In Sassari the composer friar: "I wrote for Pope Francis and for John Paul II"
Father Giuseppe Magrino, for two months in the Turrian capital, has also collaborated with Dario Argento, Morricone and Riccardo Muti
God, music and Sassari. Father Giuseppe Magrino , a Franciscan friar of Lucanian origins , moved to the Turrian capital two months after a life dedicated to the pentagram .
"I'm not here to teach - he says from the convent of Santa Maria di Betlem where he resides - but to learn". Director of the Musical Chapel of the Papal Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, the 66-year-old clergyman is a prolific composer , author among other things of two works dedicated to as many popes: John Paul II , in 2000, with the antiphon "You are Pietro ”and“ To you or Francis ”written in 2013 for Pope Bergoglio .
Among his works there is also an impressionist “Salomè” staged by Dario Argento , the king of horror: “He is a man of faith - explains magrino on Argento - very sensitive. Before the execution he asked me to say a prayer together ”. But he is not the only prominent personality he has met in the art world: “I collaborated with Ennio Morricone , preparing the RAI orchestra called to Assisi to perform his compositions, and with Riccardo Muti ”.
An anecdote about his reputation as a difficult person is linked to the Neapolitan master: "One day he said to me: 'Does it seem to you that it is so unbearable?'". In all these big names, Father Giuseppe finds a common trait: “Simplicity. I have seen it present in so many people of genius ”.
The last thought goes to the city and the island that hosts it: “In Sardinia you are full of beauty and art as well as traditions that consolidate your identity. This is why I say that I have come to learn something more ”.
