleased track by the Harmonia Ensemble.
Early 2004, the ensemble toured Europe again with the Zappa repertoire.

	harmonia: harmonia meets zappa (1994, cd, i, materiali sonori maso cd 90067) - incl.various compositions by frank zappa
	various artists: sonora 4/94 (1994, book + cd, i, materiali sonori cd 0593) – incl.various artists playing various zappa compositions
	various artists: audio cd 7 (1995, cd, greece, audio magazine) - free cd with audio magazine, april 1995 / incl. harmonia: 'barking playful sandwich" (frank zappa)
	harmonia: harmonia meets zappa (2002, cd, i, materiali sonori maso cd 90067) - incl.various compositions by frank zappa // with two extra tracks
	various artists: frank you, thank! vol.2 (2003, cd, i, il popolo del blues)
	harmonia ensemble: meets frank zappa (2007, cd, italy, maso / independent recordings) - incl.various compositions by frank zappa / re-release of the 2002 album
	various artists: zappanale 18 (2008, 2cd, ger, arf society) - incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions
	various artists: zappanale 18 - retrospective (2008, dvd, ger, the arf society) - feat. various artists playing frank zappa compositions
	various artists: zappanale #18 (2008, cd, ger, arf society) - incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions

2007/08/05 concert "zappanale", bad doberan, germany Intro, Intro To Music For A Low Budget Orchestra, Hungry Freaks Daddy, Peaches En Regalia, Barking Playful Sandwich (T'Mershi Duween; Igor's Boogie, Phase Four; Aerobics In Bondage; Lumpy Gravy), Waka Jawaka, What's New In Baltimore?, Petrushka, Muffin Man, King Kong, Expedio, Alien Orifice, Son Of Mr. Green Genes, Encore Intro, Gerontocrazia, Lumpy Gravy, Outro

Damiano Puliti: cello	Alessandra Garosi: piano, keyboards

Paolo Corsi: drums	Orio Odori: clarinets
All of the above pictures were taken by Bazbo during the Zappanale performance, 2007/08/05.