The composer:
http://www.ivoantognini.com/MUSIC_COMPOSER/home.html
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141021123554-245920565-coro-calicantus-sings-la-mia-stella
The sun is shining on a beautiful morning, while I peacefully read the newspaper. A photograph catches my eye of a boat with three hundred Africans on board.I read the caption: unfortunately, many of them will not arrive alive on the shores of Lampedusa, in the Mediterranean Sea.I stare attentively at the picture, and among the many distraught faces one stands out above the rest, a child with wide eyes, hands holding tight on the arms of on adult.I am moved, and I feel a duty to do something for this poor creature.
La mia stella is dedicated to him and to all those that are forced to flee from their homeland in hopes of finding, after long and frightening journeys, a better life.
The song is about the big drama of the refugees that every day have to flee from their homeland. But the little boy that is described in this story, although his
parents lost their lives during the terrible travel on boat, finds a new life, a new place where he can turn the sad page and start again. This is the meaning of the piece. "La mia stella" means "My star" (Nyota Yangu in the boy’s lauguage: I imagined him come from Africa) and this little star up in the sky leads him in the right direction. It’s a sad, tragic story, this is for sure, but it has a happy ending. I hope you understood and hope you will sing a little bit more gladly :-)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q1edxYP0KA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf_6pH8d2aQ
